Product Market Fit Bootcamp

Speed up your market success by building a comprehensive PMF plan using the Five Factors Framework

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Course overview

Gain insights to sharpen your product market fit - and execute smarter

Top rated by tech founders & product managers from U.S., U.K., Israel and India.


Rated Top 50 Maven Course!

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Many early stage companies hustle to find product market fit hoping to get lucky. They launch the tech, get a bunch of early customers - and hope that they find the market. Hustle without a plan, hope without a strategy, doesn’t work. 


This bootcamp offers an alternative.


Master the PMF Five Factors Framework, a market driven structured approach to:


1. Figure out the right customer to target

2. Position your product offering, not just tech

3. Establish your category point of view

4. Lay out your go-to-market pathways

5. Assess the key talent you need 


Tie it all together with a plan ready to test in the market. 


This cohort-based course includes live teaching, videos & worksheets, peer feedback and solo projects to level up your entire PMF plan.

This course is for you IF...

01

You're an early or growth stage B2B Tech Founder who knows the hustle.


You need to speed up your PMF plan for lean times.

02

You’re a Product Leader that has a product [MVP] in a competitive market - but not enough customer traction yet.

03

You’re a GTM Leader (Sales or Marketing) with early customers.


Though you are not sure of the ideal profile or the best GTM to reach them.

Build a clear PMF plan and execute with confidence

A clear assessment of your current PMF

You will have a baseline understanding & score of your current PMF - what's good, what's not. You will uncover key risks in your plan that you should address.

A new customer & company story

You will create a sharper company story ready to test with customers, investors or partners - all built around your value hypothesis.

An actionable PMF plan - ready to execute

You will have a smarter PMF plan ready to test in market that reduces your key risks of failure

What’s included

Anurag Wadehra

Live sessions

Learn directly from Anurag Wadehra in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

8 live sessions • 102 lessons • 9 projects

Week 1

Jun 5—Jun 8

    Jun

    5

    PMF Bootcamp Orientation & Baseline PMF Score

    Thu 6/53:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    SETTING YOUR BASELINE: Find how good is your PMF today

    1. Learn why a structured approach to PMF matters

    2. Practice the sharp questions to get familiar with PMF Five Factors Framework 

    3. Create your Baseline PMF Scorecard, using the framework

    • ✍️

      PROJECT: Complete and Share your PMF Baseline Scorecard

      Submit by Jun 8
    • 📹

      PRE-WORK: Why PMF is Hard (9 min)

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      PRE-WORK: What are the five common PMF pitfalls (4 min)

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      PRE-WORK: Intro to PMF Five Factors Framework (10 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How good is your PMF today (2 min)

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      PRE-WORK: Power of sharp questions (6 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to score your customer factor (10 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to score your product factor (8 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to score your category factor (12 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to score your go-to-market factor (9 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to score your talent factor (10 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to summarize your PMF baseline scorecard (2 min)

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      PRE-WORK: How to navigate PMF (6 min)

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      REFERENCE: PMF Five Factors Framework SUMMARY

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      REFERENCE: FREE video course for scoring your PMF baseline

Week 2

Jun 9—Jun 15

    Jun

    12

    WORKSHOP: How to calibrate for Hungry Customer

    Thu 6/123:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    CALIBRATE: Who is your Hungry Customer?

    • Establish where your product fits in the software (tech) stack

    • Map your customer subtypes for buyers and users

    • Identify relevant value frameworks for each customer subtype

    • Build value drivers for each customer subtype

    Summarize your Hungry Customer archetype

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      PROJECT: Complete and share your Customer Factor Calibration

      Submit by Jun 13
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      PRE-WORK: Intro to calibrating Hungry Customer ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Establish your software stack ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Identify your customer archetypes ~ 15 min

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      PRE-WORK: Map relevant value frameworks ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK: Anchor in the right value drivers ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Summarize your ideal Hungry Customer ~ 2 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Who is the Customer in Business Marketing?

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Four Customer Archetypes Across All B2B Software

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Who Are Your Champions?

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      REFERENCE | Hungry Customer SUMMARY

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      OPTIONAL: Creating Champion Developers

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      OPTIONAL: The Only Two Ways to Attract Customers

Week 3

Jun 16—Jun 22

    Jun

    19

    WORKSHOP: How to calibrate for Magical Product

    Thu 6/193:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    CALIBRATE: What is your Magical Product?

    Define your Magical Product

    1. Discover your Brand Insight

    2. Define your Brand Promise

    3. Differentiate your Offering

    Summarize your Magical Product

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      PROJECT: Complete and share Product Factor Calibration

      Submit by Jun 20
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      PRE-WORK: Intro - how to calibrate for Magical Product ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK: Begin with your product "secret" ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Select the canonical use case ~ 11 min

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      PRE-WORK: Identify your brand insight ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Build your product offering ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK: EXAMPLES from various companies of their Product elements ~ 16 min

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      PRE-WORK: Define your brand promise ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Check alignment - is your brand promise bold? ~ 2 min

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      PRE-WORK: Consider GTM trade offs of your product offering ~ 11 min

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      PRE-WORK: EXAMPLES of various companies GTM tradeoffs ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK: Summarize your Magical Product ~ 1 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Elements of a Tech Brand Story ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Product vs. Offering: What's the Difference ~ 10 min

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      REFERENCE: Magical Product SUMMARY

Week 4

Jun 23—Jun 29

    Jun

    26

    WORKSHOP: How to calibrate for New Game in Category

    Thu 6/263:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    CALIBRATE: Where is your New Game in Category?

    Set and play a New Game in Category

    • Create your contrarian POV

    • Define your change criteria

    • Paint an inevitable future

    • Identify an early adopter segment

    Summarize your New Game in Category

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      PROJECT: Complete and share Category Factor Calibration

      Submit by Jun 27
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      PRE-WORK: Why categories matter ~ 6 min

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      PRE-WORK: Intro to how to calibrate for new game ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Define your current category ~ 6 min

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      PRE-WORK: How to set a new game in category ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Find a novel insight ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: Generate a contrarian POV ~ 6 min

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      PRE-WORK: Determine how contrarian POV changes criteria ~ 9 min

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      PRE-WORK: Segment by contrarian POV ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Target early adopters ~ 6 min

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      PRE-WORK: Position POV to Product ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK: CASE STUDY New Game Play - Apigee Inc. ~ 9 min

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      SPECIAL EDITION: Creating a NEW game in a NEW category ~ 7 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: What's your category game? ~ 15 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Playing a new game in category ~ 10 min

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      REFERENCE: What's your category game SUMMARY

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      SPECIAL RECORDING - More detailed steps on how to create a contrarian POV in AI

Week 5

Jun 30—Jul 6

    Jul

    3

    WORKSHOP: How to build your Brand Value Story

    Thu 7/33:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    HOW TO: Create & test your value story

    • Assemble your story building blocks from calibration

    • Create your brand value story (positioning)

    • Build your value story test plan

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      PROJECT: Create your brand value story

      Submit by Jul 28
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      PRE-WORK: Intro - Brand story ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK 2: Building your story blocks ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK 3: Structuring your story ~ 7 min

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      PRE-WORK 4: Mapping story to customer journey ~ 12 min

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      PRE-WORK: Why your story needs to change as you grow ~ 7 min

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      PRE-WORK: How to evolve your story as you grow ~ 7 min

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      PRE-WORK: Brand story - key takeaways ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Elements of Tech Brand Story ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Google Cloud Brand Case Study ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Brand Stories & Hero's Journey ~ 10 min

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      BONUS | READ: Interview, Brand Head, Google Cloud ~ 10 min

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      REFERENCE: Does your Brand Story have a Spine?

Week 6

Jul 7—Jul 13
    Nothing scheduled for this week

Week 7

Jul 14—Jul 20

    Jul

    17

    WORKSHOP: How to calibrate for Repeatable Go-to-Market

    Thu 7/173:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    CALIBRATE: How to find Repeatable GTM?

    Determine your GTM pathways

    • Find your customer orientation (intensity)

    • Find your Product Offering GTM Tradeoffs

    • Choose your primary GTM strategy (PLG, ALG, etc.)

    • Map user & buyer journeys for your GTM path

    • Choose your channel pathways, as necessary

    Summarize your Repeatable GTM

    • Short list top GTM pathways, sequencing and metrics

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      PROJECT: Complete and share GTM Factor Calibration

      Submit by Jul 3
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      PRE-WORK: Intro - how to calibrate for Repeatable GTM ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Assess your customer intensity ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK: Consider GTM trade offs of your product offering ~ 11 min

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      PRE-WORK: EXAMPLES of GTM trade offs by companies ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK: Build your GTM strategy ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK: Prioritize your direct GTM path ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK: Map your user and buyer transformation journeys ~ 8 min

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      PRE-WORK: Determine user and buyer GTM metrics ~ 1 min

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      PRE-WORK: Adding channel pathways ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK: Managing multiple GTMs ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Two GTM alignment checks ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK: Summarize Repeatable GTM ~ 1 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Orchestrating Three Pathways into Business Customers ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: A Pattern For Account Led Growth Relationships ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: A Pattern For Product Led Growth Relationships ~ 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Patterns For Channel Led Growth Relationships 10 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: Why Bridging Across Growth Pathways Is Hard ~ 10 min

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      REFERENCE: Customer Relationship Intensity SUMMARY

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      REFERENCE: Repeatable GTM SUMMARY

Week 8

Jul 21—Jul 27

    Jul

    24

    WORKSHOP: How to calibrate for Ready Talent & prepare PMF Risk Mitigation Plan

    Thu 7/243:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

    CALIBRATE: With whom to build Ready Talent?

    Ready your team & talent for PMF

    • Ensure Founder to Category fit

    • Ensure CTO to Product fit

    • Ensure GTM Lead to Pathway fit

    • Prepare for key customer relationships

    Summarize your Ready Talent

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      PROJECT: Complete and share Talent Factor Calibration

      Submit by Jul 29
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      PRE-WORK: Intro to calibrating for Ready Talent ~ 6 min

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      PRE-WORK | Founder Category Fit ~ 5 min

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      PRE-WORK | CTO Product Fit ~ 3 min

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      PRE-WORK | GTM Lead to Pathway Fit ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK | Customer relationship roles fit ~ 9 min

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      PRE-WORK | Summarize your Ready Talent ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK | READ: What is customer relationship equity? ~ 15 min

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      BONUS: Towards a customer relationship model ~ 15 min

    HOW TO: Build & test your PMF risk mitigation plan

    • Identify key uncertainties (known & unknown) for each factor

    • Define the information & insights needed to lower risks

    • Build PMF sprint plan to execute in-market

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      PROJECT: How to build & test PMF risk mitigation plan

      Submit by Jul 4
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      PRE-WORK 1: Intro to PMF risk mitigation plan ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK 2: Develop story validation plan ~ 4 min

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      PRE-WORK 3: How to mitigate each key risk factor ~ 13 min

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      REFERENCE: PMF Risk Mitigation Plan SUMMARY

    Your Final Cut: Testable PMF Calibration

    Assess your final cut PMF calibration

    Compare to your baseline scorecard

    Get ready for in-market sprint

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      PROJECT: FINAL CUT_PMF Five Factors Scorecard + Path Forward

      Submit by Jul 1

Week 9

Jul 28—Jul 31

    Jul

    31

    FINAL CUT: Review of your PMF story and test plan

    Thu 7/313:30 PM—4:30 PM (UTC)

Bonus

    FREE RESOURCES: How to Enter the U.S. market

    • Learn whether you are ready to enter the U.S.

    • Apply the Five Factors Framework to assess U.S. market entry

    • Develop step-wise plan to lower risk of entering the U.S.

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      READ: So you want to find PMF in the U.S.? ~ 15 min

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      FREE - 30 min Mini-video course to score your U.S. fitness hypothesis

    • 📹

      SPECIAL OFFER: PMF Essentials for Entering the U.S. Market ~ 4 hour video course

What students are saying

Confidence & Clarity to Execute on PMF

A clear assessment of your current PMF

You will have a baseline understanding & score of your current PMF - what's good, what's not.

A new customer & company story

You will create a sharper company story ready to test with customers, investors or partners - all built around your value hypothesis.

A actionable PMF plan - ready to execute

You will have a PMF plan ready to test with in market, based on calibration of what you know and what you need to find out.

What CEOs | Tech Founders are saying

        This course helped me stitch everything together. The most important part - it brought clarity.
Saurabh Moody

Saurabh Moody

Founder & Chief Data Scientist - Super AI
        This course has shown me how to look beyond the product factor and into the GTM & Category factors.
Radhika Advani

Radhika Advani

Product Manager - Google
        I am more structured in my thinking and have built more conviction in how to approach our search for PMF.
Hannah Seiber

Hannah Seiber

Co-Founder & CEO - Artyc
        The structured framework for evaluating PMF and the supporting material/pre-work …allowed me to self-learn and prepare.
Amir Shub

Amir Shub

Founder & CEO - Celero
        Not many founders have gone thru this much rigor in PMF. They absolutely need to.
Navneet Singh

Navneet Singh

Co-Founder & CEO - StepFunction.ai
        Ability to clearly/consciously think about the five factors and how they come together.
Satya Sree Akella

Satya Sree Akella

VP LEGAL - RuleZero Technologies
        Dramatically helped with every aspect of our company, and subsequently, with fundraising.
Nawar Alsafar

Nawar Alsafar

Co-Founder & CEO - Bytez
        Clarity, Confidence, and Discipline in how to execute quickly and reach PMF.
Noemi Kis

Noemi Kis

Founder & CEO - Monittor
        A blueprint for navigating the future of the product and how to communicate the value.
Vinay Mamidi

Vinay Mamidi

Founder - Whiteswan Security
        This is not a playbook from a limited perspective; the framework is broad…in an easily understandable format.
Sekhar Rao

Sekhar Rao

Founder & CEO - AShield

Meet your instructor

Anurag Wadehra

Anurag Wadehra

Growth Coach & Advisor

I have 35+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive at companies like Google and Procter & Gamble


Now, I am an advisor to fast growing tech companies across the globe. I’ve coached 100+ tech founders, product & GTM operators. My two passions are storytelling and sense making. These help me generate insights and create frameworks to help others grow their business. 


I’ve done six startups ranging from zero-$100MM+


I have been a tech founder, run P&L, owned product management, built global marketing teams and created solutions up-and-down the software tech stack: from cloud [Google Cloud] to data infrastructure [Siperian:Informatica], to APIs [Apigee] to SaaS apps [LivePerson, Omada Health]. 


Beyond startups, I was the CMO at two public SaaS companies (LivePerson, Apigee); and have been part of one IPO and two M&As


You can find my thinking at Growth Matters newsletter www.anuragwadehra.com


Why I started this course 


In my experience, entrepreneurs take on the PMF challenge in two ways. An inside-out approach: build an MVP and then test it with a few users or customers. Or outside-in: find a few customers and build what they want. Both have their blind spots. 


I’ve created this course based on my experience in combining inside-out and outside-in approaches which speed up market discovery and reduce risks.


I have profound respect for tech entrepreneurs. They are the brave souls who dare to innovate. I love the experience of guiding them through the PMF terrain, since I’ve done it many times.

Course Schedule

~ 16-20 hours in total over 8 weeks

  • Thursdays

    8:30 am-9:30 am Pacific Standard

    ONE live sessions per week with instructor and peers

  • Eight Week Course

    8 live sessions (total), One each week

    Before Each Live Session

    ~ Study 1-hour of async material beforehand (videos + readings) to learn concepts


    During Each Live Session

    ~ Engage in 1-hour live session

    • Recap of async materials
    • Group Exercises
    • Solo Worksheets & Projects
    • Case Studies
    • Q&A

    ~ Bonus materials (optional)

  • Async pre-work (videos & readings) before each session

    ~ 1 hour per class

    You are expected to learn the core concepts through videos and worksheets BEFORE you come to each session.


    We recap the material briefly in class but you spend most time on hands-on exercises (group & solo), case studies and live Q&A to make progress on your PMF.

  • Bite-size Solo Projects

    ~ 1 hour per week

    • You will get WORKSHEETS for each module to improve your PMF plan - in private.
    • You are expected to share your insights & get feedback from your peers in class.
    • While not mandatory, you are expected to share your updated PMF plan in the last session.

Additional Benefits for TiE Members

Additional Benefits for TiE Members

In person AMA sessions

Join Anurag for in-person AMA sessions at TiE Silicon Valley Office

In person celebration

Join in-person celebration of the graduating TiE cohort

In person cohort meet ups

Join the TiE cohort members for meet ups after the course

For more details

Email aw@anuragwadehra.com or patricia@tiesv.ai

Frequently Asked Questions

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Still not sure about the course?


Email me at aw@anuragwadehra@.com for a FREE 15-min call to figure out whether this bootcamp is for you.