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What's a good way to validate an idea?

When you have multiple ideas in your head - what is you go to method to eliminate some?

What's a good way to validate an idea?
  1. Just do it!
  2. Ask close circle
  3. Ask the internet
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    The ultimate validation if someone paying for it.

    The steps to reach that though would be imo:

    • Start as many conversations as possible (see the Mom Test book for questions to ask)
    • For those that like the idea, ask them to buy
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    100% test it! You can use landing pages to test it quickly too.

    Or, build a minimum viable product and get it in front of users who fit your target audience criteria. Do they find it useful? What do they like/don't like about it?

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    I would normally write/type everything down and ask myself is that make sense to you personally, or why should people care about it? Then try to attach business solution for each of them and very quickly you will know the answer loll

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    Talk to your potential customers directly. Listen. Don't pitch.

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    I'd suggest trying to find evidence of people publicly complaining about the problem your idea(s) solve along with evidence that they have looked for and paid for solutions that didn't meet their needs. Good places to find this evidence are forums, communities, review sites like Capterra, even Amazon reviews sometimes.

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    You won't know until someone pays you money for it.

    Up until then, it's all guesswork.

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