How a Startup Got Customers to Pay $6000 Each Before Launch – with Ruben Timmerman [063]
How a Startup Got Customers to Pay $6000 Each Before Launch
Ruben Timmerman is the founder and CEO of Springest, a comparison website that helps you find the right training program or course. Ruben launched the business as a side project in 2008. Today the site has a presence in 4 countries and helps you compare over 160,000 programs and courses. The company is based in the Netherlands.
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“CFO asks CEO: “What happens if we invest in developing our people & then they leave us?” CEO: ‘What happens if we don't, and they stay?”
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