Kargman: Kargo is entirely bootstrapped without outside capital
Harry Kargman · 798: Mobile Ad Tech Passes $100m in Revenues · Sep 30, 2017 · at 15:07
Harry Kargman, founder and CEO of mobile advertising platform Kargo, confirms to Nathan Latka that the company was built entirely through bootstrapping.
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“So so this is this is a bootstrap company. You know, we haven't.”
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