Startup Drugs' top markets were outside major tech hubs
Nicholas Haas · EP 309: Ad Tech Company Hits $500k in 2015 Revenue with 26 Year Old At Helm · Jun 21, 2016 · at 10:52
Nicholas Haas, founder of Loot, discusses the geographic customer distribution for his entrepreneurial apparel side venture, Startup Drugs, with host Nathan Latka.
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“Our highest performing markets actually are nowhere near the startup hotbeds. It's actually people, you know, we have a lot of business in Midwest, a lot of business in Florida, a lot of business coming out of areas that don't, you wouldn't traditionally associate with You know, the tech startup scene”
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