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Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)

An Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) is a description of the fictitious organization (company, government agency, or non-profit) that gets the most value from your software and provides the most value to you.

Defining an ICP is critical for focus. It tells Marketing who to target and Sales who to disqualify. Selling outside your ICP often leads to high churn and wasted resources.