Topics tagged pmf

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"I Psyoped Sam Parr" - BTS Notes on Winning Big Logos Early, Building in an Era When "SaaS Has Been Picked Over," and Why Community Is the Growth Channel of the Future with River's Co-Founder, Rae Lambert Heuristics and Hunches ai , operating-principles , product , pmf	0	27	March 7, 2025
AI-Native PMF #1: Question Base — AI's “Very Real” Cold Start Problem, Managing High-Stakes Hallucinations, and Balancing Adoption and Costs with a Freemium Strategy Heuristics and Hunches pricing , product , pmf , ai-native	0	247	February 7, 2025
“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 Heuristics and Hunches positioning , niches , product , pmf	3	118	October 7, 2024
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 Heuristics and Hunches niches , design , product , pmf	1	78	October 5, 2024
Solving B2B Distribution with Viral, Persona-Focused Work Humor, Navigating Growth Plateaus, and Other Notes on Making Singular Bets with tl;dv’s Co-Founder, Raphael Allstadt Heuristics and Hunches founders-self , hiring , operating-principles , pmf , marketing-mix	1	449	April 2, 2024
“Sharing Our Experiences, Wins, and Lessons is Also Humbling. It Keeps Us Honest,” and Other Notes on Building a Customer-First, Bootstrapped Business with Canny’s Co-Founder, Sarah Hum Heuristics and Hunches culture , bootstrapping , product , operating-principles , pmf	0	605	February 9, 2024
Why the Lean Startup Approach Doesn't Work (as Often), Why PMF Surveys (Alone) Aren’t That Helpful, and Other Notes on Building Opinionated Software with June’s Co-Founder, Enzo Avigo Heuristics and Hunches product-led-growth , positioning , customer-research , product , pmf	2	907	January 26, 2024
“One of Our First Engineers Had Been Working in Tech for 30 Years” and Other Notes on Deliberately Hiring Senior People Early with Recast’s Co-Founder, Michael Kaminsky Heuristics and Hunches capital-efficiency , hiring , fundraising , pmf	1	406	December 12, 2023
"As We Scale, We Operate More Like a Typical (Horizontal) B2B SaaS Business Rather Than a Vertical One” and Other Lessons on Building an Ag-Tech SaaS with Regrow Ag’s Co-Founder, Anastasia Volkova Heuristics and Hunches hiring , pmf , vertical-saas , icp	2	440	December 11, 2023
The Trouble with Building too Close to User Love, Why PLG Requires Balancing 4 Different Roadmaps, and Other Earnest Notes from Winding Down a Startup with Kairn’s Co-Founder, Patricia Bernasconi Heuristics and Hunches pivots , product-led-growth , pmf , founders-self , product	1	599	October 3, 2023
Scaling an Open Source Tool While Running an Agency, Giving Back Control with On-Prem Deployments, and Bootstrapping Decisions with Flagsmith’s Founder, Ben Rometsch Heuristics and Hunches open-source , bootstrapping , fundraising , pmf , dev-tools	2	535	July 18, 2023
Prioritizing Engineering Momentum over Accurate Timelines and Building on the Merits of a Car When Users Might Want Faster Horses with Compose’s Co-Founder, Rami Kalai Heuristics and Hunches competitive-markets , metrics , operating-principles , pmf , product	2	548	July 4, 2023
How the Founder Persona Likely isn’t Your ICP, Why Biz Fundamentals Trump All Silicon Valley “Must-Haves”, and Other Recognitions with Basis’ Founder, Bebe Kim Heuristics and Hunches capital-efficiency , metrics , growth , pmf , founders-self	1	696	June 19, 2023
Why “Charge More” is Way-Easier-Said-Than-Done Advice, and Other Data-Driven Pricing Lessons with Uizard’s Co-Founder, Tony Beltramelli Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , pricing , segmentation	2	691	May 22, 2023
Why “Move Fast and Break Things” is Outdated Advice, Prioritizing Quality and Speed, and Crossing 15K Users with Jam’s Co-Founder, Dani Grant Heuristics and Hunches pmf , product , operating-principles	2	879	April 28, 2023
“Design Partners are Just Early Customers” and Other Notes on Structuring Early-Stage Research with Spellbound’s Founder, Akshaya Dinesh Heuristics and Hunches segments , customer-research , pmf , design-partners	2	940	March 29, 2023
“In B2B, Don’t Just Know Your TAM, Ask How Many Users Will Likely Become Experts” and Other Essential Reminders with Dragonboat’s Founder, Becky Flint Heuristics and Hunches product , pmf , operating-principles	1	908	March 7, 2023
When to Switch on the Customer-Led Mode, Pivoting (4 Times) towards PMF, and Other Discerning Realizations with Summit’s Founder, Matt Wensing Heuristics and Hunches pivots , gtm , pmf , founders-self , integrations	4	1252	March 2, 2023
"No One is Coming to Save Us," The "Need to Reestablish PMF," and Other Earnest Founder Commits for 2023 Heuristics and Hunches founders-self , pmf , operating-principles , constraints	1	1385	February 13, 2023
SaaS Founders at Work '22 Edition: 42 Inspiring Heuristics and Hunches from 194 Years of Building Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	1	1614	January 22, 2023
Finding (and Navigating) the Middle Ground Between a Hypergrowth Startup and a Lifestyle Business with Sudowrite’s Co-Founder, Amit Gupta Heuristics and Hunches fundraising , bootstrapping , operating-principles , founders-self , pmf	2	1025	January 12, 2023
The Mechanics of Commercializing and Scaling an AI-First, B2B Startup with Thematic’s Co-Founder, Alyona Medelyan Heuristics and Hunches ai , mvp , product , pmf , capital-efficiency	2	1155	November 21, 2022
Validating and Selling a Technically-Difficult Idea, Serving 2 Personas, Fundraising in a Tough SaaS Setting, and Working In-Person with Merge’s Co-Founder, Shensi Ding Heuristics and Hunches hiring , founders-self , fundraising , pmf , founder-led-sales	2	2233	November 12, 2022
Bringing Early Adopters on to the Cap Table, Being COOs of Potential Users, and Other Community-First Ways of Building with Passionfroot’s Co-Founder, Jennifer Phan Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , community	2	897	August 9, 2022
Pivoting Despite PMF, Why You Don’t Need Top Talent across Functions, and Other People-first Insights with Eduflow’s Co-Founder, David Kofoed Wind Heuristics and Hunches pivots , pmf , hiring , operating-principles	2	1153	May 17, 2022
Taking on Zoom by Targeting a Beachhead Market, Pricing as a PMF Filter, and Other Lessons in Early Traction with Butter’s Co-Founder, Jakob Knutzen Heuristics and Hunches founder-market-fit , pricing , pmf , competitive-markets	1	1453	May 6, 2022
The Cadence 🥁: Finding Focus, Priority, and Rhythm on the Road to PMF with folk’s Co-Founder, Simo Lemhandez Heuristics and Hunches pmf , operating-principles , product	2	1112	April 5, 2022
How actively are you monitoring your LTV:CAC ratio? What Am I Missing bootstrapping , founders-self , pmf , operating-principles	2	718	March 24, 2022
Interviewing to See Beyond One’s Own Itch, Saying No to Overwhelming Demand, and Other Pre-MVP Deliberations with Teemyco’s Co-founder, Charlotte Ekelund Heuristics and Hunches customer-research , pmf	2	1129	March 15, 2022
SaaS ≠ Subscriptions: Upending Status-Quo Pricing, Monetizing Innovation, and Unlocking Massive Growth with Wethos’ Co-Founder, Rachel Renock Heuristics and Hunches pmf , pricing	1	1940	March 9, 2022