Find Your Natural Market Fit
You’ve built something great.
It works. People love it. You’ve got revenue.
But somehow, sales cycles feel long.
And the wrong people keep showing up.
It might not be your messaging.
It might be your market.
Here’s how top founders realign to their natural market fit:
1. Study your fast wins
Not the biggest logos. Not the noisiest customers.
→ Who signed fast? Paid full price? Referred others?
That’s your gravitational pull.
The customer segment your product was made for, even if you didn’t plan it that way.
2. Drop the false avatars
You probably created ICPs based on who you wanted to sell to.
Now it’s time to upgrade that based on reality.
→ What job titles, org sizes, or urgent problems actually convert?
Refine your targeting to where you already win not where you hope to win.
3. Listen to what they say, not just what they buy
Your happiest customers will tell you why they really chose you.
→ “You’re the first one who explained this clearly.”
→ “You just got our problem.”
Those are positioning clues.
You don’t need better features, you need to anchor to the right pain.
4. Build from customer truth, not founder fantasy
Many founders fall in love with their original idea and ignore what’s clearly working.
→ If every customer says you’re the best for X…
Stop trying to be known for Y.
Your growth is in the truth you’ve already proven.
Ask yourself:
What if I repositioned around the customers I actually win with fastest?


