6. âIf youâre above 40% of the people saying
theyâd be very disappointed, I tend to say
youâve found product/market fit, and if
youâre less than that, you havenât.
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7. The core product/market fit question
â Segment the rest of the responses with this question
â Open-ended responses help you understand why
â Can be asked independently or as part of other survey questions
8. Do you have product/market fit?
â Nobody really cares about your product!
â Find insights from very disappointed & somewhat disappointed responses
â Go back to the drawing board to try something different
9. Do you have product/market fit?
â Almost thereâŠ
â Figure out the difference in very disappointed & somewhat disappointed responses
â Product and / or customer segment tweaks can get you there
10. What are alternative solutions to the problem you solve?
â Learn what people consider as alternatives
â Helps define your market and opportunity
â Responses will validate / invalidate your own ideas
11. Whatâs the benefit of your solution?
â Discover the core use case(s) for your product
â Helps inform your value proposition for positioning
â Turn into multiple choice question for future surveying
12. Do people tell others about your solution?
â Learn what words people use to describe your product to others
â Helps assess word of mouth for your product
â Identify invite and sharing opportunities
13. Who is your solution most valuable to?
â Learn more about the type of people that will value your product
â Helps figure out market segmentation
â The target customer might not be who you are thinking
14. How do you improve your solution?
â Find out what people want improved
â Helps with determining future product direction / roadmap
â Discover things you werenât thinking of improving
15. Learn from 731 product/market fit
survey responses about Slack:
bit.ly/slackpmfit
16. There are even more ways to assess
product/market fit qualitativelyâŠ