The real behind-the-scenes breakdowns of how companies found product-market fit. Learn from what founders actually did in their earliest years — from false starts and painful pivots to the tactical steps that finally unlocked growth.
First Round Partner Todd Jackson interviews startup founders about the most pivotal moments on their path to product-market fit. Before joining First Round, Todd helped build now-familiar products like Gmail's user interface, Facebook's Newsfeed, Twitter's timeline and Dropbox's bottom-up revenue engine.
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Lloyd Tabb - Looker
Zach Perret - Plaid
Christina Cacioppo - Vanta
Guillermo Rauch - Vercel
Jack Altman - Lattice
Kareem Amin - Clay
Laura Behrens Wu - Shippo
Amjad Masad - Replit
Eilon Reshef - Gong
Filip Kaliszan - Verkada
Jason Boehmig - Ironclad
In this post in our “Paths to Product-Market Fit” series, Webb Brown sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to tell the story of how he and his co-founder validated the idea for Kubecost.
In this post in our “Paths to Product-Market Fit” series, Binti’s co-founder and CEO Felicia Curcuru sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to tell the story of how her time spent shadowing family social workers in San Francisco empowered her to build a product.
In our "Paths to Product-Market Fit" series, X1 founder and CEO Deepak Rao sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to share the dramatic story of how his company pivoted during the pandemic and found product-market fit with a bold launch strategy.
Live Tinted co-founder and CEO Deepica Mutyala sits down with First Round Partner Todd Jackson for a behind-the-scenes look at how she built a loyal and powerful customer base long before she ever had a product to sell.
In this post in our “Paths to Product-Market Fit” series, The Rounds’ Alex Torrey sits down with First Round partner Todd Jackson to tell the story of how he came up with the idea for his eco-friendly delivery service, and what signals guided him along the way.
Demystifying this critical — yet often unstable — stepping stone for every startup.
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