Cut the Fat
Costs That Grew While You Weren't Looking
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Your profit margin is leaking through subscriptions you forgot existed and vendors who haven't earned their rate in years 💸
Cut the Fat
This 14-day course turns cost auditing from a dreaded weekend project into a systematic daily practice. You'll build awareness of where money actually goes, authenticate which expenses still serve your business, and take action to cut or renegotiate five real line items before the course ends.
Six shifts. One new you. 🌱
Every recurring expense categorized, questioned, and ranked by ROI within two weeks
Concrete savings locked in: cancelled subscriptions, renegotiated contracts, or eliminated waste
Exact language for renegotiating rates without burning bridges or sounding desperate
A 20-minute routine you can run every month to catch cost creep before it compounds
Clear criteria for evaluating new costs so you stop saying yes by default
You'll read your financials without dread and know exactly where you stand
- You run a business past the survival stage with predictable revenue and at least ten recurring expenses
- You suspect you're overpaying somewhere but haven't carved out time for a proper audit
- You've grown through adding tools and services faster than you've reviewed whether they still fit
- You want concrete savings this month, not a theory about cost management for someday
- ✕ You're still in startup mode with five expenses total and every dollar accounted for daily
- ✕ You love spreadsheets so much that cost auditing is already your favorite monthly ritual
- ✕ You're looking for tax optimization or legal structures - this is operational expense work, not accounting strategy
A curriculum designed to move you 🧭
Days 1-4. You'll inventory every recurring cost, identify invisible expenses, and face the total monthly burn without judgment. By day four you'll have a complete list ranked by size and a gut-check on which ones make you wince.
Days 5-8. You'll connect each expense to a business outcome and separate the essentials from the inherited decisions. The midpoint consolidation helps you admit which tools you keep because of sunk cost, not strategy.
Days 9-12. You'll cancel, downgrade, or renegotiate five real expenses using the scripts and frameworks from the course. Each day targets a different cost category. You'll have uncomfortable conversations and see money return to your account.
Days 13-14. You'll design your ongoing cost review system, set trigger rules for new expenses, and lock in the savings. The final capstone task is running your first monthly audit using the framework you just built.
Coach
The Exponential Coach 🤝
The Exponential Coach has spent 20 years helping business owners build systems that scale without breaking. Cost auditing became a signature discipline after watching hundreds of clients hit revenue targets but still wonder where the profit went. The truth: most businesses don't have a revenue problem, they have a cost-creep problem. This course distills two decades of P&L reviews, vendor negotiations, and operational cleanups into a 14-day system you can run yourself.
The approach is surgical, not philosophical. You won't get lectures about frugality or shame about past spending. You'll get a step-by-step audit process, real renegotiation scripts tested in actual vendor calls, and a framework for making expense decisions that stick. This is the course The Exponential Coach runs with every Growth Systems client before they scale anything else.
Growth, in their own words 💖
Composite student voices representing typical outcomes.
"I found €11,200 in annual savings in the first week, including two software subscriptions we were paying for duplicate features. The vendor renegotiation script worked exactly as written - I got a 30% reduction just by asking the right way."
Stefan K., operations director, Munich (composite student voice)
"I've been avoiding this audit for two years. The daily tasks made it manageable, and the framework helped me finally cancel services I knew weren't working but felt guilty about. Five cuts completed, zero guilt remaining."
Priya M., founder, London (composite student voice)
"The monthly ritual is the real win. I now spend 20 minutes every month reviewing costs with clear criteria, and I've caught three unnecessary renewals before they hit the card. This paid for itself in month one."
Lars H., CEO, Stockholm (composite student voice)
FAQ ☯️
Do I need accounting experience to do this course?+
No. If you can read your bank statement and your P&L, you have enough. The course teaches the audit process step by step, and the tasks work with whatever financial setup you already have - from a simple spreadsheet to full accounting software.
What if I don't find five expenses to cut?+
Then your cost base is tighter than most, and you'll finish the course with a proven audit system for the future. Most businesses find 5-12 candidates in the first three days. Even if you only renegotiate three and bank €4,000 annually, the course paid for itself 85 times over.
Will this damage vendor relationships?+
The renegotiation scripts are designed to preserve relationships while resetting terms. You're not threatening to leave, you're asking whether there's a better fit for your current usage. Most vendors would rather adjust the contract than lose you entirely, and the course shows you exactly how to frame that conversation.
How much time does the daily work take?+
Morning lesson: 3-5 minutes. Daily task: 15-45 minutes depending on the day. Renegotiation days (9-12) might take an hour if you're on a call with a vendor. The evening reflection is five minutes. Budget an hour total per day to be safe.
What if I'm not ready to cut anything yet?+
Then this course will waste your money and your two weeks. The outcome contract is five cuts or renegotiations completed by day 14. If you're only here for awareness, stop at day eight and ask for a refund. This is a doing course, not a thinking course.
About this course
Curriculum
- The Costs You Never Decided to Pay
- Subscription Sprawl: The Tools Nobody Uses
- Supplier Price Creep: Same Invoice, Higher Number
- Cost per Outcome: What Each Euro Actually Buys
- The Auto-Renewal Trap: Contracts on Autopilot
- Keep, Cut or Renegotiate: Scoring Without Hurting Growth
- Midpoint: Your Audit Sheet and the Five Targets
- The First Cut: Kill One Zero-Value Expense Today
- Know the Market Before You Pick Up the Phone
- The Renegotiation Call: A Script That Works
- Consolidate the Overlap: Fewer Vendors, Better Terms
- The Big Fixed Costs: Banks, Insurers and Landlords
- Guardrails: Stop the Fat From Growing Back
- Capstone: Close the Fifth Cut and Lock In Your Savings