Winmo CEO Dave Currie: Company is completely bootstrapped with no outside capital
Dave Curry · EP 624: Winmo Passes $1.1M in MRR, Helping 2000 Customers Close More Sales with CEO Dave Currie · Apr 9, 2017 · at 4:55
Dave Currie, CEO of The List Inc. (makers of sales intelligence platform Winmo), discusses the company's funding history with Nathan Latka.
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“We're completely bootstrapped from day one. We've not had any outside investors at all, so we're still a privately owned and operated company based here in Atlanta.”
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