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Todd Jackson

04/11/24

@ Lenny's Podcast

Vanta is a great example of a company that found product-market fit by addressing a critical pain point in compliance automation for startups.

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A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)

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A framework for finding product-market fit | Todd Jackson (First Round Capital)

04/11/24

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Jared Friedman

11/18/22

@ Y Combinator

A good example of founder-market fit is PlanGrid, where the founders had relevant experience in the construction industry and the technical skills to build the product.

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Y Combinator Cast

11/23/24

@ Y Combinator

Successful vertical SaaS companies often emerge from founders' personal experiences with tedious tasks, leading to innovative AI solutions.

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Guillermo Rauch

06/03/25

@ Accel

Seeing companies at massive scale in highly regulated environments get excited about Vercel is highly rewarding.

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Danielle Morrill

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

Mattermark found product-market fit very early, which is a rare and fortunate occurrence in the startup world.

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Guillermo Rauch

04/13/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

The name Vzero implies that the product is for prototypes and initial attempts, which is where many tools are finding their product-market fit.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

When we had product-market fit at Zenefits, we found that our ideas worked exceptionally well, leading to rapid growth and a strong market pull for our product.

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Reid Hoffman

07/08/22

@ Greylock

Pivots are essential for startups, whether it's to find product-market fit early on or to reinvent the company later for sustained success.

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Michael Seibel

08/27/22

@ Y Combinator

Many successful Y Combinator companies, like Stripe and PagerDuty, started by selling to other startups, demonstrating that this can be a successful strategy.

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Dalton Caldwell

08/30/19

@ Y Combinator

The founders of Brex had prior experience in fintech, which contributed to their success after pivoting, demonstrating the importance of founder-market fit.