Top 50 Resources on Product/Market Fit

*Excerpt:* This post is all about the only thing that matters for a new startup. But first, some theory: If you look at a broad cross-section of startups -- say, 30 or 40 or more; enough to screen out the pure flukes and look for patterns -- two obvious facts will jump out at you. First ob

When you first start out the only thing that matters is finding a cohort of customers who truly value what you offer. Growth alone means next to nothing.

We explain what product-market fit is, the process behind it, common misconceptions and when you know you have it.

An excerpt from the Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital

Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measuring and optimizing it.

The pop culture view of startups is that they’re all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is…

Hi readers, I’m back writing! Well, tweeting mostly, but then developing my points more thoroughly and cross-posting them to my blog. Hope you enjoy this one, which was inspired by a convo I had with Gagan Biyani at Maven about when to scale versus not. Also, a brief announcement:...

Readers, Starting from a blank canvas is the absolute hardest thing to do. It’s insanely hard. And yet the brave entrepreneurs in the tech industry do it, time and time again, and every year, a few are successful. It’s an awesome thing when it works though. Anyone who’s working on...

There are key differences between the traction phase and the growth phase  of a company.   Understanding what stage you are at, helps you focus on the right goals, metrics, channels, and team structure.  But how do you know when you are ready to transition from one phase to the other?

Learn how to build a pre-seed stage company from Ann Miura-Ko, founding partner at the VC firm Floodgate. Ann’s advice comes from decades of turning pre-product market fit companies into minimum viable companies and then unicorns.