Daniel Ch: Launching podcast to publicly share detailed acquisition metrics
Daniel Ch · Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch - Founder of Simple.ink · Jan 14, 2022 · at 25:32
Daniel Ch, founder of Simple.ink, discusses his acquisition of Emojics with MicroAcquire founder Andrew Gazdecki and announces his transparent build-in-public podcast project.
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“When I made this acquisition and I announced it, I mean a bit before I said, I want to make a podcast where I share Everything, all the numbers, monthly spreadsheet with revenue, number of users, CAC, LTV, whatever, even my ROI percentage. So, so how far I am from getting my money back.”
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