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