If you're looking to maximize your startup's potential, start by setting the right goals. Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell provide tips and strategies for setting goals that will help keep you and your new business focused on success—plus provide examples of bad goals to avoid as a startup. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Setting Goals: The Stupid Games 01:18 - What's a Too Aggressive Goal? 03:35 - What are the Fake Metrics? 05:43 - Stupid Comparatives 08:03 - What is Sandbagging? 09:39 - Why People Screw Up Accomplishing Goals 11:25 - Take The L 12:41 - Excuses 14:29 - Stupid Prizes Companies Win 14:48 - Most Money Raised 16:16 - Most Employees 17:45 - Execution Team 19:33 - Burning Money 21:07 - Acquiring Companies 22:22 - What's the Prizes for Defrauding Your Customers? 24:11 - Become an Amazing Investor