Campbell: Fewer than 40,000 subscription companies exist in the entire world
Patrick Campbell · 1049 We're Bootstrapped And Doubling Revenue YoY, Past $8m ARR · Jun 8, 2018 · at 22:14
ProfitWell CEO Patrick Campbell sizes the global total addressable market for subscription analytics and billing tools.
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“There's less than 40,000 subscription companies in the entire world. It's not a lot. And that includes media companies, box of the month, SaaS, everything.”
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