Pollaro: Venga pays no kickbacks to Mindbody or OpenTable reps
Sam Pollaro · 1539 How Venga Hit 2000 locations, $3.6m ARR on $2.7m Raised Helping Restaurants, Fitness Centers with Customer Experience · Oct 11, 2019 · at 10:17
Sam Pollaro, CEO of Venga, explains why platform partners send customer referrals without financial kickbacks.
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“We don't, we would actually like to, but you know, the way our agreement works, you know mind, body, open table, they don't want us paying their reps you know, to sell our product.”
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