KarmaBot has been profitable since January 2020
Stas Kulesh · KarmaBot Slack Tool Hits $200k Revenues, 233 Customers Using App Exchanges · Aug 8, 2020 · at 18:21
KarmaBot founder Stas Kulesh shares company financial milestones with Nathan Latka.
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“Yeah. Yeah. We've been profitable since January. As I said, we keep in this very lean.”
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