The Leak Detector · Chapter 13

The Expense Leak

Subscriptions you forgot about. Vendors you don’t use. Fees you stopped reading. The Expense Leak is the slow drain of money leaving your account for things that aren’t producing.

The 30-day rule

If you haven’t used something in the last thirty days, cancel it. Refund anything you can. Most owners hold on to expenses because cancelling feels like work. It is the highest-paid thirty minutes you’ll have all month.

$5,000+

Typical annual recoverable from forgotten subscriptions and unused vendors

30 days

The cutoff. Not 60. Not last quarter. Last 30 days.

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Categories where most expense leaks hide: software, services, fees

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After you run the audit

Cancel the easy ones first.

Anything you haven’t touched in 30 days. Don’t think about it. Cancel.

Ask for refunds.

Most vendors will refund multiple months without a fight. They’d rather give you the money than have you leave loud.

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Book a free call. We’ll review your stack and tell you what to cut, what to consolidate, and what to keep.

Spending money is not the same as building a business.

The thirty minutes you spend cancelling pays better than almost any other thirty minutes in your week. Run the audit.