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427} 428 429[data-animate="icon-hover"]:hover .icon_arrow { 430 right: 20%; 431} 432 433[data-animate="icon-hover"]:active .icon_arrow { 434 right: 0%; 435 transition: right 0.1s ease-in; 436} 437 438/* Basisklasse für das animierte Element */ 439.icon_arrow_external { 440 position: absolute; 441 inset: 0; /* Kurzschreibweise für top, right, bottom, left */ 442 display: flex; 443 justify-content: flex-start; 444 align-items: flex-end; 445 transition: justify-content 0.3s ease, align-items 0.3s ease; /* Sanfter Ãbergang */ 446} 447 448/* Hover-Animationen, ausgelöst durch das Attribut data-animate="hover-external" */ 449[data-animate="hover-external"]:hover .icon_arrow_external { 450 justify-content: center; 451 align-items: center; 452} 453 454/* Active-Animationen, ausgelöst durch das Attribut data-animate="hover-external" */ 455[data-animate="hover-external"]:active .icon_arrow_external { 456 justify-content: flex-end; 457 align-items: flex-start; 458} 459 460</style></div><div class="main-wrapper"><section class="home_hero_wrap"><div class="home_hero_contain"><div class="home_hero_bg"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673a1cd5f6987d012bf30c68/6752faef777fd9f7f0fb2c35_not%20the%20product.avif" loading="lazy" alt="" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673a1cd5f6987d012bf30c68/6752faef777fd9f7f0fb2c35_not%20the%20product-p-500.avif 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673a1cd5f6987d012bf30c68/6752faef777fd9f7f0fb2c35_not%20the%20product-p-800.avif 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673a1cd5f6987d012bf30c68/6752faef777fd9f7f0fb2c35_not%20the%20product-p-1080.avif 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673a1cd5f6987d012bf30c68/6752faef777fd9f7f0fb2c35_not%20the%20product.avif 1400w" class="home_hero_vid"/><div class="video_gradient"></div></div><div class="story_hero_headline"><h1 class="heading-style-h2">Itâs Not the Product!</h1></div></div><div class="story_hero_banner"><div class="pioneer_hero_inner"><div class="padding-global"><div class="w-layout-grid grid-main"><div id="w-node-_8be6bd2c-3195-00cd-dcd3-5ec2e8c7fa3c-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="pioneer_sector_wrap"><div class="sector_text"><div class="text-size-small">DATE</div><div class="text-size-regular">2024-10-07</div></div></div></div><div id="w-node-_8be6bd2c-3195-00cd-dcd3-5ec2e8c7fa45-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="pioneer_stage_wrap"><div class="text-size-small">TOPIC</div><div class="text-size-regular">Product market fit</div></div></div><div id="w-node-_8be6bd2c-3195-00cd-dcd3-5ec2e8c7fa4b-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="pioneer_stage_wrap"><div class="text-size-small">READ TIME</div><div class="read_time_wrap"><div class="text-size-regular">6</div><div class="text-size-regular">min</div></div></div></div>
460<div id="w-node-_99b1b19f-be75-2e4e-79f4-0289b1f8dae2-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="pioneer_stage_wrap"><div class="text-size-small">AUTHOR</div><div class="text-size-regular">Yair Reem</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="pioneer_content_wrap"><div class="pioneer_content_contain"><div class="padding-global"><div class="pioneer_content_inner"><div class="pioneer_img_item w-condition-invisible"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/672f66b023ca1f0c1a90667f/674859f375dd9531e9a90f39_Module%20Photo%20Big.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Itâs Not the Product!" class="pioneer_img_main w-dyn-bind-empty"/></div><div class="pioneer_text_item align-right"><div class="w-layout-grid grid-main"><div id="w-node-_8be6bd2c-3195-00cd-dcd3-5ec2e8c7fa6d-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="pioneer_text_wrap"><div class="text-rich-text-big w-condition-invisible w-dyn-bind-empty w-richtext"></div><div class="spacer-xlarge w-condition-invisible"></div><div fs-toc-offsettop="4rem" fs-toc-element="contents" class="text-rich-text w-richtext"><p>Thereâs a classic founder adage. First-time founders are obsessed with products, second-time founders are obsessed with distribution.</p><p>This means that first-time founders will be highly focused on developing a great product. They believe that if they build a superior product, customers will naturally come to it. And sure, products are important. Your product is the actual thing that you are selling. Itâs natural to want it to be the best it can be. Product quality is still a very critical factor for a start-upâs success, and weâre not saying thatâs not important.</p><p>But the difference between first and second-time founders is that second-time founders understand that a great product isnât enough. Second-time founders know that they need to have a plan for how their product will get into the hands of their customers. This process, known as distribution or marketing and sales, is key to the success of their business, and plans for distribution need to be in place from Day 1.</p><p>This is especially true for climate tech, and hereâs why.</p><p>Many first-time founders come from scientific or engineering backgrounds. For them, the most exciting thing about their product is the technical aspect, particularly their green productâs impact. They believe that developing a superior technical alternative to fossil-fuel based products is the key to success, and their customers will naturally see it that way too.</p><p>That means that when first-time climate tech founders are developing and presenting their products, theyâre focusing on the technological merits of their innovation and the fact that their products are green. Their products might be more expensive, but they believe that their customers will be willing to pay a premium for a sustainable, innovative product.</p><p>For example, have you ever heard a pitch that sounds a bit like this?</p><p>âI have an exciting new product. Itâs a green product that replaces the current fossil-fuel based one, it can be sourced locally and thus has a resilient supply chain, itâs 30% better performing than the current one, and oh, by the way, itâs more expensive than the current one. But that should only last for the next ten years until we really scale up, and then the prices will level off.â</p><p>Sounds familiar, right?</p><p>This type of pitch usually goes in the following order: sustainability first, supply chain second, performance third, and price last. There may be a few permutations for this but guess what, price is always last.The challenge is that customers have a completely different set of priorities. For them, price and performance come first. Itâs nice to have something that has better efficiency, but itâs worthless if its durability is not proven and it costs even a few cents more than the usual commodity. When it comes to big projects, those issues are a must and sustainability is a nice to have.This is because many industrial
460companies suffer from major macro challenges. Theyâre caught between rising energy and material prices and increasing competition from China, and theyâre affected by factors like the slower-than-expected adoption of clean technologies (like EV cars). Squeezing margins is a common theme, and price parity is more important than ever.</p><p>Case in point, letâs talk about lithium.</p><p>If youâve been anywhere near the climate tech/green energy space in the last few years, you know that lithium is vital to the energy transition. This rare metal is a key component of batteries, especially the enormous batteries powering EVs, so for a while, it was worth a lot more than its weight in gold. In 2022, the lithium price peaked, with mining companies being able to offload their ore for over $4000 per dry tonne. That boom was driven by a sudden surge in EV manufacturing and purchasing, particularly in China.</p><p>But <a target="_blank" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-03/lithium-price-crashes-and-australian-miners-in-damage-control/104262228">when Chinese EV sales started falling</a>, driven by massive tariffs in Europe, the US, and Canada, they took lithium prices down with them. Suddenly, the entire EV market was down, and with no one wanting to purchase EVs, no one wanted to purchase the raw materials needed to make them. That led to lithium stocks piling up with no buyers, and lithium prices crashing to almost the price of production. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fastmarkets.com/metals-and-mining/battery-raw-materials/lithium/lithium-prices/">current price for lithium ore</a> nowadays doesnât even break $1000 per dry tonne, less than a quarter of what it was in 2022.</p><p>But itâs not just rare metals like lithium that can feel the squeeze. âCommonâ metals like iron can also be affected by these issues. In 2021, iron ore prices peaked at about $214.43 per dry tonne, driven by increased manufacturing. But in late August 2024, one dry tonne of iron ore went for about $98.7, less than half its former price. That price dropped <a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/iron-ore-price">even further</a> in September, down to $91.4 per dry tonne. Thatâs a significant tumble, and it can partially be tied to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mining.com/web/iron-ore-price-tumbles-back-below-100-as-china-property-woes-deepen/">downturn in Chinaâs economic market</a>.</p><p>Changes in the price of iron have a ripple effect throughout the entire market, and there are now fears that the price of steel, which is made from iron ore, could drop next. ArcelorMittal, a global steel manufacturer based in Luxembourg, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/arcelormittal-q2-2024-results-profits-overcapacity-china-investments-recycling/">has already pointed out</a> that the current âovercapacityâ in the global steel market is likely to lead to trouble down the line.</p><p>So with all of these volatilities and uncertainties in the markets, itâs no wonder why price is at the forefront of every businessâs mind, and sustainability, while important, takes a backseat to the very practical concern of whether your product can do the job on the cheap. That means founders need to ensure that their product can do it all <em>while being green</em>, not the other way around.</p><p><strong>Diving a little deeper, this reality means that founders cannot rely on technologies that are only justified when the prices of commodities are higher. </strong>As weâve seen, those prices can easily go down, and then youâll be out of business.</p><p>Instead, founders need to be thinking about the market and its needs from Day 1, building a plan that will allow them to enter the market while prioritising customers whose needs align most with their capabilities and their story. The product needs to conform to the needs of the market and customers, not the other way around. By taking this into consideration from the very beginning, founders can actually design their product around the needs of their customers, ensuring a place for their product even in a crowded market.</p><p>For example, if you know that your product is going to be somewhat pricey, or if you know you cannot match a competitorâs quality at their price point, you definitely shouldnât target an industry where both price and quality are critical. Instead, you should focus on different markets where you can play to your strengths and outshine your competitors. For instance, startups entering the battery industry should probably target energy storage applications rather than the automotive sector, where the focus is on high quality and low prices.</p><p>You also need to think about who youâll be talking to when you start selling your product to your customers. If youâre relying on advertising to people in procurement roles, for example, theyâre not likely to be very helpful. Procurement specialists are looking for cheap, proven, and currently-available technology, so theyâre not going to be interested in your brand-new, exciting, and possibly expensive idea. Instead, you should reach out to people in sustainability, R&D, or strategy roles, so you can really make the most of what you have to offer.</p><p>It might seem like a lot of planning to do, especially when your company is so new, and especially because you need to do some of this before youâve even developed your product. We get it, but trust us, having a plan in place for these things will help you be more intentional about the decisions youâll make throughout your companyâs development, saving you a lot of time and trouble in the long haul.</p></div></div></div><div id="w-node-_047e8a74-d6d8-5823-5b0d-c54d2c5ddd34-935cd8c8" class="grid-item"><div class="w-embed"><style> 461.toc_link_inner, 462.button_icon_wrap { 463 transition: margin-left 0.3s ease, color 0.3s ease, opacity 0.3s ease; 464} 465 466.toc_link .button_icon_wrap { 467 opacity: 0; 468} 469 470.toc_link:hover .button_icon_wrap, .toc_link.w-inline-block.w--current .button_icon_wrap { 471 opacity: 1; 472} 473 474.toc_link:hover .toc_link_inner, 475.toc_link.w-inline-block.w--current .toc_link_inner { 476 margin-left: 5px; 477 color: black; 478} 479 480.text-rich-text.w-richtext strong sup, 481.text-rich-text.w-richtext sup strong { 482 color: var(--base-color-neutral--grey_light); 483 font-weight: normal; 484} 485 486.text-rich-text.w-richtext sup { 487 font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 0.9866rem + 1.0724vw, 100vw); 488 vertical-align: super; 489 line-height: 120%;
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