Whatnot's internal shorthand for good product judgment: batting roughly .500 — right about half the time — rather than expecting near-100% correctness. A team that is always right is playing it too safe; the standard signals that decisive, senior-owned bets ("We Regret That Product Management Exists" (Whatnot's PM-Scarcity Principle), IC-First Product Leadership (Keep Top PMs Doing the Work)) are expected to fail close to half the time, and that failure rate is treated as evidence of appropriate boldness rather than a problem to eliminate.
Don't judge a PM or DRI by a win rate near 100% — treat it as a sign they're avoiding real bets. Calibrate review conversations around whether the swings were smart, not whether every one connected.
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