$2,500 Start, Mid-Eight Figures, Then Lost $750K In 13 Months | Ben Berman | Chaos To Clarity Podcast
He sold his car for $2,500. No loan, no debt. By year one he was close to $1 million in revenue. Over nine years he bootstrapped 365 Cycles into a mid-eight-figure e-commerce business selling bicycle parts and accessories across the US. Then a single supplier email during COVID dropped his revenue 70% in one day. Over 13 months he lost $750,000.
In this conversation, Ben Berman and Piyush Thacker cover the full arc: how the just-in-time inventory model works, what it actually costs to sell a $100 product online across Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and your own website, why Ben targets 18 to 20X…
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