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“Fall in ♥️ with the problem space rather than falling in love with your solution. The faster you can adapt, the faster you can learn and hone in on product-market fit,' says founder Michael Grinich.

Read WorkOS' full path to PMF in our latest on the Review

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In the latest in our Paths to Product-Market Fit series, Zūm co-founder Ritu Narayan tells Todd Jackson how she solved her own biggest pain point as a working parent with her student transportation company.

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On the path to product-market fit, tinkering with your narrative is just as important as the early version of the product, says Zūm founder/CEO Ritu Narayan.

Finding the message that resonates will point you in the right direction.

📰 review.firstround.com/zums-path-to-p…

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From tossing the product launch plans out the window to upending the pricing model, there have been plenty of u-turns in WorkOS' path to product-market fit.

The key, according to founder/CEO Michael Grinich, is to find the '80% solution' to the problem.

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First Round Michael Grinich WorkOS an overnight success that took 4.5 years to happen

In a new piece for First Round, founder and CEO Ritu Narayan (@ritun) details Zum’s journey to finding product-market fit (twice!) and what she has learned along the way:

review.firstround.com/zums-path-to-p…

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First Round Ritu Narayan Zūm almost every success in vc shows a capitalist investing long, long before product market fit. in this specific example, 12 years. because this is what's supposed to differentiate vcs from banks.

but vcs today can't get past the phrase 'too early for us'

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