Klipfolio reached 7,000 customers by December 2016
Allan Wille · EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille · Dec 12, 2016 · at 4:44
Allan Wille, co-founder and CEO of business dashboard SaaS Klipfolio, clarifies the company's customer scale to host Nathan Latka.
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“So we've got about seven, 7000 as of today.”
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