Theuma: Muck Rack bootstrapped to $50M ARR before raising VC
Alex Theuma · SaaStock Starts Oct 16th in Dublin, 5000 SaaS Founders and Big Bootstrap Stage · Oct 2, 2023 · at 13:09
Alex Theuma, founder of SaaStock, previews a bootstrap keynote session featuring Muck Rack co-founder and CEO Greg Galant.
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“He's obviously, you know, flying into, to Dublin for this event. You know, he bootstrapped to fifty million ARR which you know, again, such an impressive feat to do that.”
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