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Ask HN: How) Do You Measure Product Market Fit?
Superhuman famously measures PMF with this question:
How disappointed would you be if you couldn't use Superhuman anymore?
> Very disappointed
> Somewhat disappointed
> Not disappointed
If 40% or more would be Very disappointed you're on the right track!
(Rahul adds more to the method, its pretty cool actually, link below)
My question is:
How do you go about finding PMF? How do you measure your progress?
Thanks!
https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit
- sn0w_crash 4y agoMichael Siebel has many good videos on this https://youtu.be/FBOLk9s9Ci4 https://youtu.be/FBOLk9s9Ci4
- beanclap 4y agoThanks for the link! My key question is: Do you measure it to be able to optimize it?
- jcs87 4y agoI'm on the editorial team at First Round Review, and we actually just launched a new series aiming to share more stories about how different founders went about finding PMF. Check it out here: https://review.firstround.com/airtables-path-to-product-market-fit-lessons-for-building-horizontal-products https://review.firstround.com/airtables-path-to-product-mark... In terms of measuring vs. optimizing, I liked this advice from Sprig founder Ryan Glasgow: https://review.firstround.com/8-product-hurdles-every-founder-must-clear-this-pm-turned-founder-shares-his-playbooks#hurdle-6-i-havent-hit-product-marketfit-yet-what-am-i-getting-wrong https://review.firstround.com/8-product-hurdles-every-founde... He makes a distinction between validating whether you have PMF, but recommends using a different framework, specifically the Outcome-Driven Innovation method, for discovering or finding PMF in the first place.
- beanclap 4y agothanks for sharing, keen to read the other stories as well!