Lenny's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Our third or fourth employee was a part-time contractor out of the Bay Area, and he called the people he knew, like at Greenhouse Software, where he had consulted and had buddies, and asked if they wanted to try it out. The first one was an early employee of our last startup. Art by Natalie Harney. Let’s jump right into it.

Ideal Customer Profiles 112

Ideal Customer Profiles CPO B2B Startups 112

Lenny's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In B2B, it normally takes two years to start feeling product-market fit Here’s an overview of how long it took 24 of today’s top B2B startups to get to (1) a live product, (2) their first customer, and (3) their first feeling of PMF: The median time from idea to feeling product-market fit was roughly 2 years.

CPO 145

CPO Product Work Management Enterprise Management 145

Lenny's Newsletter

AUGUST 8, 2023

In addition to these juggernauts, I’ve also pulled in a handful of my favorite up-and-coming B2B startups, including Linear, Vanta, Stytch, Zip, Census, Persona, and Hex. Most B2B startup ideas did not come from the founder feeling the pain at their last gig (though many did). Every prosumer product (e.g. Art by Natalie Harney.

Startups 52

Startups Work Management CPO Enterprise Management 52