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There's something I’ve started to believe pretty strongly from working with early-stage founders. Founder-market fit helps you get customers faster. You can find a real problem and build a product, but if you have no connection to the problem or the people experiencing it, getting your first customers is harder. You have to learn the language, figure out where they hang out, and understand what they actually care about and will pay for. If you already know the space, you start with an advantage. You know where to find people. You ask better questions. You can share relevant experiences. And most importantly, you can earn trust faster. I’ve seen this with the product I’m building for tech founders trying to get customers. I've been a software eng for 12 years but I now work in B2B SaaS sales. And I’ve also been the founder who just kept building instead of talking to customers. So when I talk to tech founders struggling to get customers, I get why they’re avoiding it. Because I was them lol. Founder market fit doesn't guarantee success. But it makes getting to customers a lot easier. So in addition to asking if it's a good problem, you should definitely ask “Why am I the person who should solve it?” You can succeed without founder-market fit. But you may be choosing a longer path to your first customers. Do you think about your own fit when deciding what to build?   submitted by   /u/tolarewaju3 [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/9/25 20:13:13