The Real Product Market Fit - Manos Kyriakakis, Simpler

<p>Manos Kyriakakis is a Head of Product &amp; Growth at Simpler. They’re aiming to allow shoppers all over the world seamlessly checkout from anywhere. In the past, Manos has worked with other VC-backed startups in industries such as insuretech, ad-tech, and travel-tech, including Pricefox.gr, Avocarrot, Market Group, and Welcome Pickups. He has also collaborated with companies as a consultant and co-founded his own company.</p><p><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong><br>0:00 | Introduction to Manos Kyriakakis<br>2:05 | Achieving product/market fit for startups<br>3:56 | Metrics that show whether you have hit market fit for your product<br>5:51 | Early challenges in attaining market fit at Simpler<br>9:35 | Knowing if you are on the right track<br>14:07| What Manos has done to ensure product vision is common with all stakeholders<br>17:26 | Confidence, Arrogance, and making Assumptions in products<br>19:43 | Getting rid of ego from the equation<br>21:24 | Product biases that Manos has had to deal with frequently<br>22:44 | The one question Manos desires to be asked as a product manager<br>24:21 | Becoming not entirely data-reliant in decision making<br>25:54 | Wrap-up<br> <br> <br><strong>QUOTES:</strong><br> <br>“To achieve product /market fit, an entrepreneur should be as close as possible to the target audience. This means being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market.” [3:24]<br> <br>“As a product leader, you are responsible for ensuring the product vision is protected and all stakeholders have a clear grasp before making decisions.” [14:07]<br> <br>“It’s easy for product managers to be arrogant, overconfident, and make assumptions about their products. Such negligence is also easily transferred to the team” [18:32]<br> </p><p><strong>Connect with Manos Kyriakakis</strong></p><p>Personal Website: https://manoskyriakakis.com/<br>Company’s Website: https://www.simpler.so/<br>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoskyr/<br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/manoskyr</p>