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This is the smart comment. If, as a VC, you know the outliers are hard to find, would you really get distracted by someone being on the market for 1-2 months?

Just fyi - Mario Andretti and other similar drivers could be placed into any car and would perform at a very high level after a lap or so...

FAANG = Netflix

"And immediately my issue was eventually resolved." - from their testimonial.

Mate, we're all slowly dying.

It is important to measure what you treasure.

However the concept of pairing metrics is equally important. Otherwise the power of what is being measured will become the entire focus.

Pairing metrics combine quantity with quality. Like speed of improvement with safety, or quantity of burgers processed with quality of the assembly process.

Bicycles in the city, what a great idea.

Hey Chris, its Kris!

Jason mentions in his article that this applies after the first few million of ARR.

Secret + Quora = Reddit

Clean house first. Take the team down to 3. Get rep productivity back on track.

Then... consider bringing in a sales VP that can responsibly scale.

Takes rickrolling to a whole new level.

I think you are wrong. The entrepreneurs that intuitively knew this, without reading a blog post about it, were the ones that also got funded.

So hopefully others that don't know this, can adjust their behavior, and possibly have a chance at getting funded.

3 accounts doesn't sound like "balanced" usage.

Care to expand on the magnesium and B6 comment?

The key to happiness is setting goals that are recognizably stretch goals for oneself (but not so stretch that they are unachievable), then achieving them, and then taking pause to reflect on the successful achievement of those goals.