SanityDesk acquired its first customer in February 2020 following zero initial revenue
Sam Cook · SanityDesk Gets Money From Founderpath, Hits $180k revenue Helping Digital Brands Scale · Oct 21, 2020 · at 4:32
SanityDesk founder Sam Cook reflects on the company's early launch timeline and revenue ramp.
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“A year ago, we had no, no revenue. We started selling in, I think we got our first customer end of February and, you know, March was really when we started selling in earnest.”
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