Scaling to $1M

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Scaling to $1M

The Inflection Points That Actually Matter

We analyzed 100+ founder interviews from Starter Story and My First Million to extract the inflection points, frameworks, and decisions that separate $10K businesses from $1M ones.

  • What Separates Businesses That Scale to $1M?
  • What Changes at Each Revenue Threshold?
  • What Systems and Hires Unlock Growth?

Guide Map

  1. 1 What Separates Businesses That Scale to $1M?
  2. 2 What Changes at Each Revenue Threshold?
  3. 3 What Systems and Hires Unlock Growth?
  4. 4 How Do You Use Pricing as a Growth Lever?
  5. 5 How Do You Build Defensible Distribution Channels?
  6. 6 When Does the Founder Become the Bottleneck?
  7. 7 Where Do Scaling Experts Disagree?
  8. 8 FAQ

Also includes Table of Contents

100+

Videos Analyzed

29

Expert Sources

25

Frameworks Extracted

43

Rules & Heuristics