Smith: SalesFuel has 1,500 paying customers
C. Lee Smith · 792: SaaS: $7m ARR Founder Used Ice Cream To Get Customers, How? · Sep 24, 2017 · at 8:22
C. Lee Smith discloses SalesFuel's active paying customer base during an interview with Nathan Latka.
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“1500.”
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