Why Startups Collect Data They’ll Never Use (And Why That Costs You More Than You Think)
Over the past fifteen years, I’ve watched a pattern emerge so consistently that I can almost predict it now: a founder gets serious about understanding their business, decides they need “better data,” and within six months they’re collecting information they’ll never actually use. Not because they’re careless. Because they’re thinking about the problem wrong. The worst part? This mistake costs…