Patrick Campbell
Chief Strategy Officer @ Paddle
Founder of ProfitWell (acquired by Paddle for $200M). Now driving Paddle's strategy.
βBootstrapping a $200m business, covering team leadership, product design, and startup building.β
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Paddle | Chief Strategy Officer | 2022-present |
| ProfitWell | Founder & CEO | 2012-2022 |
| Strategist | ~2011-2012 |
Vault Colleagues
Episodes (1)
Top Topics
Related People
Quotable Clips
βWe've got to introduce you to more people, but I appreciate that. I appreciate that.β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βYeah, 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.β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βHere we go. That's all I've ever wanted.β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βBut 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...β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βYeah. 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.β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βAnd 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...β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βWe solve that problem or we figure out how to get the more resources, then they're not doing it again. "Okay, why?"β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βAnd 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...β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βAnd it's like, "Well, why did you just all of a sudden wake up and think Tim sucks."β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
β"Well, he's not shipping blah, blah, blah, blah."β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
βSo 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...β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)
β"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."β
10 lessons on bootstrapping a $200m business | Patrick Campbell (ProfitWell)