David, I just checked out the list of Inc500 fastest growing private companies, and was surprised at how low some of the revenue numbers were for category leaders. As a director and investor, how do you counsel your founders on finding the balance between revenue and market-share growth?

I’m not sure I understand the question – please rephrase. By definition if you are generating increasing revenue (at a faster rate than the growth of the market) are you not increasing market share? What is the balance?

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