13. Who are Types of Innovators?
• Thought Leaders – Want known for being first
• Techie – Technology is cool
• Influencer - Want to be known for spreading items
• Business Owners – Need to be ahead of competition
• Bloggers – Want to write about something first
• Others?
21. There Will Always Be Signals
• Easy Sale – Solves A Clear Pain; A “Must Have”
• Recruitment – People Want To Work With You
• Growth – People Sign Up For Your Product
• Engagement – People Use Your Project
• Lack of Organized Competition – Enemies Are
Fragmented
• Unique Story – Novelty
• Capital Efficient – Attractive Per Unit Economics
• Others?
22. Time to Pitch Investors
Confidential – ETW Consulting Services Inc. Jonathan Lowenhar
“At ETW Advisors, companies come to us and say they have Product Market Fit. How do you know?”
Ask audience?
“This is ETW’s Definition of Product Market Fit”
Why is it so valuable?
“PMF is the first signal that your company is ready to scale. Investors obsess about it and it has become the thing every investor tries to look for that signal”
“Hit PMF and you will get money”
He created HTML, the browser and he created PMF.
Marc Andreeseen wrote this famous blog post and this post created the term “Product Market Fit” You can blame him for everyone obsessing about PMF.
Read this blog post at 12:05pm. Very important.
Like in the blog post. I’m going to ask everyone to raise their hands and answer the question, “Which matters most?”
The answer is that Market Wins!!!
Why does Market win? the market pulls product out of the startup.
Really, look at that quote. How can that happen?
It happens by Team listening to the market and then developing the product to solve that need.
You have to talk to the market/customers!! You have to listen!!