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Patrick Campbell

Chief Strategy Officer @ Paddle

Founder of ProfitWell (acquired by Paddle for $200M). Now driving Paddle's strategy.

β€œBootstrapping a $200m business, covering team leadership, product design, and startup building.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
PaddleChief Strategy Officer2022-present
ProfitWellFounder & CEO2012-2022
GoogleStrategist~2011-2012

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β€œWe've got to introduce you to more people, but I appreciate that. I appreciate that.”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

4:02
β€œYeah, 100%. Let's do it. I'm going to change my Twitter bio to that, renaissance of a brain. That's [inaudible 00:04:50] for me. Yeah, I appreciate that.”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

4:43
β€œHere we go. That's all I've ever wanted.”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

12:06
β€œBut then if you're on the funding treadmill and you look at how much money that founder that exec team ends up getting at the end of it's like you might have been better just building a 50 million cas...”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

15:38
β€œYeah. Yeah. We were going to try to sell it. We were trying to sell it in the beginning, but what ended up happening is we ran into all this, that's why we didn't.”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

29:49
β€œAnd then your leadership is basically a conversation of, "Great, that's what good looks like, we agree. How do we close that gap?" And then all of those conversations are like, "Okay, you only shipped...”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

31:57
β€œWe solve that problem or we figure out how to get the more resources, then they're not doing it again. "Okay, why?"”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

32:12
β€œAnd then all of a sudden you start to create this very high output team across the board, and you also have this alignment so you don't wake up nine months into someone being at your company and being...”
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10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

32:18
β€œAnd it's like, "Well, why did you just all of a sudden wake up and think Tim sucks."”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

32:30
β€œ"Well, he's not shipping blah, blah, blah, blah."”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

32:34
β€œSo that's the framework that I found really, really useful. And also, it's great for using for presentations, it's great for a mission, it's great for all of these different things because it's a litt...”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

36:50
β€œ"Oh, we're going to try to charge for this metrics product. Now there's a bunch of competitors. The customers don't really care about it."”
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Patrick Campbell

10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)

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