Berman: CollegeClub.com grew to 400 employees and raised $75 million
Eric Berman · EP 554: Brandetize is Jack Canfields Internet Engine, Hits $4M 2015 Revenue with CEO Eric Berman · Jan 29, 2017 · at 2:47
Eric Berman, founder and CEO of Brandetize, discusses the scale and funding of his late-1990s collegiate social network CollegeClub.com.
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“It was called a college club.com. We had grown to gosh yeah, about 400 employees raised seventy five million dollars.”
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