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    1. Naval‏ @naval 14 May 2019

      My number one predictor of whether or not a company will find product-market fit: High shipping cadence.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 May 2019
      Replying to @naval @__tosh

      I would not disagree with that. It might sound like you could spoof this heuristic by constantly shipping random crap. But no one can stand doing that for long. So in practice shipping regularly means you're on the track.

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        2. Osaretin Victor Asemota‏Verified account @asemota 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          Maybe even spewing out random crap creates market fit for random crap? There may be a method to the (deliberate) madness 😂

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        3. sylvie Bossianna‏ @SylvieBossianna 14 May 2019
          Replying to @asemota @paulg and

          @asemota 😂😂😂 pepper dem

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        2. Oliver Abrahams‏ @OliverAbrahams 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          This might sound dumb but what does this give you that measuring sales volumes doesn't?

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 May 2019
          Replying to @OliverAbrahams @naval @__tosh

          This is the step before you have significant sales. This is when you're still trying to find something the market wants.

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        1. Harry‏ @harrycanuck 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          It will let others know if you're on the right or wrong track pretty quickly! Useful nonetheless.

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        1. cfarm‏ @cfarm54 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          shipping random crap is probably still better than shipping nothing

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        1.  ⚡️ Dr. Amy Jo Kim  ⚡️‏ @amyjokim 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          In general this is SO true - however I've had clients who were addicted to throwing sh*t at a wall, FAST, w/out strategy or thoughtful reflection. Thankfully they're the minority. Fast Shipping + Smart Strategy = 🔥

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        2. Andre‏ @dre7413 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          Curious as to why you used the double negative rather than the affirmative? Why didn’t you say, “I agree with this”?

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 May 2019
          Replying to @dre7413 @naval @__tosh

          It's a slightly weaker form of agreement.

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        1. Lili 325 Balfour  🐕 🚴 📈  👩‍🍳 🇺🇸‏Verified account @lilibalfour 14 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @naval @__tosh

          Met a lot of poor performing teams that constantly ship random crap b/c they have financial means to do so. I think Naval's quote holds true for VC backed teams who are (typically) held accountable by their capital sources.

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