EP339 Growth by Subtraction - The Strategy Most Founders Miss

Profit With A Plan · Mar 17, 2026 · 33m · transcript

Growth by Subtraction: The Strategy Most Business Owners Miss

Released March 17, 2026

🎯 Episode Summary

In this episode of Profit With A Plan, Marcia Riner sits down with entrepreneur, investor, and mentor Yarin Gaon to unpack a common growth mistake many business owners make: assuming that scaling means adding more. More offers, more clients, more services, and more complexity. But once a business has traction, that approach can actually reduce profitability and create operational drag.

Yarin explains why profitable growth often comes from subtraction, not addition. Instead of chasing every…