Product-Market Fit

Definitions

1. The point at which a product satisfies strong market demand — users actively seek it out, retention is high, and growth becomes organic. Marc Andreessen's definition: 'being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market.' The single most important milestone for a startup. You know you have it when you can't keep up with demand.

   In plain English: When your product is something people actually want badly enough that it starts growing on its own.

   Example: "We knew we had product-market fit when the support queue was longer than the feature backlog and users were furious about any downtime."

Related Terms

• Blitzscaling
• Product-Led Growth
• Network Effect
• Growth Loop
• Inflection Point
• Total Addressable Market
• Flywheel
• Series A
• North Star Metric
• PLG
• Market Fit
• Traction