Public Post Analyzer report
4,000 followers · Chief of Staff @ Rethoric (YC W21) | LinkedIn growth for founders
Analyzed May 11, 2026 · Benchmarks: shield-2026-03
Best post hit
Across 3 posts
Avg vs. typical
vs Typical for 1-5K
Total impressions
Sum across the 3 posts
Post by post
Being a Chief of Staff is like playing chess. You need 3 things to win: 1. Execute or everyone gets stuck. If you don't move, the game stops. Your CEO can't advance. Your team can't progress. You need to finish what's in front of you so everyone else can keep moving. — 2. Anticipate what can go wrong. In chess, y...
Typical
470
Strong
1.2K
Top
3.1K
Breakout
26K
No one wants to say it out loud, but f*ck it, I'll do it: Notion is overrated. Don't get me wrong - it's a good product. But people aren't using it because it's better than Google Docs. They're using it because of the branding. I've watched this happen over and over: - People force themselves to use Notion. - Th...
Typical
470
Strong
1.2K
Top
3.1K
Breakout
26K
At Rethoric, we have a reputation for great client service. Not because we got lucky - because we built systems to guarantee it. Here's one we implemented recently: Every client has an account manager assigned to them. That person handles all communication through our Slack channel. The problem is: If that person...
Typical
470
Strong
1.2K
Top
3.1K
Breakout
26K
How we calculate tiers
What Typical, Strong, Top, and Breakout mean.
Typical
The median post for founders at your follower size. If your post hits this, you are performing in line with peers, no more, no less.
Strong
Meaningfully above average for your follower tier. Roughly the 75th percentile. Good signal that the topic, hook, or timing landed.
Top
90th percentile and up. A real hit. The kind of post that earns warm DMs and new followers.
Breakout
A viral outlier. Less than 1 in 100 posts at your tier hit this. Pipeline-grade attention.
Thresholds vary by follower tier (0-1K, 1-5K, 5-10K, 10-25K, 25-50K, 50-100K, 100K+) and update monthly. We benchmark against The Shield Index, a public dataset of LinkedIn engagement medians by follower size. Current dataset: March 2026 (shield-2026-03).
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