There's a difference between, like, missing a revenue plan that's fundamentally altering the trajectory of the business and clearing stage gates or roadblocks that are getting you to that exponential growth curve. Like, those are two pretty different things.

It's like we're we're in a, I think, better position to kind of understand, like, oh, yeah.

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I like to think that we approach it with a slightly more like, I I will like, I think that we are, because of our operator backgrounds, we will actually skew a little bit more to the, like, come on, guys. What's going on? But if there's good re like, truly good reasons, we also understand. Right? It's like we're we're in a, I think, better position to kind of understand, like, oh, yeah. Like, that's that's a real reason for the miss and, you know, like, that's not that's not a real miss. It's just a month slowdown. Right? There's a big right. Because there's a difference between, like, missing a revenue plan that's fundamentally altering the trajectory of the business and, clearing stage gates or roadblocks that are getting you to that exponential growth curve. Like, those are two pretty different things.

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Provides a nuanced framework for evaluating startup performance misses. The distinction between trajectory-altering vs stage-gate misses is immediately useful for founders and investors.

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