Freishtat invested $500,000 of personal capital to launch Saleswise
Greg Freishtat · 631: Saleswise Raises $3m, Launches Product, Helping 12 Customers Deveop Better Relationships with Their Data with CEO Gregg Freishtat · Apr 16, 2017 · at 4:44
Greg Freishtat, CEO of Saleswise, details his upfront personal funding in Saleswise.
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“About a half a million bucks.”
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