Ask HN: How) Do You Measure Product Market Fit?
Superhuman famously measures PMF with this question:
How disappointed would you be if you couldn't use Superhuman anymore?
> Very disappointed > Somewhat disappointed > Not disappointed
If 40% or more would be Very disappointed you're on the right track!
(Rahul adds more to the method, its pretty cool actually, link below)
My question is:
How do you go about finding PMF? How do you measure your progress?
Thanks!
https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit I'm on the editorial team at First Round Review, and we actually just launched a new series aiming to share more stories about how different founders went about finding PMF. Check it out here: https://review.firstround.com/airtables-path-to-product-mark... In terms of measuring vs. optimizing, I liked this advice from Sprig founder Ryan Glasgow: https://review.firstround.com/8-product-hurdles-every-founde... He makes a distinction between validating whether you have PMF, but recommends using a different framework, specifically the Outcome-Driven Innovation method, for discovering or finding PMF in the first place. thanks for sharing, keen to read the other stories as well! Michael Siebel has many good videos on this Thanks for the link! My key question is: Do you measure it to be able to optimize it?