Kagan: AppSumo rebounded to around 12% margin after refocusing
Noah Kagan · Episode 698 | How to Launch a Million Dollar Business (With Noah... · Jan 30, 2024 · at 24:28
Noah Kagan, CEO of AppSumo, discusses the financial recovery of AppSumo after refocusing on curated software deals.
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“And this year though, we've definitely gotten back up to, I think around 12% margin, reduced a lot of the distractions that I was doing, and then just focused on the core of the business”
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