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OpenAI • 11m

💡 “The life of every startup can be divided into two parts: before product-market fit and after.” — Marc Andreessen I come back to this essay every few months. Not because it’s inspirational, but because it’s clarifying. Here’s the uncomfortable truth Andreessen lays bare: 👉 Before PMF: - Users don’t really care. - Founders are hustling, pitching, praying. - Growth is inconsistent or artificially juiced. - Every week feels existential. 👉 After PMF: - Users pull the product out of your hands. - Growth happens even if your marketing isn’t perfect. - You’re struggling to keep up with demand, not generate it. - The company has a soul now. Marc’s advice cuts through the noise: Forget vanity metrics. Ignore fundraising hype. Delay scaling. Your only job is to get to product-market fit. And how will you know when you’re there? “You can always feel product/market fit when it’s happening.” You’re no longer pushing. The market is pulling. Until then, don’t get distracted. Don’t overhire. Don’t try to be a “startup founder”, just try to be someone solving a real, painful problem for real people. Every big company was once a desperate team chasing PMF. There are no shortcuts, but there is a compass. Follow the pull. 📖 Read the original essay here 👇🏼

https://www.entrepreneurpost.com/2022/03/24/the-only-thing-that-matters-is-getting-to-product-market-fit-marc-andreessen

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Anirudh Gupta

CA Aspirant|Content ... • 11m

This feels like an eye opener to me when there is no pmf there is no need to think about profitability in the first place. Pmf first checkbox to be ticked for every startup 📈🚀

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Soumyadip Dey

Hesitation is Defeat... • 11m

Thanks man. It's really helpful ✌️

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You don’t find Product-Market Fit. You chase it. You tweak. You pivot. You obsess over feedback. Know - PMF isn’t a milestone, it’s a moving target.

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In the high-stakes world of startups, the ability to sell can make or break a company. As legendary entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreessen once said, "The only thing that matters is getting to product/market fit."

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