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aliases: ["Write Q24Q1 retrospective"]
Is A: Task
Belongs to: "[[24q1]]"
Status: Done
Owner: "[[person-luca-rossi]]"
---
# Write Q24Q1 retrospective

The Q1 2024 retrospective is the first formalized quarterly review for the newsletter business. This document captures what went well, what missed, and key learnings from the quarter across all tracked dimensions: [[measure-subscribers]], [[measure-sponsorship-mrr]], [[measure-books-per-month]], and [[measure-resting-hr]]. The retro is published internally (in this vault) and a condensed version is shared with [[person-paco-furiani]] and [[person-sara-ricci]] for alignment.

Writing the retro also involves pulling data from analytics dashboards, reviewing the quarter's content performance, and identifying patterns that should inform [[24q2]] planning. This is the first time the process is being done formally, so part of the task is establishing a repeatable template that can be used in future quarters.

## Acceptance criteria

- [x] Pull final metrics for all four tracked measures and record actual values
- [x] Write narrative summary for each goal area (subscribers, revenue, books, health)
- [x] Identify top 3 learnings and top 3 action items for Q2
- [x] Share condensed summary with [[person-paco-furiani]] and [[person-sara-ricci]]
- [x] Commit the retro document to the vault and link it to [[24q1]]

## Notes

- Established the retro template that has been used every quarter since. The format of "metrics / narrative / learnings / actions" works well.
- The biggest learning from Q1 was that subscriber targets need to account for content style changes (the technical pivot caused unexpected churn).
- Linked to [[procedure-quarterly-retro]] as the canonical process for future quarters.
