Morrill: Mattermark generated a couple hundred thousand dollars in year one
Danielle Morrill · EP 318: She Threw Away Old Company, Now Doing $3.3 Million/year, $18,000,000 Raised With MatterMark.com · Jun 7, 2016 · at 2:47
Danielle Morrill, co-founder and CEO of data intelligence platform Mattermark, discusses the company's early financial trajectory following its 2013 launch.
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“I mean, I think it was a couple 100,000 dollars. Pretty small.”
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