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Chestnut: Mailchimp had no sales team two years prior
“Not two years ago. No, small little teams that, that dabble a little bit, but you know, we just hired a chief customer officer starting in a couple of weeks.”
Ben Chestnut Jun 11, 2024 ▶ 22:50 Ben Chestnut: The Top 10 Learnings Scaling Mailchimp to $1B ARR
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Adding Freemium Tiers Accelerated Growth For Atlassian, HubSpot, And MailChimp
“And in fact, we are seeing more and more companies add freemium additions at lastly and adding free HubSpot, adding free MailChimp, adding free as Three mature examples actually allowed their business to accelerate.”
Jason Lemkin Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 7:47 The Top 10 Worst Pieces of SaaS Advice with SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin
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Mailchimp grew to $300M ARR under Neil Bainton, $700M under Farrah
“Neil got us from like zero to three hundred million. Farrah got us from 300 to seven hundred million.”
Ben Chestnut Sep 20, 2022 ▶ 28:20 Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with @mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut
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Mailchimp waited nine years before introducing its famous freemium pricing model
“Nine years into the journey.”
Ben Chestnut Sep 20, 2022 ▶ 29:54 Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with @mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut
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