metrics

also referred to as: metric

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Oct 26, 2015 by Matt Lerner · across every show →

Everything said about metrics, oldest first

Oct 26, 2015 negative

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Only two of 150 incoming 500 Startups companies properly tracked metrics

“Across the entire team at 500, we can maybe think of two companies who came in and they had the right metrics and they were tracking them properly.”

Matt Lerner Oct 26, 2015 ▶ 14:38 20 VC 082: 500 Startups Week: Growth Hacking 101: How To 10x Your Conversion with Matt Lerner, Head of Distro Dojo London

Aug 5, 2019 negative

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Puttagunta: The venture ecosystem over-rotates on managing early-stage startups by metrics

“Yeah, I think there's been, frankly, an over rotation into just running businesses simply on metrics.”

Chetan Puttagunta Aug 5, 2019 ▶ 6:43 20VC: Benchmark's Chetan Puttagunta on The One Question To Ask When Analysing Market Size, How To Compete in Today's War for Talent & Why We Have Seen An Over-Rotation In Running Businesses Based on Metrics

Aug 16, 2023

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Balfour: Metrics measure if a growth strategy is working, not define it

“Your metrics are there to help answer the question, is your strategy working? Right. And so they are not there to determine your strategy.”

Brian Balfour Aug 16, 2023 ▶ 42:52 Brian Balfour: Startup Growth Secrets from HubSpot; Distribution Stratagies; Impact of AI | E1049 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Jul 17, 2024

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Franceschi: Companies must evaluate financial metrics in the most punitive way

“I have this belief that That we need to look at metrics the most punitive way possible.”

Pedro Franceschi Jul 17, 2024 ▶ 38:33 Pedro Franceschi: What Brex Needs to do to be a Public Company | E1178 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Aug 30, 2024 negative

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Founders make a deadly mistake by tracking too many dashboard metrics

“I think the biggest mistake that I see founders making day to day is not having a handle on their metrics, right? I think everybody measures metrics in like a different way. And I think we've kind of entered an era of death by a thousand dashboards. And I woul…”

Scott Gorlick Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 36:08 Scott Gorlick: How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers & The Uber’s Expansion Playbook | E1196 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

Sep 5, 2025

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Alex Schultz: A company North Star is a goal, not a metric

“Well, the most important thing is the North Star is not a metric. So the North Star is your goal. Your goal is like, what are you trying to achieve?”

Alex Schultz Sep 5, 2025 ▶ 4:26 20Growth: Meta CMO Alex Schultz on How All Founders Have to Change Their Marketing Playbook in a World of AI | Is AI Plateauing, What it Means if China Wins the AI Race and Why Zuck is a Generational Leader

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