Note: The examples below are illustrative scenarios based on common founder patterns, not verified case studies from named customers. We believe in showing the method honestly rather than inventing success stories. When we have real, verified case studies with permission to publish, they will replace these examples.
The agency founder who was targeting the wrong segment
The situation
A founder built a tool for marketing agencies to automate client reporting. They assumed agencies were the best market because they had the most reporting volume.
What Resultory revealed
When the founder entered their assumptions into Resultory, the Segment Arena generated five competing segments: agencies, consultants, fractional CMOs, in-house marketing teams, and freelancers.
The evidence scoring showed that consultants had higher problem pressure (they managed multiple clients manually), stronger workarounds (they were already spending 4+ hours per week on manual reports), and better buyer accessibility (the founder could reach them directly).
Agencies scored lower on trust path — they had established reporting processes and procurement barriers.
What changed
The founder shifted their first test from agencies to consultants. Three consultant interviews confirmed the problem was urgent and recurring. Two weeks later, they signed their first paying customer — a solo consultant who had been manually building reports in Excel every Friday.
What they learned
The founder's original assumption (agencies) was based on volume, not urgency. The segment with the most reporting volume wasn't the segment with the most pain. Evidence chose a different — and more accessible — first customer.
The SaaS founder who was measuring the wrong signals
The situation
A founder had 200 signups and 12 demo calls. They believed they were gaining traction. But no one had moved beyond the demo stage.
What Resultory revealed
The Commitment Ladder showed every prospect stuck at "booked an interview." None had shared evidence, introduced a stakeholder, or tried the product. The activity looked like progress. The commitment ladder showed it wasn't.
What changed
The founder stopped running more demos and instead redesigned their experiment. They offered a 7-day pilot instead of a demo, with a specific success threshold: "the user completes one real workflow in the product."
Two pilots ran. One completed the workflow. One didn't. The one who completed it asked about pricing.
What they learned
"Booked a demo" is not commitment. "Tried the product and completed a real workflow" is. The founder had been measuring activity, not progress. The commitment ladder made the gap visible.
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