Tommy Mello
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Correct.
It's almost like profit, or I'm sorry, capital or money is an accelerant, right?
It can move you forward.
But unless you have a super tight machine that you know predictably, I'm going to put $1 in, I'm going to get $1.50 out.
Like, why would you get debt or why would you raise?
It's all about self-funding.
You don't have to self-fund the growth, but it's really just like make sure your model is super, super tight and profitable.
Like the million-dollar company does 30% net profit.
I will throw capital at it gladly over the five-million-dollar company that does 10%.
It's all about tightening your machine.
Before you scale.
Capital or money is just, it's a scale.
Because you're the machine.
Yes, but you're in a position where your machine is so tight and tuned.
Correct.
So putting money in the top of funnel is just an accelerant.
For a lot of companies, I don't think a lot of companies have lead problem.
Yeah, because it's the easiest to identify.
Correct.
Yeah.