Wilson: Miva's enterprise customers stay for over a decade
Rick Wilson · 908 SaaS: Miva is Enterprise Shopify, Passes $16m in ARR Founded in 1996 · Jan 18, 2018 · at 13:26
Rick Wilson, CEO of Miva, discusses customer retention and why Miva focuses on the enterprise market over SMBs.
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“Our average enterprise customer lasts more than a decade.”
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