Zinman: monday.com Saw Lowest Ad Bids in History During Tech Downturn
Eran Zinman · Secrets to Scaling and Growth in an Unpredictable Market with monday.com's Co-founder and Co-CEO · Oct 10, 2023 · at 17:57
Eran Zinman, co-founder and co-CEO of monday.com, explains to Jason Lemkin how monday.com capitalized on competitors slashing performance marketing budgets during the 2022–2023 tech slowdown.
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“Because right now, ah, we, not only we kept doing it, but we actually scaled it, ah, and right now we have, like, the lowest bids, ah, that we ever saw, as a company, because everybody pulled back, A lot of companies reduce spend, and we're more aggressive than ever”
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