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About A Smart BearYou're not profitable if you couldn't afford someone else to do your job. $1000/mo isn't profitable. Fix your definition of "profitable," and build a truly profitable business.
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Define profitability after accounting for the market cost of replacing your own labor—not merely as revenue exceeding cash expenses.
Ignoring founder labor can make a low-paying job look like a healthy company, masking whether the business can hire, scale, or operate without you.
Recalculate last month’s profit after adding a realistic salary for every role you perform. What price, cost, or workload must change for the business to remain profitable?
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