Curaytor generated over $550,000 in cash in late 2020 and early 2021
Jimmy Mackin · Real Estate Tool Loses $3.6m During COVID, Now Recovered to $10m Run Rate · Mar 5, 2021 · at 8:11
Curaytor CEO Jimmy Mackin highlights the bootstrapped real estate marketing platform's cash flow profitability and turnaround.
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“In the last five months or last four months, excuse me, we've made over 550,000 dollars in cash.”
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