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Margin

Why your gross margin looks wrong (and where the missing money actually goes)

Half the "gross margin is too low" conversations we have with new Servicio tenants end the same way: the number is not low. It is calculated wrong. Here is the math and where the missing money actually is.

Diego Marín 7 min read
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