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Lessons from going freemium: a decision that broke our business (lennysnewsletter.com)
5 points by richardzhang on Nov 28, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Right at the beginning, when they're still on paid only customers:

"In just five months, we were able to raise a $16 million Series A funding round from one of the best investors in the world, a16z."

... strongly suggests that the customer was not their actual focus at all, doesn't it?




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