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What a year it has been! In my 30 years on this planet, 2019 will hold a super special place. It is the year where we crossed the chasm of startup death and charted a way of exponential growth. Recruiterflow’s MRR grew 5x in one calendar year doing a 14% m-o-m growth rate. The team of 3 irrational fanatics has now expanded to 6! More importantly, we now serve more than a thousand recruiters all over the globe.
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One of the great things about yearend festivities is the pause from the everyday hustle. A strange type of time where you take a somber look at everything that is past and have a zealous outlook for what’s to come. The time when the sense of time fades away and past and future melt into a perfect limbo.
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At a time like this, it becomes important to document the thrill of the journey.
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Here are some of the highlights of the year that has been!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We can’t wait for you to see what we bring for you in 2020! Here’s to hoping you have a successful and fulfilling year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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