Growth Strategies with Jonathan Mills Patrick

Growth Strategies with Jonathan Mills Patrick

The Invisible Leak: You Don’t Need More Capital. You Need a More Efficient Growth Engine

The Growth Audit: Fixing the Invisible Leak in Your Startup’s Engine

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Jonathan Mills Patrick
Feb 01, 2026
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Running out of runway is rarely a tragedy of “not enough money.” Instead, it is a glaring signal, like the flashing red engine light on your dashboard kind of signal, that something is fundamentally broken within your business model.

For the past few years, the startup ecosystem has operated on a “growth at all costs” mantra. If the tank was empty, you s…

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