Mixmax grew revenue 3x, 3x, and over 2x year-over-year
Olaf Matei · 1561 How To Get 5 Team Members Paying Personally Onto One Team Account with $5m ARR MixMax · Nov 2, 2019 · at 9:18
Mixmax CEO Olaf Matei details the email workflow platform's historical revenue growth trajectory with Nathan Latka as the company scales past $5 million ARR.
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“Well, we've kind of had a trajectory of three X three X and like a little bit north of two X in the past year.”
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