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How to Think About PRODUCT-MARKET-FIT (and Founder-Market Fit)

Teaser: 
As a founder, before your product fits the market, you have to fit the market yourself. Not typically mentioned but crucially important.

Summary:
Product-Market Fit starts with you, the founder — your curiosity, insight, and closeness to the problem. 
Founder-Market Fit is the emotional and intellectual foundation that keeps you in the game long enough to find Product-Market Fit. 

As Marc Andreessen said, “The market pulls product out of the startup.” 
But only if you’re building in a space you understand deeply. 
PMF isn’t a fixed metric; it’s an ongoing conversation with users who confirm that your solution truly matters. It’s like a growing stream of value from you to the users. If the currant is stagnant, it’s a sign …

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Yeap, hedgehog is a good simplification of what to look for but it’s actually quite hard to use - at least it always felt that way, because many times companies only know their “economic engine” and people only know what they’re “passionate about”

this chart is entire summary of book. actually let me rephrase hedgehog concept:

in forest, there's a fox and a hedgehog. fox wants to eat the hedgehog, but fails every time. once again, he gathers his strength and plans for weeks. just as he's about to attack, hedgehog retreats, and fox can't defeat hedgehog.

his advice to companies is essentially this: first, be good at one thing as hedgehog

well said! i was thinking opposite before but when i read ‘good to great’ by jim collins, i truly understand this part, fmf is really important, his/her ambitious about that sector/topic/problem matters.

also there was an amazing concept called: hedgehog, highly recommending to check it out 🫡