grow-sustainably

Name: grow-sustainably
Author: keeea

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keeea/minimalist-entrepreneur-skills/grow-sustainably

$npx -y skills add keeea/minimalist-entrepreneur-skills --skill grow-sustainably

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Summary

Evaluate business decisions through the lens of sustainable, profitable growth. Use when making decisions about spending, hiring, fundraising, or scaling a business. Based on The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingia.

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SKILL.md

1	# Grow Sustainably
2
3	Help grow a business sustainably without running out of money or energy.
4
5	## Core Principle
6
7	Profitability is a superpower. It gives infinite runway, clarity, and control. Spend less than you make. When profitable, you can take your time and make the right decisions at your own pace.
8
9	## Don't Spend Money You Don't Have
10
11	Profit = Revenue - Costs
12
13	### Two Types of Costs
14
15	- Variable Costs (COGS): Scale with each unit sold (payment processing, hosting, fraud prevention)
16	- Fixed Costs: Don't scale with revenue (domain, hosting, people). #1 fixed cost is always people.
17
18	### Cost-Cutting Rules
19
20	1. Pay yourself as little as possible, at least to start. Increase salary as the company can afford it.
21	2. Hire software, not humans. Use Pilot/Bench for accounting, Gusto for payroll, Zapier for automation.
22	3. Don't get an office. Remote is default. Office comes later as a reward, if you want.
23	4. Don't move to Silicon Valley. Lower costs = faster profitability.
24	5. Outsource everything. You + robots first. Then freelancers. Then employees.
25
26	## Growth Mindset
27
28	- Don't need to dominate, disrupt, or conquer
29	- Small businesses are rarely eaten by big fish — big fish eat big fish
30	- Company grows as quickly as customers determine
31	- Working more hours ≠ faster growth
32
33	## Fundraising (If You Must)
34
35	- Bootstrap first. Profitability gives leverage.
36	- Consider Regulation Crowdfunding — turn customers into investors.
37	- Alternatives to VC: Earnest Capital, Indie.vc, Tinyseed Fund.
38	- With VC: profitability means lower dilution and retained control.
39
40	## Avoiding Burnout
41
42	1. Running out of money — solved by profitability
43	2. Running out of energy — equally dangerous
44
45	### Co-founder Relationships
46	- Approach like a marriage. Discuss success, exit, growth speed.
47	- Use vesting. Have hard conversations early.
48
49	### Personal Sustainability
50	- Don't treat it as all-or-nothing
51	- Hire when it hurts — mature business for new people to fit into
52
53	## Output
54
55	For any business decision, evaluate:
56	1. Impact on profitability (revenue and cost implications)
57	2. Reversibility (avoid irreversible decisions)
58	3. Whether it's driven by customer needs or ego/vanity
59	4. Whether there's a cheaper/simpler alternative
60	5. The "default alive or default dead" test

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How to install grow-sustainably?

keeea/minimalist-entrepreneur-skills/grow-sustainably

$npx -y skills add keeea/minimalist-entrepreneur-skills --skill grow-sustainably

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Grow Sustainably
2
3	Help grow a business sustainably without running out of money or energy.
4
5	## Core Principle
6
7	Profitability is a superpower. It gives infinite runway, clarity, and control. Spend less than you make. When profitable, you can take your time and make the right decisions at your own pace.
8
9	## Don't Spend Money You Don't Have
10
11	Profit = Revenue - Costs
12
13	### Two Types of Costs
14
15	- Variable Costs (COGS): Scale with each unit sold (payment processing, hosting, fraud prevention)
16	- Fixed Costs: Don't scale with revenue (domain, hosting, people). #1 fixed cost is always people.
17
18	### Cost-Cutting Rules
19
20	1. Pay yourself as little as possible, at least to start. Increase salary as the company can afford it.
21	2. Hire software, not humans. Use Pilot/Bench for accounting, Gusto for payroll, Zapier for automation.
22	3. Don't get an office. Remote is default. Office comes later as a reward, if you want.
23	4. Don't move to Silicon Valley. Lower costs = faster profitability.
24	5. Outsource everything. You + robots first. Then freelancers. Then employees.
25
26	## Growth Mindset
27
28	- Don't need to dominate, disrupt, or conquer
29	- Small businesses are rarely eaten by big fish — big fish eat big fish
30	- Company grows as quickly as customers determine
31	- Working more hours ≠ faster growth
32
33	## Fundraising (If You Must)
34
35	- Bootstrap first. Profitability gives leverage.
36	- Consider Regulation Crowdfunding — turn customers into investors.
37	- Alternatives to VC: Earnest Capital, Indie.vc, Tinyseed Fund.
38	- With VC: profitability means lower dilution and retained control.
39
40	## Avoiding Burnout
41
42	1. Running out of money — solved by profitability
43	2. Running out of energy — equally dangerous
44
45	### Co-founder Relationships
46	- Approach like a marriage. Discuss success, exit, growth speed.
47	- Use vesting. Have hard conversations early.
48
49	### Personal Sustainability
50	- Don't treat it as all-or-nothing
51	- Hire when it hurts — mature business for new people to fit into
52
53	## Output
54
55	For any business decision, evaluate:
56	1. Impact on profitability (revenue and cost implications)
57	2. Reversibility (avoid irreversible decisions)
58	3. Whether it's driven by customer needs or ego/vanity
59	4. Whether there's a cheaper/simpler alternative
60	5. The "default alive or default dead" test

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