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#01 - $1MM in Revenue in Under 3 Years: Expanding Growth & Impact Through Systems with Casey Ames of Harkla
January 02, 2019

#01 - $1MM in Revenue in Under 3 Years: Expanding Growth & Impact Through Systems with Casey Ames of Harkla

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Casey Ames is the founder of Harkla, a company that creates products to support those living with special needs. The product lines include weighted blankets, sensory swings and lap pads. Casey founded Harkla in 2015 after he saw a gap in knowledge and...

Casey Ames is the founder of Harkla, a company that creates products to support those living with special needs. The product lines include weighted blankets, sensory swings and lap pads. Casey founded Harkla in 2015 after he saw a gap in knowledge and quality for special needs resources. So he set out to build a company dedicated to helping families and children through exceptional, high-quality products with a goal of relaxing, relieving, or creating joy in a family's special needs journey. Inside this episode, Casey shares a ton of valuable insights in our conversation, including Harkla’s unique work styles and team, being completely remote in a results-only focused organization. He also talks about the strategies and tactics that have led to surpassing $1 million in revenue in under three years times and of course, he shares more on Harkla’s impact and what they are doing to give back beyond just the products that they are creating to support the special needs community that is supporting them in return. For a fascinating conversation, stay tuned to today’s episode!

Full show notes at https://growensemble.com/harkla-casey-ames/

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