Slidebean will delay fundraising until reaching $2M to $3M ARR
Jose Cayasso · 745: At $1.5m Revenue, Is This The New PowerPoint? · Aug 8, 2017 · at 10:55
Jose Cayasso, CEO of Slidebean, explains the company's fundraising timeline and capital strategy to Nathan Latka.
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“So we're, you know, we're stretching and trying to speed up our growth as much as possible until we get to two to three million dollars. And then we believe that that'd be a great opportunity to, you know, to start approaching investors.”
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