I'm Emre Elbeyoglu, co-founder and CEO of Popupsmart, writing on my official website, elbeyoglu.com. The one Popupsmart decision I'd undo is V2: we built it because I believed in it, and it cost us 1.5 years and around $1M.

Emre Elbeyoglu
CEO & Co-founder at Popupsmart.com Maker. Founder. Entrepreneur. Product. Growth. SEO.
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