Limble ended 2017 with roughly $2,800 in MRR
Brian Christensen · Limble is Maintenance Automation Software, hits $2m Revenue, Bootstrapped Using 5% Debt · Nov 6, 2020 · at 6:55
Brian Christensen, founder of maintenance software company Limble CMMS, reviews historical revenue milestones with host Nathan Latka.
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“I think we ended the year at about 2800 MRR in 2017.”
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