Hey Reader,

Everyone talks about Product-Market Fit.
Almost no one talks about Founder-Channel Fit.

I learned this the hard way on LinkedIn. It took me exactly one year of trial, error, and painful silence to finally figure out how to drive real business from this platform.

Most founders treat marketing channels like a light switch — they flip it on, wait two weeks, and if the room isn't instantly glowing, they flip it off and say, "LinkedIn doesn't work for us."

They are wrong. Usually, it's not the channel that's broken — it’s their commitment to it.

You cannot "quickly nail" a channel. Growth isn't a hack; it’s an experiment that requires a long enough timeline to actually generate data. If you jump from Twitter to Ads to Cold Email every three weeks, you're just wandering.

Here is the simple playbook for finding your Founder-Channel Fit:

1. Pick ONE channel where your ICP actually lives. Don't try to be everywhere. If your buyers are on LinkedIn, stay on LinkedIn.
2. Commit to a 90-day "No-Judgment" Zone. You aren't allowed to quit for three months. Your only goal in this phase is to learn the language of the platform.
3. Iterate on the angle, not the channel. If your posts aren't hitting, change the hook. Change the story. Change the value. But don't change the platform.
4. Look for the "Pull." You’ll know you’ve found fit when the market starts pulling content or responses out of you, rather than you forcing them into the void.

Founder-Channel Fit is found through persistence — not pivoting. The "secret" growth engine is usually just the channel you were about to quit on last Tuesday.

Speak soon,
— Dmitry

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