Carson: Treehouse consumer retention is better than Pluralsight and Lynda
Ryan Carson · 1383 Treehouse Moves from $24m ARR B2C SaaS to B2B Helping Companies Scale Dev Teams · May 8, 2019 · at 10:16
Ryan Carson, founder and CEO of online coding platform Treehouse, discusses consumer subscription retention rates compared to larger competitors.
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“You know, we have pretty good retention, you know, a little better than Pluralsight, a little better than Linda, but still it's not a rocket business.”
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