Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

PMF Isn’t Enough: How Private Equity Turns Growth Into Durable Value

Apr 28, 2026

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4 min read

PMF Isn’t Enough: How Private Equity Turns Growth Into Durable Value

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Platform Strategy

Sandy Climan on convergence, communities, and why the future belongs to those who understand culture as a platform.

Apr 21, 2026

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6 min read

Sandy Climan on convergence, communities, and why the future belongs to those who understand culture as a platform.

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

Apr 15, 2026

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7 min read

AI Needs Its HTTPS Moment

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

Conviction Before Proof: The Founder Playbook Behind Juicebox

Apr 7, 2026

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12 min read

Conviction Before Proof: The Founder Playbook Behind Juicebox

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

Anthony Lye on Silicon Valley, disruption, and why relevance must be re-earned

Mar 31, 2026

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12 min read

Anthony Lye on Silicon Valley, disruption, and why relevance must be re-earned

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

Why being early feels like being wrong and how great teams outlast the market

Mar 24, 2026

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10 min read

Why being early feels like being wrong and how great teams outlast the market

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Engineering

Hassan Khajeh-Hosseini on Infracost, shifting left, and why the biggest opportunities hide in “accepted problems”

Mar 17, 2026

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7 min read

Hassan Khajeh-Hosseini on Infracost, shifting left, and why the biggest opportunities hide in “accepted problems”

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Enterprise Software

Jonathan Claybaugh on Snowflake, the magic of great teams, and why product-market fit starts with pride in the craft

Mar 10, 2026

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8 min read

Jonathan Claybaugh on Snowflake, the magic of great teams, and why product-market fit starts with pride in the craft

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

When AI Raises the Abstraction Layer, Intent Becomes the Moat

Mar 3, 2026

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8 min read

When AI Raises the Abstraction Layer, Intent Becomes the Moat

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Feb 24, 2026

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8 min read

Never Get Over Your Skis

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

When AI Compresses Hiring, Process Discipline Wins

Feb 17, 2026

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7 min read

When AI Compresses Hiring, Process Discipline Wins

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Creative Destruction, Founder Dynamics, and the Real Cost of AI

Feb 10, 2026

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7 min read

Creative Destruction, Founder Dynamics, and the Real Cost of AI

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Feb 3, 2026

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7 min read

From False Peaks to Escape Velocity

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Context Is the Moat: Why GenAI Forces a New Security Stack

Jan 28, 2026

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7 min read

Context Is the Moat: Why GenAI Forces a New Security Stack

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Execution Over Everything with Varun Badhwar

Jan 20, 2026

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9 min read

Execution Over Everything with Varun Badhwar

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Promise Ends at Series A with David Hornik

Jan 13, 2026

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8 min read

Promise Ends at Series A with David Hornik

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

PMF in the Agent Era: Why Outcomes, Not Features, Decide Who Wins

Jan 6, 2026

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7 min read

PMF in the Agent Era: Why Outcomes, Not Features, Decide Who Wins

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

The End of Authenticity and the Birth of Human Security

Dec 30, 2025

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7 min read

The End of Authenticity and the Birth of Human Security

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Last Decade’s Product Is This Decade’s Feature: How Aurasell Is Rebuilding GTM From First Principles

Dec 23, 2025

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7 min read

Last Decade’s Product Is This Decade’s Feature: How Aurasell Is Rebuilding GTM From First Principles

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Building What’s Needed, Not What’s Requested

Dec 16, 2025

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9 min read

Building What’s Needed, Not What’s Requested

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

The AI Security Reckoning with WitnessAI’s CEO, Rick Caccia

Dec 9, 2025

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8 min read

The AI Security Reckoning with WitnessAI’s CEO, Rick Caccia

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

PMF Lessons from Bob Muglia: Gates, Ballmer, Snowflake, and the Agentic Era

Dec 3, 2025

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8 min read

PMF Lessons from Bob Muglia: Gates, Ballmer, Snowflake, and the Agentic Era

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Wartime PMF & The Agentic Rewrite of Enterprise Software

Nov 25, 2025

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4 min read

Wartime PMF & The Agentic Rewrite of Enterprise Software

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

The Hidden Faultline in AI and the Founder Who’s Fixing It

Nov 18, 2025

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5 min read

The Hidden Faultline in AI and the Founder Who’s Fixing It

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan

Defending the Future - Lessons from Jake Seid of Ballistic Ventures

Nov 11, 2025

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7 min read

Defending the Future - Lessons from Jake Seid of Ballistic Ventures

The PMF Playbook: From Zero to Product-Market-Fit

Firas Sozan