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EP33: “I started a £10M ARR business when I was 20” | Mark Chaffey, Co-Founder & CEO of hackajob
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Mark Chaffey is the Co-Founder and CEO of hackajob, the candidate-centric platform for tech talent that puts the power back in the hands of the job seekers.
He co-founded the business straight out of university aged 20 and now leads the HRtech scale-up with $35M in Series B funding under his belt, a team of 150 staff, and turning over £10M ARR with world domination firmly on the cards!
Key points in this episode you'll hear about:
🚀 Biggest challenges as a young entrepreneur & first-time CEO
🚀 The sales strategy that took this business to $10M ARR
🚀 Expanding to the US and dangers of hiring too fast
🚀 Where Mark turns to for guidance & inspiration
🚀 Fundraising journey - 78 meetings to get to 5 term sheets - including a deal falling through at the last minute 😱
“This is NOT the TechCrunch article”
Learn more about hackajob here: https://hackajob.com/
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