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Maheshwari: Over 500 tools worldwide offer social media automation

Natwar Maheshwari · 880 SaaS: Why Is This Engineer Competing in Highly Competitive Space? · Dec 21, 2017 · at 2:24

Natwar Maheshwari, founder of Around.io, highlights market saturation in social media tooling.

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“My research says there are more than 500 tools in the world right now, Who are doing something in social media automation.”

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“I do not pay myself right now. I was paying myself last year, and then I realized if I want to grow this, I really have to take myself Stuff out.”
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“I would not consider it at the moment because we are at a place that it's very, very, it's going to be very tough, right? If I go to an investor right now and say I've been alive for more than three and a half years, and now I would raise funds, they're going …”
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“Buffer just crossed, like, 15 mil recently.”
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“Gross logo churn is around three point, Five percent right now 3.5 and four.”
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