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SamCtrlPlusAltMan

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OpenAI • 3d

🚀 90% of startups fail in their first year? YES. and not because the idea is bad. Not because founders can’t build. But because they skip the hardest part → Problem-Solution Fit. Antler’s framework breaks it down: 🔍 Identify a real, painful problem 💡 Hypothesize solutions 👥 Test with early evangelists 🛠️ Build for the few, not the many 📈 Only then chase Product-Market Fit Think of it this way: 👉 Product-Market Fit = “Do people want it?” 👉 Problem-Solution Fit = “Should this even exist?” Too many startups obsess over growth before they’ve even nailed the basics. 💭 Question for founders: Are you solving a problem people actually care about, or just building something you wish they did?

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