🚀 For startups with revenue, the biggest single predictor of future growth is current growth. Strong growth compounds amazingly. Just see the chessboard.

Yes, sometimes growth can be bought uneconomically (Hi WeWork). But fundamentally this is why investors value it so highly.

That's why your growth rate directly impacts your ability to secure funding. And why explosive growth can drive those huge multiples and valuations.

Without enough growth, you will need to convince investors you are at an inflection point. That is a much tougher job.

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