Back in 2005, crowded around my kitchen table in Redwood City, we didn’t fully grasp what “product-market fit” really meant.
In today’s Yorkshire Post, as part of my ongoing series about building a company, I share experiences from founding Librados and the crucial lessons we learned along the way.
Initially, we focused intensely on perfecting our enterprise software. But the true breakthrough wasn’t about having the best technology—it was about genuinely understanding and responding to what the market wanted. Within months of achieving real product-market fit, over 100 major enterprises adopted our solution, and Librados soon went on to be acquired and listed on Nasdaq.
Too many start-ups fail—not through lack of ambition or talent, but because they’re solving problems the market simply doesn’t value enough.
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