What do Airbnb, Facebook, Spotify, Hubspot, and Slack all have in common? A North Star Metric that influences their long-term growth. This means the one metric that all business units focus on. Here's the breakdown 🧵 https://t.co/RcmjciA82n

Really excited to finally share a post I've been working on for a while, which went live today on Future—@a16z's new media site. It's a guide to helping you choose your North Star Metric, based on analyzing the NSMs of 40 of today's biggest tech companies. https://t.co/Um6232dfKd https://t.co/U9mz9z0kzX

The North Star Metric is an extremely simple, powerful concept. But it's largely misunderstood. In this post: 1. What is a North Star Metric? 2. Common Misconceptions 3. Recommended Classification Let's tackle them one by... See more