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Fouladgar-Mercer: AirPR Analytics Product Was Almost Pre-Revenue When Marketplace Sold

Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer · 1064 AirPR Says "Growing Fast" but won't share revenue #'s, are they? · Jun 23, 2018 · at 14:07

AirPR CEO Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer discusses the financial state of their analytics platform at the time they decided to sell off the PR marketplace in 2015.

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“It wasn't pre-revenue, but it was pretty close. It wasn't pre-revenue, but it was pretty close to it.”

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When AirPR sold its marketplace in 2015, its analytics product was almost pre-revenue.

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