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How to Use This Scorecard:

  1. Rate each milestone based on your current progress.
  2. Add up your total score out of 50.
  • 0-20: Room for improvement—consider focus areas.
  • 21-35: Some fit—identify specific areas to strengthen.
  • 36-50: Strong product-market fit—build on your momentum!

Milestone Assessment

  1. Problem Validation

    • Have you spoken with potential users to confirm this problem exists for them?

  2. Solution Relevance

    • Does your solution address a pain point that potential users care about and are willing to pay for or use actively?

  3. Customer Discovery & Research

    • Have you conducted interviews, surveys, or feedback sessions with potential users?
    • Are you getting a clear picture of who they are, their needs, and their behaviours?
    • B2B vs B2C research: Face-to-face interviews essential with B2B, surveys and face-to-face work for B2C.

  4. Clear Customer Segmentation

    • Have you identified your core customer segments and their specific needs related to your product?
    • Can you describe your core segments in a way that shapes your product messaging?

  5. Validated Target Customer

    • Have you tested your product concept or prototype with a sample of your target customers?
    • Are their needs, preferences, and pain points accurately reflected in your solution?

  6. Product Uniqueness

    • Does your product offer something distinct, different, and better than competitors?
    • Are users able to articulate what sets it apart?

  7. Willingness to Engage with Your Product

    • Are early adopters or pilot users interested in engaging with your product, potentially even paying for it?
    • If so, have you gathered insights on how much they would be willing to pay, even if only in early conversations?
    • Example metric: Have potential users shown interest in a specific price point, such as $20-$50/month indicating that your product could attract paying customers and support a sustainable business model?

  8. Clarity on Key Metrics

    • Have you identified key metrics to track your progress toward product-market fit, such as Engagement Rate or Conversion Rate?
    • Do you know what a successful outcome would look like for each key metric? For example, if you’re tracking user engagement, you might consider 20% of users returning daily as a success indicator. If the conversion rate is a metric, you might set a target of 5% of visitors signing up.

  9. Iterative Product Development

    • Are you actively refining your product based on insights and user feedback?
    • Do the changes reflect direct user input and insights?

  10. Customer Acquisition Feasibility

  • Do you have an initial strategy for cost-effectively reaching and acquiring your customers?
  • Have you identified low-cost acquisition channels, such as word-of-mouth, partnerships, or organic methods?

[Add your ratings and comments to each milestone]

By completing this scorecard and reflecting on your answers, you can identify areas where you may need to focus your efforts to achieve a stronger product-market fit.

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