The hard problem in investing and founding is not identifying what matters but signaling what you actually care about and getting your team to focus on it, because investors and wrong signals during bull markets made founders believe they were succeeding when they were actually building unsustainable businesses.
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Parag ParikhEvidence Quote
“your business is going to be measured on the financial performance of it ... But I think the point, Shane, for me on getting people to embrace reality is 'Okay, cool. That signal that you're looking at is supportive of the point that we're doing great. What about all these other signals?'”
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Ravi Gupta (Sequoia) Opens Up About The Realities of Success | E164— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/11/2026, 12:54:44 AM
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