Butcher: Blippar is not for sale and aims to become a verb
Jess Butcher · EP 315: Mom Just Had Baby, $100 Million Raised Augmented Reality, 65 Million Users · Jun 23, 2016 · at 16:14
Jess Butcher, co-founder of Blippar, outlines the founding team's long-term independence and strategic goals to Nathan Latka.
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“We are, we're certainly not looking to sell. We're not in the market for an acquisition. We, as co-founders that started this business will not be happy until to blip is a word that is as commonly known as liking on Facebook or Googling something or tweeting.”
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