Salman caps his founder salary at $72,000 per year
Ali Salman · Ep 486: Agency Hits $2M In Revenue, 49 Employees, $36k ACV with RapidBoostMarketing CEO Ali Salman · Nov 22, 2016 · at 10:29
Ali Salman, founder and CEO of digital agency Rapid Boost Marketing, explains his founder compensation structure after facing heavy taxes from drawing full salary in year one.
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“Now, we have restricted our salary to, like, 72,000 dollars a year, and pretty much, I will be taking a dividend, or like, you know through some other ways, but first year, we did pretty much took everything as a salary, and we realized that wasn't a smart idea.”
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