# Share real numbers; honesty earns trust and feedback

- Category: mindset
- Author: Valentin Bora (https://indie.md/people/vali/)
- Source: https://indie.md/journeys/vali-doesmyemail/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/share-the-real-numbers/

Valentin will tell you Dr. Ursula has about 50 paying users on top of roughly 620 free ones, the exact ratio most founders hide. Sharing real numbers, including the ones that are not impressive yet, earns a kind of trust and a quality of feedback that polished vanity metrics never will. People can only help you with the real situation, and an audience that watches you build honestly becomes the audience that roots for you. Round numbers up in your head, not on the slide.