Insiders still discovering the upside: management reports the opportunity keeps revealing itself bigger in live operatio
The model's full reasoning — Q2 2017 call → NOWe need to determine if management conveys that it is still discovering new upside inside the business that is already working, and if it is responding with real attention or resources. The question asks for a YES if both halves are present: (1) fresh discoveries coming out of live operation, and (2) management is following the discoveries. Let's analyze the transcript. The CEO, Dave Schaeffer, and CFO Tad Weed speak. They discuss results, growth, sales rep productivity, etc. Key points: - Sales rep productivity at 6.5 units per FTE per month, highest in history. - They added reps, now 434, highest number. - They mention that corporate customers are using more bandwidth, migrating to cloud, SaaS, etc. - They mention VPN services growing, now 17% of total revenues, 25% of corporate revenues. - They mention that they are seeing more demand for corporate services, and that the addressable market is expanding because customers are taking both primary and secondary internet access. - They mention that they are adding data centers, and that they are seeing mixed results but some are full. - They mention that they are seeing improvements in NetCentric revenue growth. But does management explicitly say they are discovering new upside? They talk about growth, but is there a sense of surprise or discovery? They say "we continue to be optimistic" and "we are pleased and encouraged." They mention that the corporate business grew sequentially and year-over-year, and that they are seeing more demand. They also mention that they are adding reps and that productivity is high. However, the question asks for "fresh discoveries coming out of live operation" - meaning management recounts learning something favorable about the scope of its opportunity that it did not fully appreciate before, grounded in real current activity. Is there any such statement? For example, they might say "we discovered that customers are using our service in new ways" or "we found that there is more demand than we thought." Looking at the transcript, they talk about the growth of VPN services, but that seems like a known trend. They talk about the increase in sales rep productivity, but that is a performance metric, not a discovery about opportunity. They talk about the increase in connections per building, but that is a result.
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