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#120 – Seeking Truth as a Founder with Patrick Campbell of ProfitWell

Sep 24, 2019
Patrick Campbell, founder of ProfitWell, discusses the importance of finding root causes in startups, the significance of pricing and churn for growth, and shares how he grew ProfitWell to over $10M/year. Also explores critical thinking, problem analysis, re-educating the market, value metrics for pricing, and building founders' truths.
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Quick takeaways

  • Addressing retention and monetization are key growth levers in a subscription business.
  • Solving fundamental causes of problems is more important than addressing symptoms.

Deep dives

Patrick Campbell's journey as a founder and the growth of ProfitWell

Patrick Campbell, the founder of ProfitWell, discusses his journey as a first-time founder and the growth of his business. He started ProfitWell in 2012 and it has rapidly grown to surpass 10 million in revenue. Campbell explains that ProfitWell focuses on the hard parts of subscription growth and offers a suite of software products to help subscription companies with financial metrics, retention, and pricing optimization. He emphasizes the importance of addressing retention and monetization as key growth levers in a subscription business. Campbell also highlights the challenges and the necessity of educating founders about the significance of churn and pricing in building sustainable and profitable businesses.

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