Measuring retention is critical; if you don't have a product that retains users, you shouldn't focus on growth yet.

Working on growth before achieving product-market fit and good retention is not a good idea.

It's a mistake to get distracted by new features without ensuring your existing product retains users effectively; focus on improving retention first.

Before launching your product, focus on building quickly and optimizing for the next stage of growth, rather than trying to cater to a large user base right away.

When you're in the product market fit phase, it's crucial to keep refining your product instead of just focusing on scaling the business.

Don't scale your team until you've achieved product market fit; keep the team small to maintain agility and focus.

To address retention issues, you can improve your product and directly ask users why they aren't using it, then solve those problems for another chance at success. Additionally, sometimes you need to revisit the product-market hypothesis and consider changing the target audience or the problem you're solving.

Founders frequently struggle with whether to prioritize growth or retention, and they often feel overwhelmed by the need to balance product development and sales efforts.

Building growth into the product from the start is crucial, rather than treating it as an afterthought after initial user acquisition.