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April 2017
Your Way
Out of the
Dark
How to do Pre Product-Market
Fit growth
Simon Sylvest - co-founder at Founders
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2017
THIS IS USELESS
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2017
Pre
Product-Market Fit
Post
Product-Market Fit
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April 2017
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2017
Wonderwerk
CUELY
Founders is
based on our
experiences
from building
15+ companies
and tools
Founders
2017
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2017
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2017
The 3 pillars of the Founders Growth Model
Distribution
Research
Growth
Machine
Growth
Memo
Preparation Process Discipline
Founders
2017
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2017
Mistake #1: Jump in the red ocean
Founders
2017
Learning #1: Sharpen the axe before you cut
down the tree
Founders
2017
Framework #1: Distribution Research
Competitors
and peers
Distribution Research
Competitor
growth
insights
Growth Ideas
…
Founders
2017
Mistake #2: Oh, what about this one?
Founders
2017
Learning #2: Focus, focus, focus
Founders
2017
Framework #2: Founders Growth Machine
Founders
2017
Mistake #3: Under-evaluating the power of
discipline
Founders
2017
Learning #3: The power of
writing things down
Founders
2017
Framework #3: Founders Growth Memo
Founders
2017
The 3 pillars of the Founders Growth Model
Distribution
Research
Growth
Machine
Growth
Memo
Preparation Process Discipline
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2017
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