Do you want one marshmallow now? Or two in 15 minutes?
We are living in a data-driven world, and it seems to come at the cost of strategy and vision. This is obviously one of the biggest mistakes you, as a founder, can make. Please keep making a distinction between where you are and what the data tells you, and where you want to be. It's great if the data points towards an alternative route to your destination, but it gets dangerous really quickly if it doesn't, or when you forget what the destination was.
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