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June 25, 2024 45 mins

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

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