Product market fit is not enough to unlock growth. There’s a missing link that did not have a name until now. We call it Go-To-Market Fit.
Enterprise startups achieve Product-Market Fit and rapidly invest in sales and marketing with a plan to unlock growth, only to see sales just bump along. New customers and new revenue grow sporadically, painfully disproportionate to the growth projections and rapid increase in sales and marketing expense.
Cash burn accelerates. Investors and the leadership team get anxious.