Austin: Synapse was at over $400K ARR a year ago
Ryan Austin · Synapse Breaking $1m Revenue, Using $500k Debt To Scale Productivity Tool · Oct 18, 2020 · at 8:18
Ryan Austin, CEO of Synapse, discusses the historical ARR baseline of the company from the previous year.
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“We were at a little over 400 K in AR less than a year ago.”
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