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

Show notes:

• Find show notes of each episode on ProfitLed.fm. 

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• Follow Melissa on LinkedIn where she shares stories & lessons from her founder journey weekly.
• Connect with Melissa at melissakwan.com and subscribe to  'your founder next door', Melissa's weekly newsletter on what it's like to build a company without an abundance of resources and friends in high places.
• Follow @themelissakwan on Instagram and YouTube where she shares short videos of business advice and other truth-bomb sound bites.

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