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The ECRS employee stock ownership plan will initially own a 30% stake

Pete Catoe · 1447 $30m ARR Company Is POS For 4000 SMB's · Jul 11, 2019 · at 16:32

Pete Catoe is the founder and CEO of ECRS. He explains the planned equity breakdown of ECRS's transition to an employee stock ownership plan.

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“We'll probably move to a 30% ownership where they'll have 30%. And so the ESOP will own 30% of ECRS and all the employees will, as we grow the value of the company together, of course their shares will grow as well. So they'll start at 30%, but it'll go further in the end.”

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ECRS has 4,000 customers and generates $30 million in annual revenue
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Software and recurring services account for 90% of ECRS revenue
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ECRS grows in 30% jumps followed by multi-year flat periods
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