- Where David started
- Inline Rail, built just outside San Diego, sitting in a $2 million negative position.
- How FNDRS helped
- Financial clarity: a clear picture of where the money was going, so every decision after it was made on the numbers.
- Where it landed
- A positive position of more than $10 million, from a starting point $2 million below zero.
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Founders on working with FNDRS
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I was skeptical, but I have changed my mind.
Ted SchumannConstruction · California
On how the work helped him understand his own business and get it prepared.
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Founder story · California
From $2 million negative to more than $10 million positive
David OrtizCEO and president, Inline Rail · California
Founder story · Discovery Day
Cured Nutrition: 70 percent growth in 12 months
Joe SeeheyCEO, Cured Nutrition · Colorado
- What Discovery Day showed
- Where the gaps in Cured Nutrition were, and a strategic plan to close each one.
- Three things to close
- Improve recurring revenue. Extract the founder from the business. Clean up the financials.
- Twelve months later
- The company grew 70 percent and EBITDA rose 30 percent, with FNDRS alongside.
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