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Bac-o-bits • ~2MM users •
4k-5k per day • +3B mssgs per month • 2k queries per second • PROFITABLE.
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DESIGN.
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technically, FREEMIUM
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but DESIGN really really
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KILLING THE COMPETITION WITH
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Small Businesses Fortune
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rule #2 FIGHT REALLY, REALLY
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wth? No. But then I remembered...unsexy industry. boring industry. \n
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10k shirts, 2k hats, 1k plushies - 18 minutes. \nEnterprise can’t do shirts. SmallBiz can’t do shirts. \n
Open API (not for small biz, and closed for enterprise)\n
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We couldn’t have done freemium before understanding who our audience was.\n
We couldn’t have done freemium before understanding who our audience was.\n
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We couldn’t have done freemium before understanding who our audience was.\n
We couldn’t have done freemium before understanding who our audience was.\n
We couldn’t have done freemium before understanding who our audience was.\n
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