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Entering existing software categories requires product completeness rather than product-market fit
“In this case, I don't think you're looking for product market fit because in the end of the day, product market fit is for a category, right? Do you need forecasting software? Well, I do. I already have one. So it's more about call it like maybe product comple…”
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Startups should defer unit economics and custom infrastructure until Series B
“I'll tell you about unit economics when we get to round B or C right now. I want to improve product market fit, right? So the idea was like, keep it very lean, almost no sophisticated stuff, but make sure you get those precious sales conversation in front of t…”
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Early-stage founders should not prioritize getting paid by initial design partners
“I think early stage, I would not worry about payment as a key thing.”
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Reshef: Winning competitive deals is much harder than satisfying design partners
“Building to call it like outcome to make sure it provides the outcome is any way easier. You work with the design partner, you build it together, you see that you get the outcome. Building to make sure you can actually compete successfully, win 50, 60, 70, 80%…”
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The Superhuman product-market fit metric can be misleading for multi-product expansion
“I think superhumans at 40% is a threshold of some sort. I think ours were like 80 maybe. It was nice, but I think it was, I think we over read into this because I think you asked the question of people who actually use this piece of the product. So you very ea…”
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Reshef: Objective software metrics eliminate sales reps' defensiveness and speed self-improvement
“If your manager told you you're speaking 70%, you're gonna be like, no, you didn't time it right. It was necessary. The customer just didn't respond, whatever the excuses are, but when software shows you 70% and then 65 and another called 80, obviously you cou…”
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Strategic roadmaps should be 80% vision-led; tactical roadmaps should be 80% customer-led
“I think the strategic roadmap is maybe 80% quote unquote vision. The tactical roadmap is probably 80% customer led”
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Reshef: A hired AE's first deal proves sales repeatability
“I was like excited when a first AE sells his first deal. That's a big thing for a company, right? It's not like me selling. It's somebody who has been trained and can convey the value. There's some repeatability element to it.”