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However, Ivan realized that people didn't want to build websites; they wanted to do the
Yup. And hear this out.
So in 2015, they were almost bankrupt. They had to fire many employees and shift to cheaper offices.
Then ivan took a 150,000$ loan from his mother and the company was saved from bankruptcy
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