Before launching a product, founders should assess market selection, network effects, audience digitalization, unit economics, product metrics, competitor analysis, and cultural factors.
The right market size, growth rate, competitive landscape, structure, and monetization potential are crucial factors to consider.
Network effects play a significant role in a product's success by determining its organic growth potential and competitive advantage.
Understanding the digital readiness of your target audience helps in shaping an effective go-to-market strategy.
Sustainable unit economics are essential for long-term success, and tracking key metrics like NSM, retention rate, DAU/WAU/MAU, churn rate, and revenue metrics is vital.
Competition analysis is crucial, and founders should look beyond direct competitors and understand growth strategies and market positioning.
Consideration of factors like GTM strategy, scalability, legal compliance, differentiation, and cultural influences are key in product development and launch.
To ensure widespread adoption, products should offer relative advantage, be easy to try, have high observability, compatibility, and be trialable.
Assessing and improving these factors based on Everett Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations theory can help in driving successful product launches.