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Fork Equity generates roughly $1.6M per year in portfolio top-line revenue

Ryan Kulp · How to Acquire a $180k Revenue SaaS Company for $3k With Ryan Kulp · May 28, 2020 · at 20:04

Ryan Kulp confirms the aggregate top-line revenue numbers for his micro-private equity firm Fork Equity.

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“That's right. Around one point, yeah, around 1.6 a year.”

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