> This is not what Paul meant, and I don't think it's what he would recommend. "During Y Combinator we measure growth rate per week, partly because there is so

> This is not what Paul meant, and I don't think it's what he would recommend. "During Y Combinator we measure growth rate per week, partly because there is so little time before Demo Day, and partly because startups early on need frequent feedback from their users to tweak what they're doing. [..] This is, obviously, only for startups that have already launched or can launch during YC. A startup building a new database will probably not do that. On the other hand, launching something small and then using growth rate as evolutionary pressure is such a valuable technique that any company that could start this way probably should. " "using growth rate as evolutionary pressure is such a valuable technique that any company that could start this way probably should." -> that looks like exactly what the 6% check is for - a simple tool to keep you motivated, not to rely your whole strategy upon.