Growing Startups When the Product Sucks

Ali Mese
Ali Mese
Jan 16, 2017 · 7 min read
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We have exactly $325,710 left in our bank account.

The cash is burning fast, and we’ve already wasted a big portion of our seed investment trying to market a product for which we thought we had already found a product/market fit.

“Four out of ten,” shouts Lauren, breaking the silence we’ve had for almost twenty minutes in our meeting room.

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