validation options for startup ideas
DESCRIPTION
Validation is the most important, least glamourous thing you'll do in you startup. It adds so much value, saves you so much time, heartache and troubles. Here's the tip of the iceberg on how to kick off your validation process for your startup.TRANSCRIPT
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Prove yourself wrong to get there faster.
Validation For Startups
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Problem
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Validation
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Validation
Confirmation of your vision through reality based evidence.
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Validation
Your Vision
Their Reality $
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Validation
Validation Is Learning
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Assumptions
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Assumptions
Idea Problem Solution
Market Positioning Products
Pricing Funnels Website
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Foundation
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Foundation
60 Second Pitch
For Your Audience Your Product Name
is a Category Name which provides
Main Benefit unlike Competitor
which provides Competitor’s Benefit
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Foundation
Business Model Canvas
7
Key Partners
1
Value Prop
2
Customer Segments
4
Customer Relations
3
Channels
8
Key Activities
6
Key Resources
9 Costs
5 Revenue
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Foundation
Validation Board
© 2012 Lean Startup Machine. You are free to use it and earn money with it as an entrepreneur, consultant, or executive, as long as you are not a software company (the latter need to license it from us).www.ValidationBoard.com
Validation Board
Track Pivots
1st Pivot 2nd Pivot 3rd Pivot 4th PivotStart
RiskiestAssumption
MethodCore AssumptionsAny assumption that, if invalidated, will break the business
Which Core Assumption has the highest level of uncertainty?
Solas Bar232 E. 9th Street
What is the lowest cost way to test the Riskiest Assumption?
Choose: Exploration, Pitch, or Concierge
Only put the Riskiest Assumption from an experiment in these boxes
Record data & learnings separately
If Invalidated, pivot at least one Core Hypothesis
If Validated, brainstorm and test the next Riskiet Assumption
What is the weakest outcome we will accept as validation?
MinimumSuccessCriterion
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5
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Project Name: Team Leader Name:
Customer Hypothesis
Problem Hypothesis
Solution Hypothesis
Design Experiment
Track Pivots
Tip: For two-sided markets, always validate the riskier side first
Tip: Clear all post-its from this area after each experiment is completed
Invalidated Validated
GETOUT
OF THEBLDG
Results
Tip: Do NOT define a solution until you’ve validated the problem
Remember:Limit one sticky-note per boxWrite in ALL CAPSDo not write more than 5 words on any sticky-note
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Data
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Data
Randoms Likely
Customers
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Data
Where are they?
1. On the street 2. Online 3. Random
Affinities 4. Psychographics
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Techniques
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
• Reverse Engineer Success • Troll Their Social Media
• Interview Their Customers
About Them • Talk To Them Directly
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
B2B Any Excuse To Interview Them
B2C Pre-Product Customer Dev
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Past Behavior Discovery
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
• Biased • Don’t you agree that iOs apps
are better than Android? • Assuming • Double-barreled • Confusing • Unrelated
Bad Questions To Ask
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
• Biased • Don’t you agree that iOs apps are
better than Android? • Which apps do you prefer, iOs
or Android? • Assuming • Double-barreled • Confusing • Unrelated
Bad Questions To Ask
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
• Biased • Assuming
• There are many people who would like a mobile payment app. Are you one of them?
• Double-barreled • Confusing • Unrelated
Bad Questions To Ask
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming
• There are many people who would like a mobile payment app. Are you one of them?
• Do you agree or disagree with mobile payments?
• Double-barreled • Confusing • Unrelated
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming • Double-barreled
• Do you agree that Facebook privacy has improved and that they can consider it a past issue?
• Confusing • Unrelated
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming • Double-barreled
• Do you agree that Facebook privacy has improved and that they can consider it a past issue?
• Has Facebook privacy improved? [if yes] Can it be considered a past issue?
• Confusing • Unrelated
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming • Double-barreled • Confusing
• What do you think of cloud services? [too vague]
• Unrelated
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming • Double-barreled • Confusing
• What do you think of cloud services? [too vague]
• Do you think cloud services are helpful to entrepreneurs looking to start SaaS businesses for the educational industry? [too many details]
• Unrelated
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
Bad Questions To Ask
• Biased • Assuming • Double-barreled • Confusing • Unrelated
• Any question whose answer does not provide a key learning point towards what’s being validated.
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
THE WORST QUESTIONS
• Would you like…?
• Would you buy…?
• Would you ever try…?
• Does this sound good…?
• Will you tell you friends…?
• Could you see yourself using…?
• Do you like…?
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Techniques
A/B Testing Competitors Content Crowdfunding Crowdspeaking Demo Interviews Landing Pages Launch MeetUps Mentors Paid Traffic Prototype Sell Surveys
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Follow Up
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Follow Up
Always have a way to get back in touch with your validation participant.
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Beware
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics. • Not talking to people face to face.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics. • Not talking to people face to face. • Not writing/recording everything down during/after.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics. • Not talking to people face to face. • Not writing/recording everything down during/after. • Skewing data to fit your vision.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics. • Not talking to people face to face. • Not writing/recording everything down during/after. • Skewing data to fit your vision. • Spamming people online, they and I will hate you.
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Beware
• Adding a new feature after every interview. • Developing after the first interview. • Not letting the person finish a phrase, interjecting
and leading them in other directions. • Not pivoting because “once they see it they’ll love it”. • Vanity metrics. • Not talking to people face to face. • Not writing/recording everything down during/after. • Skewing data to fit your vision. • Spamming people online, they and I will hate you. • Validating by asking your friends and family.
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The Ultimate Validation
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The Ultimate Validation
A sale.
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SELL
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Validation For Startups
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