What could be more important than business growth?

Today, our attention was attracted by a note in the blog of Sam Altman, the head of Y Combinator, who shared his vision of what startups should pay attention to in addition to the company's growth indicators.



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The issue of business growth and state expansion is one of the most deprecated. This topic is constantly present in certain notes and news. Few people talk about the product itself, but in vain.
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If growth is a higher priority for you, then the product may turn out to be quite mediocre, and this may work as a delayed action mechanism. Your partners and investors may not track the situation, but then it will be too late.

The main point that many lose sight of is the rigorous assessment of the quality of the product in terms of the possibility of its recommendation from the client to the client. It is important to understand the response to what you are doing, and not just invest more and more in the promotion and growth of hacking.

It is this approach that distinguishes serious companies from ephemeral, according to Sam Altman.