Hi there - great question(s). You "can" validate and fund projects at the same time. In fact, at some point the critical part of true validation is showing that quantitatively someone will pay something for your product/services. Now, whether you should fund while validating is the more imp...
Hi, I've worked for years in business to business sales and consulting. You need to find out who works or makes decisions in a company in the area that your potential product could be useful, ie customer service. LinkedIn could be useful for this. Call them on the telephone. Don't e-mail. Open...
For conducting market research across the Middle East and North Africa keep the following tips in mind: 1. Be clear on your business objectives for research: Fully understand what decisions or changes you want to be able to make to your business as a result of the research at the project briefi...
I've been through this with a lot of clients and there is a very simple answer: Essentially you are always ready. Iterating and validating go hand in hand. You can almost turn this on its head and ask "When should I stop validating and continue iterating?" Iterating without validation is a ris...
Did you try Google Trends? You can see if people are looking for the product you're looking to sell. You also have an option to run a Survey. Survey Monkey is probably the best. You can pay and and see the results at the end. But most importantly, what's your differentiator? Are you offering som...
I recently added a heading in my resume called personal work, under it I put stuff that I have taught myself, or have just learned over time, but that cannot be placed into an actual work environment. As far as quantifying it, try not to learn things on sites that don't offer you some sort of ...
When it comes to idea validation, get testing now. Pick a few artists from different forms of entertainment and see if you can start making them streams of revenue with your idea. If you can, great. You now have case studies to work with. You have something robust to pitch. More importantly, you...
-- Prototype -- I would add that you can create prototypes more simply by just using static images and adding interactive elements to them. I recently discovered MarvelApp (https://marvelapp.com) and you can create mobile + web prototypes for free with them. I would recommend hiring a designer to...
Nice business application! Here are my quick ideas. I recommend you treat your app as if it were in beta. Go out to relevant audiences and seek free "tester users". I recommend advertising the search for tester users by finding forums with audiences who fit one of your personas. Start with R...
You can Validate your idea with free and paid method: Free Method - Post your landing page to forum that related with your product category example:Product Hunt ,Hackers News is ok i think Paid Method -You can run ads on Facebook ,Twitter and google Ads with your Coming Soon landing page or ...