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Gayathri Venkataraman · FounderNexus member

Clarity before a course correction.

Gayathri describes testing her thinking with other people before deciding whether to continue or adjust.

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There were so many times that I have actually doubted what I have been doing. Whether you are going to continue that path or you're going to course correct and take a different path, you need to have certain clarity on why this is working, why this is not working. Create a framework of whatever you typically would make your decision and like run it by people. And then you will get that clarity, okay, you know what? Maybe I'm jumping into this conclusion too early or maybe I have been sitting on it for too late. Doesn't matter, but at least you can actually talk with people and get that thing resolved as soon as possible.

Ken Aragon · FounderNexus member

Reconsidering the order of priorities.

Ken describes how conversations helped him put product-market fit ahead of fundraising in his own plan.

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But as a prior to joining FounderNexus, I had this idea in my mind that you have to go raise money first and then you go build your product. And that's not the way it should be. Through the conversations I had with Court and the other members of FounderNexus, it became really clear to me that my priorities as a founder needed to be in finding product market fit. First.

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