
Olsen's product-market fit pyramid — target customer, underserved needs, value proposition, feature set, UX — is the clearest structural framework for thinking about fit. Where Ries describes validated learning as a philosophy, Olsen gives it a repeatable shape. Particularly strong on how to prioritize which hypotheses to test first.
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