In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner Tom Blomfield discusses one of the most important elements of running any startup: metrics! Tom shares what key metrics to track and how to use them to make the best decisions for your company.
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
00:00 – Intro
00:21 – Importance of Metrics
01:16 – Pre-launch Metrics
02:23 – Metric Overload Caution
03:17 – Key Metrics Selection
04:54 – Consistency in Metrics
07:13 – Investor Update Metrics
09:17 – Retention’s Significance
13:13 – B2B SaaS: Net Dollar Retention
16:50 – Cruciality of Gross Margin
21:10 – Challenges of Negative Margin Scaling
22:18 – Metrics Recap
22:42 – Final Thoughts
23:24 – Outro
