KarmaCircles Generated Zero Revenue in Its First Year
Deepak Goel · EP 401: Quit $180k Microsoft Job to Launch Own Startup with KarmaCircles CEO Deepak Goel · Aug 29, 2016 · at 3:23
Deepak Goel, founder and CEO of KarmaCircles, explains why the professional networking platform was pre-revenue in 2015 when questioned by Nathan Latka.
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“So first year we didn't make any money because we came up with the enterprise version only this year.”
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