Eyal: Springleap has paid 5,000 contributors, 1,500 multiple times
Eran Eyal · They hit $100k/mo in revenue in 2015, now raising $2.5m round of funding with Eran Eyal episode 188 · Mar 5, 2016 · at 12:06
Eran Eyal defines contributor engagement metrics on Springleap's creative marketplace.
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“5000 people have been paid. 1500 being paid more than once.”
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