TAIA drove its early revenue growth through outbound cold calling
Marco Hojan · Translation Tool Breaks $1.2m Run Rate, 3,000 Customers, New Raise Soon? · Sep 20, 2021 · at 5:17
Marco Hojan, co-founder and CEO of localization platform TAIA, explains to Nathan Latka what drove the company's early sales ramp.
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“Actually, the growth was mostly due to old school cold call sales.”
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