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Van der Sanden: Dux-Soup made around $1,500 in first-year revenue

Will van der Sanden · This Bootstrapped Startup Makes Crazy High $4.5m in Revenue Per Engineer · Jun 21, 2021 · at 2:34

Will van der Sanden, founder of LinkedIn automation SaaS Dux-Soup, discusses the company's early financials after its launch in January 2016.

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“First year in revenue, that must have been around like 1500 dollars, I think.”

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Dux-Soup generated around $1,500 in revenue in its first full calendar year (2016).

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prediction date: 2016-12-31, stated by the speaker

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