GlossaryIdeal customer profile
Definition
Ideal customer profile
A precise description of the company characteristics that predict a successful customer, usually including industry, company size, tech stack, stage, and internal structure.
ICP is about targeting, not persona. Persona describes the buyer. ICP describes the company.
Companies that ship too early often serve customers outside their ICP and mistake the resulting misfit for a product problem.
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