Understanding Founder-Market Fit in Product Development

I don’t think enough founders talk about founder-market fit.. I told @ShaanVP a story about this which I don’t think I’ve ever told publicly before between 2017 and 2020, crypto was the biggest thing ever. I didn't own any bitcoin, I had zero connections in the space.. but I still wanted to be a crypto founder… so I found an open-source 3D model of a cold storage wallet. then found someone in China who could make them and I shipped 1,000 of them to nyc I sold a total of 3 and still have 997 sitting in my parent's basement (if you want one, hmu) compare that to @beehiiv: I was the second employee at Morning Brew (who became the poster child of the newsletter ecosystem). I built the referral program and helped scale the newsletter to 4M readers. I'd seen what success looks like from the inside. @beehiiv was born out of that. I had years of experience and credibility in the exact space I was building in. that’s founder-market fit.