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Pivot

A deliberate change of direction — product, market or model — while keeping what you've learned.

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Many of the biggest companies pivoted hard early; the skill is knowing when persistence becomes stubbornness.

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Episodes on Founder Journey

Sheree Sullivan on failing fast, knowing your numbers and letting go

ThincHer — You’re in Charge · 12 October 2026

Sheree Sullivan on failing fast, knowing your numbers and letting go
The Everlab Journey and Building Preventative Health

What The Health with Emily Casey · 8 October 2026

The Everlab Journey and Building Preventative Health
Andrea Michaels: The Migrant Kid Who Became a Minister

ThincHer — You’re in Charge · 22 September 2026

Andrea Michaels: The Migrant Kid Who Became a Minister
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Related terms

Product-market fit

The point where you've built something a market genuinely wants and pulls out of you faster than you can supply it.

MVP

The smallest thing you can build to test whether customers actually want what you think they want.

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