Vasikhar: Spaceship generated close to $250,000 in its first 12 months
Dominic Vasikhar · EP 535: He's 24 yo Founder, Now VC at Hummingbird · Jan 10, 2017 · at 4:32
Dominic Vasikhar, co-founder of Spaceship and associate at Hummingbird VC, details the first-year revenue generated by his bootstrapped lead-generation startup.
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“But in total it was somewhere close to a quarter of a million in, in the first 12 months.”
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