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Jacobson: Rockerbox SaaS Hindsight reaches $16k-$17k MRR across 12-13 customers

Ron Jacobson · 824: Brilliant Ad Tech Hedge: $8m Managed Services Firm RockerBox Adds $1k/mo SaaS Product · Oct 26, 2017 · at 7:21

Ron Jacobson, CEO of ad tech company Rockerbox, discusses the customer traction and revenue metrics of Hindsight, their recently launched offsite analytics SaaS product.

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“So we're just about 12, 13 customers. MRR is just around 16, 17”

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