Assertion certainty 4/5 debate potential 1/5

LBA Ware takes over a year to break even on new clients

Lori Brewer · 1354 Mortgage Lending Software Passes $2m in ARR, Bootstrapped · Apr 9, 2019 · at 11:05

Lori Brewer explains LBA Ware's heavy onboarding and implementation costs to Nathan Latka.

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“The first year we're not making any money on that client because of resources that we extend for, you know, customization, ensuring that we migrate all their plans. It's, So yeah, I would say it's at least a year before we're making money.”

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
LBA Ware has zero churn and zero failed implementations
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Disclosure
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