First Round · 2023-04-25 · 1135d

Kubecost: Validating Product-Market Fit Through 100+ Customer Conversations

Kubecost co-founders Webb Brown and Ajay Tripathy validated their Kubernetes cost management solution by building a weekend MVP and conducting extensive customer conversations. Rather than over-investing upfront, they adopted a project-oriented mindset with rapid iteration, looking for strong customer pull signals before committing resources.

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Customer Validation Conversations

100+conversations

total

Kubecost co-founders reaching out to Kubernetes teams

MVP Development Time

1weekend

elapsed time

Initial Kubecost MVP using Grafana

MVP Early Engagement

150+users

within days

Medium post launch for Kubecost MVP