Listen "#103, Cut costs, grow revs, raise or not raise more VC – Canadian episode!"
Episode Synopsis
#103 Every CANADIAN startup or investor should listen to this episode! Fireside with a VC speaking with Kevin Kliman CEO of Humi discussing getting healthy lowering costs, maintaining growth, the tradeoffs to consider raising a growth VC funding round or not, and when to raise. Discussing Humi’s business which is processing $4.5bn CAD of payroll every 4.5 months. Humi is the payroll, benefits, & insurance platform for Canadian companies. Discussing Humi’s new product for the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax incentives where Canadian startups get 66% of tech employee salaries back in cash.
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https://www.humi.ca/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkliman/
https://www.7bc.vc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
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Find the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ei1xRFoHIzY.
Find this and all full episodes for Fireside with a VC on your favorite podcast platform here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/FiresideVC.
https://www.humi.ca/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kkliman/
https://www.7bc.vc/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
Join our Newsletter - Fireside with a VC: https://subscribe.7bc.vc.
Join the conversation, leave comments, and tell us
what you think about these topics and this episode.
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