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Radius was growing at or above 3x year-over-year in 2017

Darian Shirazi · EP 534: 29yo Radius CEO Raises $100M, Helping Expand B2B Sales Pipelines with Darian Shirazi · Jan 9, 2017 · at 17:55

Radius CEO Darian Shirazi explains Radius's high-growth metrics to host Nathan Latka to justify their customer acquisition spending.

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“We're in some cases, in some quarters doing more than that, actually. And when we're seeing that level of growth, especially with, you know, upsells in the enterprise and also increase new customer acquisition, when we see that level of growth, then It makes sense to pour fuel on the fire if it's unprofitable”

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