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Craig Fuller: FreightWaves generated $3.6M revenue and $1.3M profit from one event

Craig Fuller · How FreightWaves used their $20m Media Business to build a $20m ARR SaaS with Zero CAC · Oct 6, 2022 · at 20:54

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FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller shares the financial performance and margins of FreightWaves' live events business at the Founder 500 conference.

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“We did one in Northwest Arkansas. We did about 3.6 million in that made about 1.3 million in profit”

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