All the readouts are green!

Imagine you’re driving along a dark road late and night and you glance down at your dash and you see a little dial in the corner measuring the oil pressure of your car.

Everything is great with the world, the oil pressure on the car is right in the sweet spot.

But where are you going?

You don’t know.

You’re lost.

But where are you?

You don’t know.

You’re lost.

How long will take?

You don’t know.

You’re lost.

Do we have enough fuel to get there?

You don’t know.

You’re lost.

Can we stay awake long enough to get to place where we can find out?

You don’t know.

You’re lost.

But the oil pressure gauge tells you everything is fine, so you keep driving.

Ridiculous.

But startups adhere to this kind of thinking all the time.

We’re measuring our car’s oil pressure, and it is right where it needs to be, therefore, let’s keep doing what we’re doing.