Hames: WorkSandy Spent Just Shy of $1M Developing Tamara's Software
Ray Hames · Deal! How She Spun SaaS out of $5.5m Agency · Aug 7, 2023 · at 10:24
Ray Hames, founder of WorkSandy and Tamara, details the capital and development costs incurred by her agency prior to spinning out the SaaS platform.
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“I mean, like just shy of a million, just shy of a million.”
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