Akar: Influenster bootstrapped for four years before Series A
Aiden Akar · 980 How This Company Uses Free Goodie Boxes and Reviews to Hit $12m in Revenues · Mar 31, 2018 · at 7:58
Aydin Acar, co-founder and CEO of Influenster, discusses the early capitalization and bootstrapping history of the company with Nathan Latka.
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“We bootstrapped initially first for four years. It was friends and family around all of our savings, all of that.”
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