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growth & revenue are ways to show "traction" -- a buzzwordy way to measure meaningful progress. For an R&D based startup working on Fusion, that progress would
by balls187 10y ago
growth & revenue are ways to show "traction" -- a buzzwordy way to measure meaningful progress.
For an R&D based startup working on Fusion, that progress would be measured differently.
Many businesses have Key Performance Indicators (KPI's). Startups should be no different.
- dasil003 10y agoAnd YC probably doesn't see many of those...
- tlb 10y agoI've seen meaningful progress metrics in R&D-stage companies working on fusion, synthetic bio, AI, rockets, and more. I think they're especially important in R&D companies, because it's so easy to go off into the weeds or solve the wrong problems.