Smith: Unsolicited essay-length user feedback signals early product-market fit
Jennifer Smith · Her VCs said she killed the company. 6 years later, it's worth $1.3B. | Jennifer Smith, Founder o... · PMF Show · Dec 8, 2025 · at 45:46
Jennifer Smith is the founder and CEO of Scribe, discussing early indicators of product-market pull following their initial MVP release.
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“This was actually, like, I think what I started realizing we were on to something. It wasn't just, like, the downloads were growing every day. It'd be, like, you know, 10 downloads. Like, 15 downloads. You know, it's just starting to grow a little bit, but then some of them would send us like really long essays that would be like hey, I have all this feedback for you know, and like, and it was all super valid feedback. We're like, yes, you're right. Those are basic things that we should have in there. But the fact that they like took the time to write that out was really telling to us.”
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