If you have a SaaS idea, what's the quickest way to validate it?
I've come across an idea, however, I don't want to start building the SaaS until I've somewhat validate it.
If you were in my position (I know many of you have been here), how would you first validate this business?
Examples:
- Landing page with form
- Cold outreach to potential customers
- Build MVP of SaaS
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People sharing their email IDs on your landing page ain't real validation. The real validation is only when people swipe their credit cards.
** Hard Truth **
If you have formed an Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), go to the locations (online + offline) where your ICPs hang out.
Speak to as many people as you can; elevator pitch of value created; gauge response; is your solution a pain killer or a vitamin?
During the elevator pitch, you can make use of a landing page and at the end, capture emails in case they are keen.
Hope this helps bud, good luck!
This! Also check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njZ4H-5WRYA and "The Mom Test" book. Good Luck!
All of them, is that a fair answer?
Validation is definitely important, but I think it's also okay to trust your intuition. Perhaps the idea is solid, and the validation will help you to refine it / focus it... but regardless, moving forward is important.
Just another perspective.
Hello, find out about "MINIMUM VIABLE TEST", it's more important and convenient than MVP
Zero to One - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ux2ppYS0P4&t=3s
Depends on what you are building. We had to build a minimal viable product ( MVP ) first
to test our assumptions about fabform.io
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