North Star metric

6 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Aug 3, 2022 by Shreyas Doshi · across every show →

Everything said about North Star metric, oldest first

Aug 3, 2022 negative
Insight
Doshi: Early-stage startups do not need a perfect North Star metric
“The North Star metric is not a panacea. Just defining, finding the perfect metric as your NSM is actually not necessary, right? Like you when you're, especially when you're early stage what you're mainly looking for is, is my product resonating, right?”
Shreyas Doshi Aug 3, 2022 ▶ 11:50 Shreyas Doshi: The 6 Product Metrics You Need To Know; The 3 Types of Product Leader | E913 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Aug 3, 2022 positive
Insight
Doshi: Early-stage products get more signal from qualitative inputs than metrics
“Especially for early stage product. I often say that you're going to get a lot more signal from the Qualitative inputs than you are simply from your North star metric.”
Shreyas Doshi Aug 3, 2022 ▶ 13:14 Shreyas Doshi: The 6 Product Metrics You Need To Know; The 3 Types of Product Leader | E913 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 26, 2023 negative
Insight
Stebbings: Revenue is an output metric, not a valid North Star
“Often it's revenue and revenue for me is an output. It's not an input.”
Harry Stebbings Jul 26, 2023 ▶ 8:01 Sri Batchu: Biggest Growth Lesson from Instacart & Opendoor; 70% of Experiments Should Fail | E1040 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 31, 2024
Insight
Lerner: Ask employees how their work impacts the North Star metric
“If you tell people things, they may or may not listen, but if you ask them questions, it forces them to think. So once I have it, explain the North Star to the whole team, I have each manager go around and ask each person, explain to me how your work impacts t…”
Matt Lerner May 31, 2024 ▶ 17:57 Matt Lerner: How to Hire Growth Leaders and Teams and Why in a World of AI | E1159 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 14, 2024 negative
Opinion
Stebbings: A company's North Star metric should never be revenue
“I always say your North Star should never be revenue.”
Harry Stebbings Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 21:42 Janie Lee: Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs | E1165 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 14, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Lee: Loom shifted its North Star metric to revenue growth
“It's interesting because for the longest time, our North Star was video views and that core engagement metric, and in the last, call it one to two years, where we updated for the first time our North Star metric to be revenue growth, I think it's actually, amo…”
Janie Lee Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 21:53 Janie Lee: Three Core Skills that Make the Best PMs | E1165 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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