# Gross Profit
Gross Profit is the value left after direct delivery costs are paid.
## Meaning
In the [[Hormozi Meaning Guide]], gross profit matters because revenue alone can hide whether the business has fuel.
Gross profit connects [[Pricing]], delivery cost, [[Customer Acquisition Cost]], [[Payback Period]], [[Profit Per Customer]], [[Money Model]], and [[Scaling]].
For Joe's Mynd, gross profit should support sustainable service and [[Financial Well-being]], not only bigger top-line numbers.
## Source Of Meaning
This note is grounded in the Acquisition.com Money Models Course, especially its gross profit and payback sections, and [[Hormozi Meaning Guide]].
## Relationship Over Time
This note should mature when Joe maps one offer's revenue, direct costs, and leftover capacity.
## Links
- [[Hormozi Meaning Guide]]
- [[Money Model]]
- [[Pricing]]
- [[Customer Acquisition Cost]]
- [[Payback Period]]
- [[Profit Per Customer]]
- [[Scaling]]
- [[Financial Well-being]]
- [[Business]]
- [[Action Evaluation]]
- [[Joe]]
- [[Mynd]]
## Tensions
Gross profit can fund better delivery and growth. It can also hide labor, emotional cost, or undercounted service burden.
## Question
How much real fuel remains after the promise is delivered?