Fulkerson: MindTouch grew to $7 million ARR while fully bootstrapped
Aaron Fulkerson · 977 How Mindtouch Landed $1m+ Customers, $7m ARR Bootstrapped, Now $20m+ · Mar 28, 2018 · at 14:25
MindTouch co-founder Aaron Fulkerson discusses the company's revenue milestone prior to raising outside venture funding.
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“We grew it to seven million ARR on our podcast.”
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