How a Bootstrapped Startup Grew to a $12 Billion Exit
This is Mailchimp, a 2001 startup by Ben, Mark, and Dan, which was started as a side hustle to support small businesses with email marketing.
It was a basic paid tool that let you send emails to
yes that's incredible!
not aware about that. but coz they were bootstrapped, offering freemium model is expensive too
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