Herjavec: Scaled company to nearly $400M without outside capital
Robert Herjavec · The Mindset Shift That Made Me Millions | Robert Herjavec · Jul 22, 2026 · at 45:47
Robert Herjavec discusses managing working capital and cash flow while bootstrapping his cybersecurity business, Herjavec Group.
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“I built my company to almost four hundred million with my own money. We didn't have any outside capital.”
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