Three Hard-Won Lessons
1. Pivot toward fit
- Your original vision is a hypothesis
- Market pull matters more than founder attachment
- Constraints can become advantages in the right segment
2. Focus on enterprise
- Enterprises have bigger budgets
- They create stronger expansion paths
- They reduce the chaos of small, high-churn accounts
3. Sell the full package
- Product quality matters
- Integration matters
- Trust and long-term relationships matter just as much