From $1M in funding to $80M in revenue -...

About this episode

Josh founded product discovery platform StackCommerce, growing it to $80M in revenue off only $1M in investment. These days he’s at it again, with his new company Onward - tripling to $6M in ARR this year already. We caught up with Josh today to discuss bootstrapping, life as a founder, and angel investing.

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