If you’ve ever talked to me about Portland startups, you’ve heard my bit about startups and founders that are “aggressively humble.” They don’t brag. They don’t boast. They just quietly keep their heads down and do the work. And often, it’s amazing work. Take Customer.io, one of those quiet startups that just crossed $100,000,000 in annual recurring revenue.
When my co-founder John Allison and I started Customer.io in 2012, we wanted to power communication that people actually wanted to receive. We talked with marketers who had ambitious ideas about the experience they wanted for their customers. Back then, they were limited by inflexible tools, disconnected data, and dependence on the engineering process. We set out to change that.
Today, 8,000+ companies trust Customer.io to transform how they communicate with their customers. We appreciate the trust and validation that we’re building something that delivers for you.
And perhaps most importantly, as CEO Colin Nederkoorn shares: “Reaching $100M ARR isn’t the finish line, it’s the start.”
For more on the Customer.io journey, read “Customer.io crossed $100M: A note from the CEO.”
[Full disclosure: I am an investor in Customer.io]
