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Artesian regularly burned $300k-$400k monthly in its early stages

Andrew Yates · 675: Would you acquire Mattermark? Artesian $700k MRR, $40M Raised w/ CEO Andrew Yates · May 30, 2017 · at 7:04

Andrew Yates, CEO of Artesian, discusses historical monthly cash burn before reducing operational expenses to reach profitability.

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“We were regularly, you know, seeing off between three and 400,000 dollars a month in the early days.”

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