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Lessons Learned: Validated learning about customers

Startup Lessons Learned

Every board meeting, the metrics of success change. Products can find sources of validation with impressive stats along a number of dimensions, such as high engagement, viral coefficient, or long-term retention. This wasn’t very impressive, but we had two things going for us: A hockey stick shaped growth curve.

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