I've observed that frugality is one of the least important values for startups and for founders. The vocation of an founder is to find product market fit and gr

I've observed that frugality is one of the least important values for startups and for founders. The vocation of an founder is to find product market fit and grow revenue. Frugality can be a useful tool for growing revenue. But without product market fit, it's a premature optimization, and a seductive one. The graveyard of dead startups is littered with stillborn corpses as a result of founders who focused on frugality to feel productive rather than engaging in the necessary user research and product experimentation to validate product-market fit. If nobody wants to buy the thing you made, it doesn't matter how cheap you can make it. You won't survive long term.