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Very few people write about maintaining PMF vs achieving it in the first place so thanks for putting this out there Sean.

It reminded me a lot of this post by Casey Winters which introduces a helpful concept of a theoretical temporal PMF threshold that the organization is either delivering above or below at any given time and hence ‘has’ or ‘does not have’ PMF. Also as a rule that (customer) expectations are always increasing and this is a good reason to watch PMF status like a hawk as you suggest! More here: https://caseyaccidental.com/caseys-guide-to-finding-product-market-fit/

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Thanks Mark, that's a great post and I hadn't seen it before. Quantitative models for PMF are really hard since every business is different but I like how Casey frames it.

I'll be covering PMF a lot more since there are a lot of traps and other issues with pursuing it.

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Pretty darn well articulated 🙌🏽.

Doesn’t matter if this your first rodeo in startup-verse or a serial entrepreneur like myself. These lesson speak truth to your core.

Thanks for sharing Sean!

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Thanks Samuel! Let me know if there are topics you'd like me to cover in the future.

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😅Boy where to start!

The Paradox of:

1. Going Fast vs Slow in an ever-changing-instantaneous world

2. Leaders without answers–🙋‍♂️oh hi, impostor

3. Finding rest time, but running on fumes as an entrepreneur.

#3 I particularly find myself traversing a lot on…sigh!

Dunno if this helps.

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Ha, that's quite a list. We'll cover a lot of that here, but I also recommend finding a peer group of CEOs at a similar stage. I've always found that the best support for issues of fatigue, stress and making it through rough spots.

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