How High Alpha Determines if a startup has Product Market Fit (with Egan Montgomery)

Want to grow fast in your career? Then work with the smartest people that you can find. Today, we have Egan Montgomery, the Director of Go-To-Market at High Alpha, a venture studio based in Indianapolis. High Alpha helps B2B SaaS startup founders and companies launch and scale through their unique venture studio model. Egan's passion for helping others and his intentional actions led him to succeed in his career and become a startup leader. In this episode, Egan talks about the role of venture studios in helping startup companies launch and scale. He touches on the common problems of startup founders and companies, how to find product market fit, and how startups can move fast and grow quickly in their business. Episode Highlights: 02:36   Interesting story of how Egan came to and why he stayed in Indiana 06:38  Egan's early career growth at DemandJump 09:13  The difference between working in a startup and a large established company 12:05  How Egan works with a venture studio like High Alpha 19:13  The willingness to absorb, learn and work with new ideas 21:52  How High Alpha helps startup founders succeed  25:40  High Alpha's approach to determining product market fit 34:07  What are the criteria for identifying the ideal customer profile 40:29  How startup executives can be more involved in the investor side of the business 45:27  The growth of Egan as a leader after working with startups LINKS MENTIONED: Connect with Egan Montgomery on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egan-montgomery/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eganmontgomery High Alpha: https://highalpha.com Connect with Grayson Faircloth on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nosyarg/