I think the thing that shocked me the most as I advanced in my career was how frequently the answer to “how do I fix this problem?” is just having a good conversation with a human.
Sometimes good processes, practices, and science don’t solve all the problems.
When you truly have PMF, you don’t have to ask how you can tell if you have PMF. You are just too busy dealing with all the demand and everything that’s breaking because of the demand.
Days like today, I'm so happy I attended the @Ultraspeaking Fundamentals course. I was confident and calm. I shared the story I wanted with energy, excitement, and kept my audience engaged.
Founders:
1. Prototyping and failing at many things is the path to success
2. Impatience to grab the first decent idea and scale like crazy is the path to failure
3. The first-mover advantage is a myth
@huggyrao I made similar claims in our scaling book, this is better evidence!
Product-led growth is the next arms race for building software companies.
But by end of decade, PLG will just be the way companies are built, like SaaS and cloud are today.
Third, a leader’s job is to balance between Job #1 (running the business, making the plan, delivering the plan) and Job #2 (communicating the plan in a way that inspires people). For every decision, you have to ask: How will I do Job #2?