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Old 05-10-2011, 08:42 AM  
kristin
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Originally Posted by MisterPeabody View Post
Kristin and others: how does a company go from $1 million in yearly gross revenue to the size of a TopBucks? When I think of how many sales/rebills you guys must require to keep 40 employees, etc etc etc my head spins.
We also have more overhead as a larger company. All the employee's insurance, bonuses, perks, hell our electricity bill can hit $10k/month sometimes. A few years ago we noticed we were still in the trend of just throwing money at things without evaluating where trimming back could be done. Little things helped, we made it mandatory to shut down computers at night, made a conscious effort to go more green, etc.

At one point we had five products and 140 employees that occupied to the max both buildings. We trimmed huge and canned all but the mobile and we are stronger since we narrowed our focus.

So if you are clearing a million each year with just a few employees, that's not bad. A bigger operation isn't always the best thing. I know TheDoc can't have employees.
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