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Product-Market Fit (PMF)

Product-Market Fit is the state where the product fully matches a real market need: people genuinely want it, buy it, and recommend it to others.

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Product-Market Fit (PMF) is the state where a product matches market need so well that demand grows on its own: customers buy, return, and recommend. Scaling marketing before PMF is wasting money.

Signs of PMF: repeat purchases, low churn, organic referrals, and customers saying "it'd be hard without this product now." Without these, fix the offer or product first.

Frequently asked questions

Should I avoid investing in marketing before PMF?

Small, test marketing — yes, you need it (to validate demand). But scaling a big budget before PMF is a mistake: pouring lots of traffic on an ill-fitting product only loses money faster.

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