“I wanted to make sure we were making money from month one… we factored that risk in.”

Secure & Simple - Podcast for Consultants and CISOs on Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance · From Upwork to 100-Person Consultancy: How Subscriptions Fueled Growth | Taylor Hersom

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Designed the subscription so that the company is profitable from month one despite heavy front-end effort

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