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Mar 2017
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#007 – Building an Open-Source Publishin...

Courtland Allen and Channing Allen
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John O'Nolan explains how he used his industry experience to come up with a simple idea, built a landing page that converted 30,000 email subscribers, and raised $300,000 on Kickstarter. Brought to you by SparkPost. 
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