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“companies such as hinge patreon Yahoo Accolade and more use senir”
“Before that, she was head of product for creators at Patreon.”
“in the end it made the most sense for us to have an exit and join forces with Patreon.”
“a growth advisor to companies like Twitter Pinterest patreon Thumbtack and canva”
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“what this makes me think about is patreon and sub stack”
“then he went on to lead product and growth at patreon where he spent over four years”
“including patreon bloom front euro maven sprig just to name a few”
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