Bean: Aha.com scaled to $35M run rate in three years
Jay Bean · How to Build SaaS Company in Small Biz Space, Sell for $30m With Jay Bean · Jan 27, 2016 · at 2:33
Jay Bean is a serial founder discussing the early growth and acquisition of his pay-per-click search startup aha.com.
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“We actually built a great little business that grew in three years from startup to about a thirty five million dollar run rate before it was acquired.”
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