I think he's talking in absolute terms versus relative terms that founders are used to thinking in.
Imagine that you have $3 million in runway, but you are burning $500K a month. That only gives you 6 months of runway.
It takes perspective to zoom out to realise - "Hey, I actually have $3 million in the bank. That's a lot of money. If I can somehow reduce costs to $150K a month, I actually have 20 months of runway to figure things out."
Unfortunately, this means "cutting more than needed".
I think he's talking in absolute terms versus relative terms that founders are used to thinking in.
Imagine that you have $3 million in runway, but you are burning $500K a month. That only gives you 6 months of runway.
It takes perspective to zoom out to realise - "Hey, I actually have $3 million in the bank. That's a lot of money. If I can somehow reduce costs to $150K a month, I actually have 20 months of runway to figure things out."
Unfortunately, this means "cutting more than needed".