Product-Market Fit
Is Product/Market Fit Hiding in Your User Base?
Why a strong PMF survey score is not enough on its own, and how retention, activation, and customer segments help reveal where real fit exists.
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Articles on Product-Market Fit and Growth
I write about finding must-have customer value, building growth systems, and learning what works through experimentation.
Growth Systems
Why Systems Thinking Matters for Startup Growth
Start by understanding how the product creates value and how the parts of the growth engine work together, before deciding what to change.
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Why PMF Alone Won't Make You a Breakout Success
Why the business model, customer segment, and acquisition channels also need to fit before a startup can scale.
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High PMF Score, but Low Retention? Fixing the Hidden Problem
What to investigate when a strong PMF survey score is not matched by customer retention.
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Go-to-Market Milestones: A Roadmap for Scaling Your Startup
Key decisions to work through after early PMF validation and before scaling.
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The Startup Game Is About to Change Forever: How AI-Generated Code Will Reshape Everything
How AI-generated code could change the way startups build and test products.
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