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Mankad: WebExpress has generated positive profit after tax for years

Apoorva Mankad · Raising Now: This SaaS Tracks 5m Truck Shipments Per Month, $1m in ARR across 100 Enterprise Customers · Apr 5, 2022 · at 12:57

Apoorva Mankad, founder and CEO of logistics SaaS WebExpress, discusses the company's financial model and capital efficiency with Nathan Latka.

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“So we are a profitable company and we've been able to make a positive profit after tax for many years.”

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“You are right. That's what we pay approximately. Of course there are people who get paid much higher and people who get even paid lesser than that.”
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Assertion Supported
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Disclosure
Mankad: WebExpress charges enterprise customers roughly 5 rupees per shipment
“So per shipment, they pay us you know, a very, very small amount, typically rupees five which might just turn out to be if I had to convert into dollars probably 0.05 cents.”
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