Macia: Growth Is the Best Barrier to Entry in Tech
Oscar Macia · 1022 How This Barcelona Sales Tool Grew 2x YoY, Raised $16m, Charging $200/Seat · May 12, 2018 · at 7:53
Force Manager co-founder and CEO Oscar Macia explains why the CRM company chose to raise venture capital rather than bootstrap.
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“As long as we are in the tech business, we know that the best A barrier to entry to our competitors is growth. So we need to grow very, very fast. And the only way to grow very, very fast is having capital.”
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