Harry's generated up to $10M in annualized revenue before buying its factory
Andy Katz-Mayfield · Harry’s Razors: Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider · Jun 12, 2023 · at 51:35
Harry's co-founder Andy Katz-Mayfield reflects on the company's financial scale at the time they acquired their German blade manufacturer, Feintechnik.
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“We went, you know, from a, you know you know, a sort of technology enabled startup You know, that was doing, I don't know what we were doing at the time, Jeff, you know, five or ten million dollars of revenue on an annualized basis to like a fully vertically integrated global consumer packaged goods company overnight”
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