Todd: HVAC e-commerce business did around $100M in revenue prior to 2011 sale
Jason Todd · He Built a $100M Company and Says You Are Already Wrong Right Now · Aug 8, 2024 · at 2:35
Entrepreneur Jason Todd outlines the historical revenue metrics of his past businesses during an interview with Sean Weisbrot.
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“The e-commerce company, by the time I had sold it, we had done probably a hundred million through that organization.”
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