S2E12 Staying Super Duper Lean

About this episode

Melissa and Todd talks about how they stay super lead as a bootstrapped startup, how they decide what to and what not to spend money on, and how to avoid money mistakes they've made in the last few years.

Takeaways: 
•  What "lean" means especially for bootstrapped startups
•  The importance of optimizing cost versus being cheap
•  What to spend money on (software, people, operations)
•  What not to spend money on until absolutely necessary
•  Money mistakes they made and how to avoid them

Connect with Melissa

• Follow Melissa Kwan on LinkedIn where she share stories & lessons from her founder journey weekly.
• Find her on @themelissakwan on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube where she shares short videos of business advice and other truth-bomb sound bites.

About ProfitLed

On Season Two of ProfitLed, Melissa (CEO and Cofounder of eWebinar) and Todd (COO) goes in-depth on one topic per episode on their "Journey to $1M" at eWebinar.

They share war stories, mistakes, and lessons learned as they grew the company to a million in ARR over 36 months. Their goal is to demystify bootstrapping by sharing their experience of it, and tell you what it’s really like to figure things out as you go.

ProfitLed is a podcast by and for founders brave (and crazy) enough to grow their startups to profitability without venture capital.

Learn more about the ProfitLed Podcast and tweet us at @profitledfm.

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