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Dubin: Viewst has zero marketing budget and purely organic growth

Victoria Dubin · She has guts! Turned down $20m offer with $15k in MRR for her Ad Management SaaS · Dec 10, 2022 · at 13:24

Victoria Dubin, founder of Viewst, discusses how the company has grown its ad management software platform without paid marketing.

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“We have zero marketing budget. So all our growth is organic, but you know, we need to start testing some hypothesis and maybe to hire like some junior sales.”

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Disclosure
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“It's not, it wasn't like 12 twenty million, like cash upfront. So it was partially cash and partially like equity in the new company, like actually unicorn.”
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“Probably not, but you know, I would advise other SaaS founders to try AppSumo because you know, this is probably the easiest way and a low hanging fruit to talk to your audience.”
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Assertion Not checkable as stated
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“In revenue, we have grown, like, 76% months over months over the last six months.”
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Disclosure
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Disclosure
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