Ben chestnut is the son of an army code breaker. dan curzius was born in albuquirque, new mexico. Ben and dan used their severance checks to found rocket science group. You couldn't kill their business. They were self proclaimed cockroaches of business.
Mailchimp sold for $12 billion to Intuit, the small business powerhouse that owns Quickbooks, Turbotax, Credit Karma, and Mint. This deal is the largest ever acquisition of a privately-held bootstrapped business. In this classic episode, I walk you through the history of the company and lessons we can all learn from its meteoric rise.
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