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Startups keep scaling ops before they scale data — Here’s why it backfires

A startup doubles its headcount. It opens a new sales channel. It ships a second product line. All of this happens while the business is still running on a spreadsheet, a half-built dashboard, or a weekly gut-check meeting. Nobody notices the gap at first, growth feels like growth. Then, three months in, someone on the

Startups keep scaling ops before they scale data — Here’s why it backfires

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