# Pull up your numbers. Right now.

> The sixty-second test for whether a business runs on numbers or on gut feel.

Source: https://andrewsponsler.com/garden/pull-up-your-numbers

Not the bank balance. The handful of numbers that tell you if this week went well, and which person owns each one.

Most founders can't. Not because they don't care. Because the business was never built to show them.

## The sixty-second test

Answer these in a minute, without asking anyone.

1. What were the five numbers that mattered last week, and did they go up or down?
2. Who on your team owns each one?
3. Where would you go to check, and would you trust what you found?

Stuck on any of them? That's the work.

## Why it matters

If you can't answer in sixty seconds, the business is running on your memory and your mood. Every decision routes through you, because you are the only place the picture exists. The fix starts with See it (https://andrewsponsler.com/garden/see-own-run): pick the few numbers that tell the truth, and build a scorecard from real data.