Founders, don’t confuse early sales with real validation

When I first got 50 sales in a week, I thought I had “succeeded”. But it wasn’t. There was nothing to retain customers, and word of mouth didn’t exist. A friend sent me https://flowium.com/blog/product-market-fit/ and it shocked me. It’s not about first time buyers, but loyal customers, obsession, and product changes based on real feedback. The article gives signals of real product-market fit, not vanity metrics. I wish I had known this before I spent months building a product that no one would ever buy twice.