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Cancer and revenue - the latest board meeting

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James Hawkins
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1,030
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Summary

A dramatic month unfolded for the writer's family after their 16-month-old daughter was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer, leading to a whirlwind of medical appointments and treatments, including surgery and chemotherapy. Despite the challenges, including the removal of one eye and the potential return of the cancer, the family remains hopeful about saving her seeing eye with a 66% chance of success. Concurrently, the writer balances personal challenges with professional growth at PostHog, emphasizing the company's success in surpassing goals for their self-hosted and cloud products. With around 100 paying customers on PostHog Cloud and 8,000 companies deployed, the focus is on accelerating growth for their open-source and Scale products while enhancing their enterprise offerings. The strategy involves leveraging organic growth, implementing a scorecard to gauge high-quality signups, and refining their pricing and adoption model, particularly for large enterprises that value data control. The writer remains committed to not letting the personal challenges impede opportunities at PostHog and is determined to continue building and expanding the company's reach.

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