Privy's predecessor had $1,000 left when an acquisition deal collapsed
Ben Jabbawy · 1277 Mailchimp for Shopify Customers Passes 5,000 Paid, $3m in ARR, 15k Shopify Reviews · Jan 22, 2019 · at 5:47
Ben Jabbawy explains the near-death experience of his startup before pivoting to create Privy.
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“The bank account was basically zero. We had about a thousand dollars in the account. And the deal fell apart. So we were really forced to say, are we shutting down?”
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