Brakey: Promys funded growth through cash flow and prior business exits
John Brakey · How He Patiently Bootstrapped To $4.5m in Revenue In Legacy Space · Feb 18, 2022 · at 10:08
John Brakey, founder and CEO of Promys, discusses bootstrapping the company with host Nathan Latka.
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“We've had a lot of good cashflow and we had our own investment from some other businesses that we sold. So we've never really had to go outside in the marketplace.”
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