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๐Ÿ’ก โ€œThe life of every startup can be divided into two parts: before product-market fit and after.โ€ โ€” Marc Andreessen I come back to this essay every few months. Not because itโ€™s inspirational, but because itโ€™s clarifying. Hereโ€™s the uncomfortable truth Andreessen lays bare: ๐Ÿ‘‰ Before PMF: - Users donโ€™t really care. - Founders are hustling, pitching, praying. - Growth is inconsistent or artificially juiced. - Every week feels existential. ๐Ÿ‘‰ After PMF: - Users pull the product out of your hands. - Growth happens even if your marketing isnโ€™t perfect. - Youโ€™re struggling to keep up with demand, not generate it. - The company has a soul now. Marcโ€™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 youโ€™re there? โ€œYou can always feel product/market fit when itโ€™s happening.โ€ Youโ€™re no longer pushing. The market is pulling. Until then, donโ€™t get distracted. Donโ€™t overhire. Donโ€™t try to be a โ€œstartup founderโ€, 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. ๐Ÿ“– Read the original essay here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

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