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I think the point is that PMF is a significant milestone on the journey. But it's not the destination. You can still mess it up despite achieving PMF. And I do
by marcus_holmes 3y ago
I think the point is that PMF is a significant milestone on the journey. But it's not the destination. You can still mess it up despite achieving PMF.
And I don't think "keeping investors happy" is the key, either. Plenty of successful founders with unhappy investors.
I'm struggling to see how you could force adoption of a product in a way that matters. The example given was Pebble, who were struggling against Apple. Apple still needed PMF, despite their market dominance. If their product was so bad that it didn't solve the market need, then it would have failed despite their money and effective monopoly. I don't think PMF is irrelevant, it's just not the only necessary thing. You can still fail despite having PMF, but you have to have PMF to succeed.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoThink of all the trash products you use Why are they there? Has nothing to do with product capabilities
- marcus_holmes 3y agoBut I do use them, so I must gain some benefit from them. There's even more trash that doesn't get used and we never hear about (or hear about and decide not to use). A lot of that is produced by large companies with big budgets.