Solving PMF Monitoring Once And For All for Indie Hackers & Startups
Hi Indie Hackers!
Throughout the past 13 years, I have launched my share of successful projects, but I have also been stuck in Product/Market-Fit (PMF) multiple times in my career, and I find it to be the most dangerous part of the entire entrepreneurial journey. I find it much, much easier to take a company from 1→100 than 0→1.
Seeking a new standard
I hate that there is not a “real” standard for navigating PMF. The closest thing that is widely used are examples like the Lean Startup Methodology (published in 2011), which overall contributed a lot to how startups work with finding a fit, but we have learned a lot since then, and there are still tons of places where first-time-founders go wrong and waste time.
I am currently working on a couple of tools that hopefully have a chance to really speed up this part of the entrepreneurial journey for my own projects, but I see no reason why this should not be shared with the broader startup community.
Looking to validate a way to PMF
The PMF tools need to actually make a big difference for myself and for the founders using them, and the approach should be straight forward and solve the biggest obstacles that occur most frequently across a large series of projects.
So ironically, building a new standard to help myself and as many founders as possible reach Product/Market-Fit, requires… well, Product/Market-Fit.
Therefore, I am currently looking to talk with founders, who have been “so interested in solving PMF”, that they have paid for books, tools, or services related to PMF in the past 6 months, to talk to them to understand exactly their current problem, and what they are actively seeking in a solution from their perspective (FYI: Not trying to sell a solution or anything).
Perhaps this can be the difference of success or failure for Indie Hackers struggling with PMF in the future.
Interested in a quick 15 min-talk? Please leave a comment with a way to reach you!
Thanks in advance!
That's why we need Founder Market Fit rather than Product Market Fit. Meaning the problem that the entrepreneur is trying to solve is the actual problem that they have or had experienced themselves. I highly recommend software engineers here to stop writing code and actually find real problems in the world in industries that people who don't code have.
Thanks for contributing!
I think a common misconception about PMF is that it is only about the product. I fully agree here. There is the business model, the distribution channels, and more that all play into a successful fit.
And yes. Code should far from being the first thing you do, when you want to create a new venture. It is however, so counterintuitive to most technical founders.