Gamito: ManyChat CEO grew a Telegram bot product to 100,000 bots
Dan Gamito · 699: The Fired ConvertKit Co-Founder You've Never Heard Of, Father Made Me Feel "Not Worth Enough" · Jun 23, 2017 · at 8:11
Dan Gamito explains ManyChat's origin story prior to pivoting onto Facebook Messenger's platform.
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“He built something similar on telegram and he very quickly grew it to like a 100,000 bots.”
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