GroSocial: How Can A Husband And Father Launch A Startup? – with Zach Mangum

Zach Mangum, GroSocial, Customer Acquisition, SaaS (software as a service), Social Media

How does a husband and father in Utah launch a startup, raise money and get acquired?

Zachary Mangum is the founder of GroSocial, which offers a suite of web-based tools that allow you to easily build and track social media campaigns.

In December 2012, about 2.5 years after he launched the company, he sold it to Infusionsoft, for an estimated $25 – $30 million.

Zach Mangum

GroSocial

Zachary Mangum is the co-founder and CEO of GroSocial which is offers a suite of web-based tools that allow you to easily build and track social media campaigns.

 

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