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Founder-market fit
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I'm passionate about an idea but have zero background in it. Should I still do it?
Passion is cheap; earned insight is what wins. If you have no background, spend a few months getting embedded, talking to customers weekly and doin...
I have deep experience but only as an employee, never a founder. Does that still count as founder-market fit?
Yes, and it can be your strongest card. Years of watching a problem from the inside means you know where the bodies are buried: the workflows, the ...
How specific should my founder-market fit be? Is 'I love fintech' enough?
No, that is a category, not a fit. Strong fit is narrow and personal: not 'fintech' but 'I spent four years building collections systems for lender...
I'm a student with no work experience. Can I have founder-market fit at all, or should I wait?
You can, in the narrow set of markets you actually live in: student life, campus problems, early-career tools, communities you are part of. There y...
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