Founder Playbook
Mindset
“For a number of years our bonuses that the company were paid out only if we met our revenue goals AND our weight-loss goals.”
Tied company bonuses to BOTH revenue AND weight-loss goals
Lose It! refused to let revenue be the only payout trigger for years. Company bonuses only paid if BOTH the revenue target AND the aggregate user weight-loss target were hit — hardcoding the mission into compensation so the team couldn't optimize monetization at the expense of outcomes.
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Aaron Webster Schaller & Paul Apollo
Lose It!Bootstrapped freemium since 2008 · profitable 2017 · bought back Series A in 2020 · exited to Ziff Davis 2022, fully employee/founder-owned
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