If you build liquid supply with product-market fit, demand will show up

If you build liquid supply with product-market fit, demand will show up | And if you build liquid supply, if you have product market fit fit to some extent, the demand just shows up.

And if you build liquid supply, if you have product market fit fit to some extent, the demand just shows up.

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  "context": "put real tools in place to become kind of the easiest to use and the most liquid as it relates to supply. And then if you if you do have product market fit, the demand will show up.",
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