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SoundBetter reached nearly 30,000 monthly unique visitors by March 2016

Shahar Gilad · The Art of Building Something From Scratch with Shahar Gilad · Mar 3, 2016 · at 8:16

SoundBetter founder Shahar Gilad shares website traffic numbers with host Nathan Latka.

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“Close to 30,000 as of right now and growing every month.”

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