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From Freemium to Explosive Growth in a Crowded Market – 8 Years of Learnings with Zoom (Video + Transcript)

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Eric Yuan : Yes, when I started the company in 2011, I was already 41 years old, but I still feel that I was very young. Mallun Yen : So, you were an engineer by training and then you became an engineering leader, as the CTO of Webex, and then you became a CEO. Eric Yuan: Because, at that time, we really needed a product.