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Carlson: SharpSpring loses about $15,000 per month in gross churn

Rick Carlson · 965 Why This $14m ARR Company "Went Public" To Win Marketing Automation Space · Mar 16, 2018 · at 17:21

Rick Carlson, CEO of SharpSpring, provides gross monthly revenue loss figures excluding expansion revenue.

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“In terms of gross revenue, revenue, gross revenue attrition, I would say we're losing you know, with, if we're losing 25 customers or 30 customers a month at 500 dollars, 15,000 dollars a month in terms of just revenue attrition from the lost customers.”

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