Lingo24: Launched to Earn “Beer Money,” Now Grossing $8 Mil – with Christian Arno

Christian Arno, Lingo24, Customer Acquisition, European Founder, International Founders, Lifestyle Business, Non-Tech

Christian Arno says when he launched Lingo24 he didn’t mean for the business to get so big.

His set up a web site that he admits looked pretty bad, and started offering transliteration services. He used students to do the translation and SEO to get customers.

This is a story of how a little idea grew to $8 million in annual sales and enabled Christian to travel the world as it grew.

Christian Arno

Lingo24

Christian Arno is the founder and Managing Director of the online translation company Lingo24.

 

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