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Show HN: Grade your growth rate using Paul Graham's two-number math

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Measure your startup's growth rate against Paul Graham's 15%-a-month bar. Compound monthly growth, projections, time to $1B, and the moves to re-accelerate. Bring your own LLM Gateway key.

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The Paul Graham growth testAre you on a billion-dollar growth curve?Paul Graham says a startup comes down to two numbers: your growth rate and how long it lasts. Answer a few questions and we measure both, honestly, against his 15%-a-month bar.1Connect your LLM GatewayBring your own key. We run the analysis on your model of choice.LLM Gateway API keyDon't have one? Sign up free at llmgateway.io. Verify key2Answer a few questions about your businessThe only required input is your monthly revenue. Everything else sharpens the read.The frameworkTwo numbers, per Paul GrahamIn his talk How to Earn a Billion Dollars, Paul Graham argues a startup's outcome comes down to just two numbers: its growth rate, and how long that growth lasts.

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