In episode 615, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure where he covers what makes a business bootstrappable (and things to avoid), cargo culting, and how large of a business you can build at different customer lifetime value levels.

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[1:51] What makes a business bootstrappable? 

[14:15] Cargo culting 

[20:05] How large of a business can you build at a specific annual contract value or lifetime value? 

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