A product whose early adopters all share a commonality unlike the general public likely has a low ceiling.
- A product whose early adopters all share a commonality unlike the general public likely has a low ceiling.
- For example, imagine a product with a privacy angle where 60% of its early adopters use Duck Duck Go as their primary search engine.
- That product is only shown to have market fit with an odd sub-population of the overall market.
- Ideally you want your early adopters to look like a random sample of the market you're actually targeting.
- Otherwise, you may have only made a product that has market fit in a niche.
- If you aspire to be used beyond privacy conscious users, make sure that your early adopters don't disproportionately use Duck Duck Go.