Dubey: Retention grew 7x after deploying engagement platform
Ashu Dubey · No Way This Fitness App Worth $8m With No Revenue with Ashu Dubey of GetApplause EP 212 · Mar 31, 2016 · at 3:28
Ashu Dubey, co-founder and CTO of 12 Labs, describes the retention impact of their B2B engagement platform on their consumer app.
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“Our retention has gone up seven times since the moment we started using our engagement platform.”
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