The only startup metric that matters

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1 pointsahawneh4 comments

This seems to be the classic efficiency vs effectiveness. Would you rather go as fast as possible (maybe in the wrong direction), or take the time to make sure your on the right path.

If you have stake in multiple companies I can understand why you would advice go for speed, as chances are big at least some will go in the right direction. And they may be ahead of more deliberately planned startups.

But as a founder with a limited amount of tries I'm not sure what I'd do....

Have stake in one company only, and pivot constantly within.

https://medium.com/dusthq/the-pivots-are-constant-f9b191d954...

The only startup metric that actually matters is net profit.

At that point it's no longer a startup 'in my book'.

No one metric is the only one that matters. At each stage of a startup, a different metric will be the most important. Speed is a secondary metric, a multiplier of the primary, so it's always important but you can't just measure speed and be confident that all is well.

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