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Ask HN: For repeat applicants to YC, how should you measure the progress?

There is a question in the application which talks about the progress you have made. What do you guys think is the best way to approach this? Where I am confused is that the two major things almost all of us have worked on is 1/ Users and 2/ Product. When they are talking about progess, is it the work done/efforts put in, or the numbers/achievements? Or something else?

Any thoughts on how to best answer this would be really useful for all the applicants here.

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Re:Ask HN: For repeat applicants to YC, how should you measu... by tzm on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @01:48PM (#17870193)
Measuring progress should display an ability to quantify and communicate value. So, it's up to you to decide which metrics are best for your company / product / project.
Re:Ask HN: For repeat applicants to YC, how should you measu... by mchakravarti7 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @02:00PM (#17893102)
The amount of work/effort put in will have translated to something that's more easily quantifiable/measurable like growth (what kind differs from company to company), improvement in product or even the team. Agree with tzm -- you probably know best about what metrics you'd want to share in that response