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Know the metrics that matter at each stage and what investors actually look for. Master the A16Z and YC frameworks for measuring startup progress. Use when: **Fundraising prep** to know which metrics to highlight; **Board meetings** to report on the right KPIs; **Strategic planning** to set goals that matter; **Product decisions** to understand what to optimize; **Diagnosing problems** to find what's broken
This skill should be used when the user asks about "key startup metrics", "SaaS metrics", "CAC and LTV", "unit economics", "burn multiple", "rule of 40", "marketplace metrics", or requests guidance on tracking and optimizing business performance metrics.
Choose and audit startup metrics using Croll and Yoskovitz's "Lean Analytics". Use when the user mentions "what metrics should we track", "KPIs", "north star metric", "One Metric That Matters (OMTM)", "vanity metrics", "analytics dashboard", "DAU/MAU", "churn benchmark", or "measure product-market fit". Also trigger when choosing metrics for a startup or feature, auditing a dashboard for vanity metrics, setting metric targets and baselines, or instrumenting a product by business model and stage. Covers good-vs-vanity metrics, the One Metric That Matters, metrics by business model, the five startup stages, and benchmarks. For the build-measure-learn loop, see lean-startup. For fixing activation and retention, see improve-retention.