Helgeson: GreenRope serves 1,200 direct, ~500 non-profit, and 1,500 reseller clients
Lars Helgeson · 1723 Flat at $2.5m/Year And Totally Happy Helping MidMarket Companies With Their CRM · Apr 12, 2020 · at 6:13
Lars Helgeson is the founder and CEO of CRM platform GreenRope, detailing the company's customer breakdown across direct and partner channels.
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“So we have about 1200 of our direct clients. And then on top of that, we have another, I, I'd have to look at the numbers again. I think it's about four or 500 nonprofits. And then we also, and then we have another, the remainder of that, another 1500 come through our partners, through our reseller channel.”
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