Rothrock: Bleeding-edge tech companies typically do not use RedSeal
Ray Rothrock · RedSeal Sold 50%+ For $60m This Year doing $50m in Revenues in CyberSecurity Space · Dec 5, 2020 · at 5:34
RedSeal CEO Ray Rothrock describes the company's target market and why bleeding-edge firms do not buy RedSeal.
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“Interestingly, we're not people who have cutting edge capabilities and really are on the hairy bleeding edge of things. They don't typically use this.”
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