Why Smart Founders Change the Wrong Things

About this episode

This episode discusses how founders can identify what aspects of their business to protect and what to cut before incurring costs.

This episode covers the engine vs vehicle diagnostic: how to tell what to protect and what to cut before the cost is locked in.

People in this episode

Host: James Schramko

Topics covered

• founders
• business strategy
• cost management
• diagnostics
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• founders
• business decisions
• cost cutting
• diagnostic tools
• entrepreneurship

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