๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐. One of my favorite outcomes of a ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ-๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ!
- Gustavo Valente

- Mar 26
- 1 min read

Why? Because it turns a "๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ" ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.ย
In every TEA I run, I model how unit cost drops as production volume increases.
ย This simple curve tells founders and investors so much:
โ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐
โ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐
โ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ
๐ But here's the catch:
ย ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ย and most founders dont know that.
ย ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ.
After a certain capacity, the cost per unit stops decreasing, and sometimes even goes up. Why?ย
๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฑ, ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ.
Itโs a powerful moment when a team sees:
ย "๐๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ 100 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต $9/๐ฌ๐จ... ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ต 3,000 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต $2.30/๐ฌ๐จ...ย ย ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต 10,000 ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ $2.60/๐ฌ๐จ.. ๐ "
Thatโs when it clicks.
TEA can help mapping your path to profit, clarifying how much investment youโll need to be competitive, and guiding strategic decisions at every stage of growth.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ? ๐คย
๐ ๐๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ.



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