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I'd say it's when questions get asked around, or is this a fleeting cycle of adoption for this sort of product? Or this is going to be gnarly dogfight because there are too many competitors, or this is the wrong time. The risk reward isn't great for this round. That's when your excitement tends to wane. Do you do outcome scenario planning? We used to, and haven't done it more recently.