Your product should provide value quickly to avoid losing customers who expect rapid payback on their investment, and self-proving value through analytics is essential to demonstrate the value delivered from day one, making it clear to customers how much they benefit.

Making a product economically viable is essential. It's important to showcase how a product can be the best customer acquisition tool or a margin-generating part of the business, ensuring that metrics reflect this.

As businesses scale, they care about two things: how much they spend and how much they make. We need to be better at showing how our product impacts those numbers.

A good primary metric should quantify the value you're delivering to your customers, indicating how much they want your product, with revenue being the best metric.

In an operationally intensive business, it's essential to be significantly better than competitors at managing finances and operations to succeed.

It's crucial to understand that raising venture capital is a business transaction, not a personal one; investors expect a return on their investment based on the potential for profit.

The commitment to measurable objectives and transparency is crucial for the success of the OKR process within a company.

Measuring success in investment requires clear metrics, such as the number of successful exits from a portfolio of investments.

Valuation matters, but it shouldn't be the sole focus; understanding the potential return on investment is crucial, as a single successful investment can significantly outweigh losses from others.