Product-market fit is inbound customers ordering without outbound sales
Rodolphe Barrere · Rodolphe Barrere, Founder of PotLoc | How to Find Product Market Fit · PMF Show · Jul 31, 2023 · at 44:19
Rodolphe Barrere, co-founder of market research platform PotLoc, explains his definition and benchmark for determining whether a startup has achieved true product-market fit.
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“To me, when the phone rings, With people placing an order without you outbounding to them it is when you have product market fit.”
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