Laker: Chameleon Collective reached $2M/month in revenue with zero outside investment
Freddie Laker · The Secret PE Firms Pay $2M/Month For: Nail The Basics · Sep 16, 2021 · at 4:20
Freddie Laker is the founding partner of Chameleon Collective, an interim executive and turnaround firm for PE and VC portfolio companies.
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“Started five years ago without any investment and it's over a hundred of us now, and we've just actually crossed the two million dollar a month mark in revenue.”
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