Levers

Levers tries to find the few numbers that truly move a young company. It is a welcome break from dashboards that track everything except what the owner should do next. I like the focus on repeatable growth because buyers care about a process, not one lucky month. The book also pushes founders to connect each number to the way the company makes money. That link keeps a metric from becoming office decoration. A short list of useful levers is far better than a long list of impressive charts.