AG1 bootstrapped to $160M in revenue and didn't raise a round until year 11. Today it's…
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AG1 bootstrapped to $160M in revenue and didn't raise a round until year 11. Today it's a $600M business. @KatColeATL (CEO, @drink_AG1) on the three ingredients you can't take out of the story: "One, an absolutely fanatic focus, obsession, commitment to quality. That is easy to say, very difficult to do." "From the early days, about 25% of AG1's new customers, and it's still the same percentage today, come from friends and family recommendations." "The second is the founder in the earliest days was an expert capital allocator. He bootstrapped the business to $160 million in revenue." "He
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