ActiveCampaign CEO and founder Jason VandeBoom joins Scott back on the pod to talk about the latest news – announcing a whopper $240 million Series C round led by Tiger Global to scale up its operations and continued growth with customers (up to 145,000 active customers). As an 18-year old business, ActiveCampaign is hardly an…
Founder and CEO of ActiveCampaign. Some businesses immediately chase investors, looking to monetize as quickly as possible. Others, however, bootstrap for as long as possible, investing all their energy into building the best product. Jason VandeBoom, CEO and Founder of ActiveCampaign, spent 17 years building his product. He and his team created the category of…
After 17 years of building its business, ActiveCampaign just raised $100 million in Series B funding. Instead of chasing investors, they’ve built a better product by ignoring the competition. ActiveCampaign sees itself as a business partner for organizations, rather than just a tool. As startups grow, there’s often a question looming: when…
CEO of Leaf Trade. The cannabis industry is still emerging, dazed and confused, from the black market to the open market, presenting platforms like Leaf Trade the chance to make a big impression. Founder and CEO James Yi joined the podcast to talk about Leaf Trade’s role in shaping the emerging cannabis industry, why…
Chicago-based ActiveCampaign is absolutely crushing it in the CRM, sales, and automated marketing space. But it didn’t come out of nowhere –– the company is a 13-year “overnight” success story. When he started back in 2003, Jason VandeBoom was just trying to pay for college. For more than a decade, he and his small…