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The biggest determinant for success in a startup is the speed at which it operates and learns – the “clock speed” to use a CPU analogy. The easiest external measure for this is how fast you ship product. However, its not easy to measure.
There is often a simpler cultural test that one can apply which is the following. When someone says “Let’s have a follow up conversation”, what is the implicit unspoken understanding of when that should happen? That's your clock speed.