Watch: Why Sole Founder is OK Burning $40k Cash and Bootstrapping (Ep978 Sam Saltis)November 2017

Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)55 Court St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MassachusettsFounded 2000CEO Sam Saltis
Core dna is a robust all-in-one digital experience platform that empowers businesses to create, manage, and optimize their online presence.
Core dna has not published its revenue. GetLatka estimates it at about $2.8M a year (June 2024). Core dna is #759 on the Latka List. The list ranks the 1,301 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2017 | $2.4M | – |
| Jun 2024 | $2.8MEST | GetLatka estimate |
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Nathan Latka has interviewed Core dna once.
Watch: Why Sole Founder is OK Burning $40k Cash and Bootstrapping (Ep978 Sam Saltis)November 2017
Core dna competes most directly with Shopify and BigCommerce.
| Company | Revenue | Funding | Employees | Customers | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11.6B | $122.3M | 8,300 | 2.6M | 2004 | |
| $342.4M | $224M | 1,040 | 20K | 2009 | |
| $2.8M | – | 17 | 25 | 2000 |
Sam Saltis founded Core dna in 2000 and runs it as CEO. Core dna had 17 employees (March 2024, Latka Top 250 List).
Team mix (Jul 2023): 3 engineers, 3 in sales, 1 in marketing
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | 17 | Latka Top 250 List |
| Jul 2023 | 17 | – |
| Jul 2023 | 40 | – |
| 2023 | 17 | – |
| 2022 | 16 | – |
| 2021 | 18 | – |
| Nov 2017 | 40 | – |
GetLatka estimates Core dna's revenue at about $2.8M a year (June 2024). The company hasn't published its own figure.
Core dna had 17 employees in March 2024, according to the Latka Top 250 list.
Sam Saltis is the CEO of Core dna and founded the company in 2000.
Sam Saltis founded Core dna in 2000.
1 from public sources · 1 estimate. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka List ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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