Uride rebounded from its COVID lows to hit $15M in revenue
Cody Ruberto · He launched an Uber competitor with just $3,000—& grew to $20M in revenue in 7 years. | Cody Rube... · PMF Show · Sep 30, 2024 · at 28:51
Cody Ruberto is the founder and CEO of Uride, a small-town rideshare platform. He discusses revenue growth after shuttering grocery and alcohol delivery experiments.
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“From that point, there was a couple changes we made, but we grew from like, first we got back to where we were with the, you know, the three million or so that we were at before COVID. Then from there we went to like six million and then to fifteen million. And then our growth chart just started like exploding after that.”
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