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Piper sold over 400 units in July and nearly 500 in August 2016

Tommy Gibbons · EP 457: 4000+ Units Sold Teaching Kids How To Code, $2m+ Raised with Piper · Oct 24, 2016 · at 13:00

Tommy Gibbons, co-founder of educational tech kit maker Piper, shares the company's monthly unit sales growth leading up to the 2016 holiday season.

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“So we did a little over 400 in July, just under 500 in August. And then as September, it looks like we'll be over 600 here.”

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Piper sold a little over 400 units in July 2016, just under 500 units in August 2016, and expected to exceed 600 units in September 2016.

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