Syed Balkhi, founder and CEO of Awesome Motive, discusses the scale and reach of his portfolio companies with host Andrew Gazdecki.
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“Over the last decade have filled a portfolio of companies and WordPress space specifically, some in the SaaS space and collectively are now powering over twenty million websites.”
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