I don't think that growth is a false signal. One major thing that kills startups is that people don't want what the company is building. The second derivative o

I don't think that growth is a false signal. One major thing that kills startups is that people don't want what the company is building. The second derivative of revenue is a good way (i.e. signal) to measure product-market fit. The other major cause of death is cofounder breakups, and that's hard to predict. Regardless, it's tough to predict the future.