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HipLead raised over $200K in debt financing to make key hires

Connor Lee · EP 542: HipLead Hits $120k MRR Helping 30 Customers Get More Leads with CEO COnor Lee · Jan 17, 2017 · at 8:59

Connor Lee, founder and CEO of HipLead, details the size and purpose of HipLead's debt financing from Lighter Capital.

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“It was a little over 200,000 dollars. Okay. It wasn't much. It was just to make a few key hires.”

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