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Founder-category fit
Why you, why this category, why now.
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What is 'founder-market fit' and why does it matter more than just having a good idea?
Founder-market fit is the alignment between your lived experience, skills and obsession and the actual pain of the market you're entering - it's wh...
Do I actually need real experience in this industry, or can a smart outsider still win?
Plenty of category-defining D2C brands were built by outsiders - Typology founder Ning Li had no beauty-industry background and used that as an ass...
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