[zcombynator]

Growth is the most convincing metric. If you have growth, you will get funding. So how to get growth? Build something users want/like. How to know what they want/like? Talk to them. Build. Talk. Build. Talk.

[etothepii]

Someone's been watching the partner lounge / Dalton & Michael explain.

[mbesto]

Sure, but this isn't mutually exclusive.