Kimiko has lost a total of only four customers since its founding
Hal Howard · 746: Bill Gates Was Great to Work With, But This Founder Wanted His Own Thing · Aug 9, 2017 · at 8:03
Hal Howard, founder of sales intelligence platform Kimiko, discusses the company's gross churn and retention history with Nathan Latka.
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“We've lost in total over the history of our company, four customers, and it was, one was acquired, and therefore, it wasn't a candidate anymore. One had a huge management changeover, and the other two were early days stuff where we were testing with them and decided to not support the scenario that they were they were working on.”
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