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Mistake or not is hard to quantify without presenting what qualifies as success first. Is "it was able to achieve our initial goals" success or is "it was able to grow with our business" success? For each of those how much ability is enough to call it "not a mistake"?

I think it's fair to say looking back it was a mistake to pick Pony on the assumptions it provided marginal benefit for the exact needs of the business day 1 but at the same time I think it's fair to say that picking Pony was not a mistake as it allowed them to get where they are today.