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🚨 1. VCs spend 50%+ time evaluating the problem : Maybe some top-tier VCs may emphasize the problem deeply, but most VCs especially at the early stage follow momentum, team pedigree, trends, or maybe even social proof if any existing investors. Example: Many D2C brands got funded not because the problem was deep, but because the space was hot and growth was visible. 🚨 2. Speed is your moat : Speed helps you test, not win. Speed without discipline burns cash nothing other than that. If someone else enters your market with pocket full and better MOAT they would outpace you overnight. Never consider Speed as your MOAT no matter what, Speed should never be your MOAT. Zepto may have executed fast, but Grofers (Blinkit) still got acquired for billions. Clubhouse grew fast. But where is it now? ( Their MOAT was speed, but big tech copied it like Facebook, Spotify, Reddit, LinkedIn everyone introduced their audio features. 🚨 3. Viagra as an insight story is wonderful but it was discovered through clinical side effects in pharma trials, not a market research or founder insight, taking that concept as a case study is misleading for startup. 🚨 4. "If you're spending heavily on acquisition, you haven't hit PMF" this is not for every startup and it is kind of tricky part because some categories like fintech, B2B SaaS, or even the field am working like Insurance these spaces inherently have high CAC but also long LTV. So, spending on acquisition is not always a red flag if we know our unit economics properly. ⚠️ Founders today are romanticizing problems that VCs want to hear — not what users actually pay to solve. “The bigger the pain, the better the pitch” → not always true. Some of the most successful products solve minor inconveniences — but do it beautifully. 🚪 People didn’t need DoorDash or Tinder. They just didn’t mind paying for a shortcut. The lessons : 🏁 You don’t win a marathon by sprinting the first mile. Never consider Speed as your MOAT. 🔥 Hot Take: Real Product-Market Fit doesn’t scream urgency. It whispers habit. ❓Is speed actually a moat? Or is it just a distraction from sustainability? ❓Is “deep problem obsession” a trap when most unicorns were just convenient? Let's talk more about it, if anyone have more insights please share about this post can know more better.....