# \#niches
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## [“The State of the Market Matters More Than Its Size” and Other Notes From Building for an Always-Under-Pressure ICP with Goldcast’s Co-Founder, Palash Soni](https://gorelay.co/t/the-state-of-the-market-matters-more-than-its-size-and-other-notes-from-building-for-an-always-under-pressure-icp-with-goldcast-s-co-founder-palash-soni/989)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/the-state-of-the-market-matters-more-than-its-size-and-other-notes-from-building-for-an-always-under-pressure-icp-with-goldcast-s-co-founder-palash-soni/989 "2024-10-07T23:50:21Z")
In the following exchange, Goldcast’s co-founder and CEO, Palash Soni (@palashsoni), chronicles how their deep understanding of (and focus on) the ICP allowed them to endure in a SaaS category that likely experienced t…
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## [Niching as a Learning Tool, Prioritizing Teams over Users, and Building at The Intersection of Technology and Culture with Flat’s Co-Founder, Seth Purcell](https://gorelay.co/t/niching-as-a-learning-tool-prioritizing-teams-over-users-and-building-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-culture-with-flat-s-co-founder-seth-purcell/986)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/niching-as-a-learning-tool-prioritizing-teams-over-users-and-building-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-culture-with-flat-s-co-founder-seth-purcell/986 "2024-10-05T15:33:13Z")
In the following exchange, Flat’s co-founder and CEO, Seth Purcell (@seth), raises a big idea around how deeply influential B2B software can be for teams and how rarely that influence gets accounted for as ever more pr…
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## [How Selling 3K AppSumo Deals Proved Foundational, Not Niching Down, and Other Reflections on Scaling a Bootstrapped SaaS with Paperform’s Co-Founder, Dean McPherson](https://gorelay.co/t/how-selling-3k-appsumo-deals-proved-foundational-not-niching-down-and-other-reflections-on-scaling-a-bootstrapped-saas-with-paperform-s-co-founder-dean-mcpherson/965)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-selling-3k-appsumo-deals-proved-foundational-not-niching-down-and-other-reflections-on-scaling-a-bootstrapped-saas-with-paperform-s-co-founder-dean-mcpherson/965 "2023-11-06T22:16:52Z")
In the following exchange, Paperform’s co-founder and co-CEO, Dean McPherson (@Dean), justly confronts long-held perceptions surrounding AppSumo buyers and recounts how their own launch turned into a “seed fund” and a …
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## [How Atlassian Began in a Niche, Laddering to Scale, and Lessons from 2 Decades of Building for Development Teams with Released’s Co-Founder, Jens Schumacher](https://gorelay.co/t/how-atlassian-began-in-a-niche-laddering-to-scale-and-lessons-from-2-decades-of-building-for-development-teams-with-released-s-co-founder-jens-schumacher/963)
**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/how-atlassian-began-in-a-niche-laddering-to-scale-and-lessons-from-2-decades-of-building-for-development-teams-with-released-s-co-founder-jens-schumacher/963 "2023-10-25T23:05:38Z")
In the following exchange, Released’s co-founder, Jens Schumacher (@jensschumacher), draws on his years of leading products such as Jira and Bitbucket to offer a unique framing for understanding niches, dev-first softw…