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A Product Market Fit Show | Startups & Founders

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As the founder of an early-stage startup you have one goal: find product-market fit. The Product Market Fit Show is a weekly podcast about the 0 to 1 journeys of the world's most successful tech startups. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is simple. We want to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet.

99% of founders SUCK at storytelling. Here's the pro who taught Slack & Salesforce how to do it. | Matthew Dicks, professional storyteller & bestselling author of Storyworthy.July 25, 2024
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In 2019, he went all-in on AI, grew to $3M ARR in 2 years—then to $85M ARR in 5. | Shubham Mishra, Founder of PixisJuly 22, 2024
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How Wiz grew to $500M ARR in 4 years—& could exit to Google for $23B (largest VC-backed exit in history)July 18, 2024
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He built a farming robot that shoots weeds with lasers— then closed $10M in pre-sales before shipping a single one. | Paul Mikesell, Founder of Carbon Robotics.July 15, 2024
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Tesla’s EV market share (finally) falls below 50%. Good news for founders— incumbents took 15 years to match 1 founder.July 11, 2024
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YC founder raises $3.5M, keeps team to 3 people—then grows 10x to $2M ARR in 1 year. | Benjamin Encz, Founder of AshbyJuly 08, 2024
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Pickleball grew 3x in 4 years to 14M players. Not by competing with tennis— but by creating a new market instead.July 04, 2024
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He fought Al Qaeda in Iraq, turned down $250K at McKinsey—& built a $150M+ ARR unicorn. Here’s how it happened: | Blake Hall, Founder of ID.meJuly 01, 2024
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Each Google/OpenAI update kills more startups. Here’s how to make sure you're not next.June 27, 2024
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1st-time founder meets 120 VCs— closes $2.7M in 5 weeks, 10x oversubscribed. Here's the step-by-step guide to close a round. | Andrew Rea, Founder of TaxwireJune 24, 2024
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Zoom hits an all-time low. Here's what AI startups can learn from the WFH hype cycle.June 20, 2024
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He grew to $22M ARR in 4 years—but regrets spending so much on growth. | Chris Walker, Founder of Refine LabsJune 17, 2024
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ChatGPT just hit $3B in ARR—here’s why Sam Altman is a strategic genius.June 13, 2024
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Reddit hit 1M users in 1 year. The key was listening to users—& not doing what they said. | Reddit CTO & Founding Engineer Chris SloweJune 10, 2024
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She quit her job without a startup idea. Then built a $550M startup from a bad dentist appointment. I Wardah Inam, Founder of OverjetJune 03, 2024
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Ex-Squarespace CEO on how to sell to SMBs, build tight feedback loops, & stay close to customers even after raising $200M+ | Dane Atkinson, Founder of OdekoMay 27, 2024
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He built Uber for parking & exited. Then raised $100M+. Here's his formula for finding product-market fit. | Shmulik Fishman, Founder of ArgyleMay 20, 2024
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COVID nearly bankrupted him. Then with AI he grew from $0 to $25M ARR in 4 years. | Andrew Lockhead, Founder of Stay22May 13, 2024
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He raised $11M off a deck. Here's how he launched Clumio & grew 4x to over 8-figures in ARR. | Poojan Kumar, Founder of ClumioMay 06, 2024
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He quit his cozy Google job & ignored lean startup advice— then grew to $3M in 1 year. | Arvind Jain, Founder of Glean April 29, 2024
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5 months in, Snapchat had only 127 users. Here's how Evan Spiegel found product market fit w/ Jeremy Liew (Partner at Lightspeed and Seed Investor in Snapchat)April 22, 2024
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He gave up on chasing unicorns. Now he earns $500K+/year from his 3-person startup. | Rand Fishkin, Founder of Moz & SparkToroApril 15, 2024
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This solo founder bet on AI 7 years ago. Now he has 5,000 customers & $115M raised. | Dylan, Founder of Assembly AIApril 08, 2024
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He raised $275M in the last 3 years. His 'boring' B2B startup is now a $1B unicorn. | Andrew Butt, Founder of EnableApril 01, 2024
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Alex sold couches online before IKEA did. He grew to $40M in revenue and exited for millions. | Alex Back, Co-Founder of Apt2BMarch 25, 2024
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