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Why	
  Product	
  Market	
  
 Fit	
  Doesn’t	
  Ma8er

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I’m	
  David	
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On	
  the	
  internets	
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I	
  love	
  building	
  things
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But	
  building	
  these	
  is	
  way	
  cooler
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I	
  work	
  at	
  HubSpot
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This	
  is	
  my	
  Fmeline
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Really	
  excited	
  to	
  be	
  here
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Product	
  Market	
  Fit
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Professor	
  Blank
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Professor	
  Ries
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16	
  years	
  of	
  searching...
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for	
  Product	
  MarkeFng	
  Fit
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1.	
  Way	
  too	
  fucking	
  early
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1.	
  Way	
  too	
  fucking	
  early
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1.	
  Way	
  too	
  fucking	
  early
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2.	
  Way	
  too	
  early
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2.	
  Way	
  too	
  early
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2.	
  Way	
  too	
  early
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3.	
  Too	
  early
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3.	
  Too	
  early
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3.	
  Too	
  early
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4.	
  Close	
  to	
  perfect
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4.	
  Close	
  to	
  perfect
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4.	
  Close	
  to	
  perfect
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Good	
  news:	
  
           I	
  am	
  less	
  dumb	
  today




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16	
  years	
  of	
  starFng	
  companies...
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1000s	
  of	
  product	
  iteraFons...
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Trying	
  to	
  find	
  Product	
  Market	
  Fit
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Lots	
  of	
  pain	
  and	
  frustraFon
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Chief	
  Product	
  Officer
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World	
  dominaFon
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Passionate	
  people
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Raving	
  fans
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Playing	
  for	
  keeps
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6000

           5000

           4000

           3000

           2000

           1000

              0




                  Explosive	
  growth
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60 Apps   2,000,000
                              Marketers



                                                   70,000
                                                    Users
70 Service
Providers




                                                        700
                                                        VAR
 220,000
        followers

 176,000
             fans

    80,000
        members                       IMU
                                          30,000
      4,100                                Grads
      subscribers
I	
  learned	
  a	
  secret
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Mind	
  blown
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You’re	
  going	
  to	
  love	
  this
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Finding	
  fit	
  is	
  really	
  hard
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Building	
  is	
  the	
  hardest	
  part
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So	
  much	
  Fme	
  and	
  money
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Too	
  hard
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You	
  don’t	
  need	
  a	
  
 fucking	
  product
6000

           5000

           4000

           3000

           2000

           1000

              0




                  No	
  Product
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The	
  promise
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The	
  dream
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Amazing	
  execuFon
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Today
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Future
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Lessons	
  learned
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Timing	
  ma8ers.	
  Duh.
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Force	
  MulFplier
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SoluFon	
  !==	
  product
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Listen
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Good	
  luck
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Thank	
  You
   David	
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Thank	
  You
   David	
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Thank	
  You
   David	
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