Lynch: GoPro raised $6M to $8M early on and rarely spent it
Ron Lynch · How GoPro Went from $300k to $600M In Sales in Weird Way with Ron Lynch Ep 8 · Feb 26, 2016 · at 3:59
Ron Lynch discusses the early financing of GoPro through founder Nick Woodman's family venture capital connections.
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“So they raised I think about six, eight million dollars, and they rarely tapped into that money.”
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