10+ Best Articles on Product Market Fit
The most useful articles on product market fit from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Product Market Fit Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on product market fit by Refind users.
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How to Find Product Market Fit
Peter Reinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Segment, shares his story on building different products and eventually finding product market fit.
Trending
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Retool’s Path to Product-Market Fit
In the latest post for our new series, "Paths to Product-Market Fit," Retool founder and CEO David Hsu sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to share how the internal tools company…
Maven's Path to Product-Market Fit
In the second post for our new series, "Paths to Product-Market Fit," Maven founder and CEO Kate Ryder sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to share the inside story of the first female-led…
«Far too often, folks building companies in fields that they’re the target audience for skip this step, instead jumping straight to building. But extensive problem validation is critical, even if you’ve got a super strong hunch and some anecdotal feedback to support your hypothesis.»
For Startup Growth, TikTok is the GOAT 🐐
But that doesn’t mean you’ve found product market fit.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on product market fit—all under 10 minutes.
True product-market fit is a minimum viable company
Before attempting to scale your minimum viable product, focus on cultivating your minimum viable company.
How Do You Know If You've Achieved Product/Market Fit?
Marc Andreessen initially introduced the concept of product/market fit in this post published in 2007. It was an incredibly helpful notion to explain why startup products were failing left & right a
Should a product be 10 times better to achieve product/market fit?
In this essay, you'll learn to determine how much better your product needs to be than the available alternatives to achieve product/market fit.
Product market fit isn't a destination
Product market fit is a popular term. I believe it's misunderstood. Businesses or products don't attain it forever at any given point. You can just as easily lose product-market fit as you gained it.…
Finding Product Market Fit
Co-founder and CEO at Segment, ex-MIT. Lots to learn.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on product market fit.
My top essays/tweetstorms in 2019 on product/market fit, investing, KPIs, YouTubers, and more
Dear readers, I’ve only been writing sporadically recently on here — mostly because I’m working on a new book project (more to come soon on that!!) which has been taking all my time. In the interim,…
The Power of Network Effects: Why they make such Valuable Companies, and how to Harness them —…
Evergreen is a weekly collection of links to the best learning resources in business, collected by a group of managers, founders, and…
Product/Market Fit: What it really means, How to Measure it, and Where to find it — Evergreen…
Lessons from the leaders of the Startup world on Product/market fit. Learn from Andreesen, Horowitz, Andrew Chen, Ryan Holiday, and more
MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER.
My apologies... this is a long piece (~2500 words). Not for the faint of heart. If you want the short story, read the abstract below & 3 core assertions, then cut to the conclusions at the bottom. Abstract: VC funds are getting smaller (good), & angel investors are growing (also good), but both need to get smarter & innovate. Startup costs have come down dramatically in the last 5-10 years, and online distribution via Search, Social, Mobile platforms (aka Google, Facebook, Apple) have become mai
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Product Market Fit, including:
Tomasz Tunguz
Venture capitalist. Student of Startups. Author of Winning with Data http://amzn.to/1UQAMSr. Author of http://tomtunguz.com
Stammy@stammy.design
Design @RewindAI. Previously designed @Twitter for 9 years. Made @StocketaApp. Tweets about design & code. Mastodon: @stammy@stammy.design
TechCrunch
Technology news and analysis with a focus on founders and startup teams. Got a tip? http://techcrunch.com/tips
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