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Boufarhat: Hopin reached nearly 1,200 paying customers by May 2020

Johnny Boufarhat · 1758 Funnel Analysis: Online Events Platform $0 to $1.8m in Revenue In 2 Months · May 17, 2020 · at 7:07

Hopin founder and CEO Johnny Boufarhat shares customer metrics during the virtual events platform's rapid COVID-19 lockdown surge in May 2020.

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“I think close to 1200 now.”

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