Paul Graham on Twitter: "When a startup has good news, it usually contains numbers. An investor update that's all letters is a bad sign."

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1. Net Jacobsson‏ @Net 3 Dec 2013
  Replying to @paulg
  
  .@paulg I would ask my startups to put numbers or letters in the subject line as heads-up so I know what to expect
  
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1. Venky Ganesan‏ @venkyganesan 3 Dec 2013
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  @paulg so true. Same rule for updates from Sales VP's in board meeting. One slide good news; more the slides worse the news
  
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1. Keval Desai‏ @kevaldesai 3 Dec 2013
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  @paulg good point - but not having numbers in the investor update by itself doesn't necessarily mean there are no good numbers #inconclusive
  
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1. Michael Hoglund‏ @michaelhoglund 3 Dec 2013
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  @paulg How common are KPI dashboards that are constantly updated? Shouldn't that be a base requirement from investors?
  
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1. Dr. AnnMaria De Mars‏ @annmariastat 3 Dec 2013
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  @paulg @JasonLBaptiste We added 3 more schools in 2 states to our @7GenGames users. Even our name has a number (-:
  
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1. Alan Gleeson‏ @AlanGleeson 3 Dec 2013
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  RT @paulg: When a startup has good news, it usually contains numbers. An investor update that's all letters is a bad sign.
  
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1. Duygu Ozen‏ @duyguozen_ 3 Dec 2013
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  “@paulg: When a startup has good news, it usually contains numbers. An investor update that's all letters is a bad sign.”
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1. Ayman‏ @BrokerChange 3 Dec 2013
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  @paulg @dharmesh a good investor can always find good numbers
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1. rvivek‏ @rvivek 3 Dec 2013
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  “@paulg: When a startup has good news, it usually contains numbers. An investor update that's all letters is a bad sign.”
  
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1. Tod Loofbourrow‏ @todatmit 3 Dec 2013
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  “@paulg: When a startup has good news, it usually contains numbers. An investor update that's all letters is a bad sign.” Dead on!
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