Acadium has more than doubled its subscription pricing over time
Mo Abbas · $2.4m in SaaS Revenues from Business and Apprentice Marketplace · May 5, 2021 · at 7:22
Mo Abbas explains Acadium's revenue math and pricing changes over time to Nathan Latka.
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“There's some older customers cause we've actually increased the price over time. We've been more than doubled the price actually.”
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