A Product Market Fit Show | Startup Podcast for Founders

4K likes, 365 re-shares and over 1M views, without any marketing spend.  For an ad promoting your product, that sounds too good to be true-- and yet that's exactly what Yoav did.  He leveraged it to get tons of press, more customers than he could manage, and raise a $15M Series A in under a year after incorporating. Here's the story of how Yoav got started with Walnut and how he ultimately found product-market fit. Yoav goes deep on tactics you can use to drive inbound traffic, generate leads and fundraise.Viral video: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yoav-vilner_weareprospects-weareprospects-activity-6960959679111778304-nOrW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_iosViral video 2: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yoav-vilner_weareprospects-weareprospects-activity-7006660780150427648-P4vD?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_iosSend me a message to let me know what you think!

$1B startups get all the hype. But for 99% of founders, it’s the wrong goal. You’re better off building a sustainable business with consistent growth. Raising big rounds won’t make your company big and staying lean won’t make your company small.  That's just VC Myth 1. Raising round after round does not equal success. That's just VC Myth 2.Just because you raise more money, doesn’t mean you make more money. That's just VC Myth 3.Send me a message to let me know what you think!

Over 10 years of hard work, Ilya has helped over 2000 individuals change their lives. In the meantime, he built a profitable, cash-flowing business with no outside funding. While the billion-dollar outcomes get all the hype, this is what success looks like for most founders. In this episode, we dive into how Ilya turned a resume-editing business into a multi-million dollar recruitment platform, how he landed his first customers, and exactly when he knew he had product-market fit. Send me a message to let me know what you think!

Product Market Fit expert Rob and the host dive into the 5 crucial steps for achieving PMF. They discuss the challenges of applying theory to real-world situations, the importance of domain expertise, founder involvement in testing, and the perseverance required in entrepreneurship. The episode offers valuable insights on navigating the complexities of building a successful business.

Re-releasing the BEST episode of all of season 1. Send me a message to let me know what you think!

I know most founders today are planning for the new year, so sharing the top 3 mistakes I've seen early-stage founders make when forecasting. If you're forecasting for 2024, you don't want to miss this.Send me a message to let me know what you think!

Here are the key lessons from the past 60 episodes that we've released to date.  Each of the 5 steps to Product Market Fit is based on actual case studies with real examples you can use. It's a recap of everything I've learned over the last two years- you don't want to miss it.Send me a message to let me know what you think!

As they say, "Experience is the teacher of all things"... and my last startup was a ruthless teacher. Today, my co-founder Lee Silverstone and ex-CEO Rob Woodbridge join me to go through some of the insane stories from Gymtrack,  our last startup.From strapping a whiteboard to the roof of Lee's Civic, to going to conferences with a 3D printed "smart" pin, to getting PR at the worst possible time, the stories are funny, engaging, and clear examples of what NOT to do. Send me a message to let me know what you think!

This is the story of the emotional rollercoaster that was my last startup, Gymtrack. Hope you find it helpful as you navigate your own startup journey.You can read the article here as well: https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/i-was-supposed-to-be-a-millionaire-at-25-instead-i-went-bankrupt-ef525370e353Send me a message to let me know what you think!

Phil Knight, Nike's founder, might hold the all-time record for taking punches to the face.  From giving up 49% of his company to a part-time advisor; to having Prefontaine, a famous runner and Nike's main ambassador, die unexpectedly; to getting blindsided with a $25M import tax when he could not afford it. Anything that could go wrong, did.In this episode, multi-time founder Rob Woodbridge and Pablo Srugo go over Phil Knight's (founder/CEO Nike) road to product-market fit and why we believe he is the CEO all founders should imitate.Send me a message to let me know what you think!