Kagan: Hirize generated 1,400 beta signups with 80 actual users
Ezra Kagan · How Hirize Hit $14k MRR in 60 Days · Aug 8, 2023 · at 12:28
Ezra Kagan, founder of Hirize, shares the company's early beta signup and activation numbers with Nathan Latka.
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“We had 1400 beta signups. I think we had, like, 80 actual users.”
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