Melchimp is an absolute monster. It sends a billion emales every week day. This is just an amazing story for a boot strap business, typically a type of business that wouldn't be covered in main stream news. For us as business builders and professionals, we can learn so much through ben chestnut and dan kurzis story.
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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