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Signal · Infographic
Why you can't diagnose your own product
The same symptom, three causes, and the bias that picks the wrong one.
The same symptom, three causes, and founder bias
A diagram showing one identical symptom, a product not selling, branching into three possible causes: execution, demand, and crowding. A highlighted line shows hope and dread pulling attention toward execution, the easiest cause to believe, rather than the true cause.
MARKLENS · SIGNAL
Same symptom. Different cause.
From the inside, all three feel identical. So bias picks for you.
IT’S NOT SELLING
↑ HOPE & DREAD PULL HERE
EXECUTION
Feels most fixable,
and least like your fault.
EASIEST TO BELIEVE
DEMAND
Means the market was
read wrong from the start.
HARDER TO FACE
CROWDING
Means the timing or
category was the mistake.
HARDER TO FACE
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