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Rubin: ShipHero Maximum Monthly Burn Will Peak Around $90K to $100K

Aaron Rubin · Shiphero Raised $50m last week, inside their metrics · Jul 7, 2021 · at 16:13

ShipHero founder Aaron Rubin discusses the company's burn rate expectations after taking debt financing from Lighter Capital.

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“Beginning like our first, our max burn will probably be around 90 or a hundred K as we kind of mapped out what we've been spending on one.”

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Disclosure
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Disclosure
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Disclosure
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