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5 STEPS TO IDEA VALIDATION IN THE REAL WORLD
INTRODUCTION
- Test idea in real world with real potential clients.
- Real clients, real problems exist in real world. Not in
your mind.
- Plan What to do, How to do it and What to say.
- Need to be open-minded. Willing to receive criticisms.
WHAT IS IDEA VALIDATION
- Process that we go through to validate that our ideas.
- Help us to evaluate that our ideas are worth pursuing.
- Expose idea to target audience and get feedback from them.
- Surveys, polls or face-to-face interviews.
- Idea Validations saves TIME and MONEY.
STEP 1: BRAINSTORM INTERNALLY
- Prepare 4-5 variations of your idea.
- Too many variations may confuse the clients.
- Expect them to spend only 10 minutes to listen to your
idea variations.
STEP 2: DON’T ASK RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
- They will be biased.
STEP 3: CHOOSING YOUR INTERVIEWEE
- Find people who are expected to use your idea
- Recommended to conduct face-to-face interview so that you
get visual feedback as well
STEP 4: CONDUCT YOUR INTERVIEW
- 1) Thank them for their time.
- 2) Tell them that you are NOT to SELL anything.
- 3) Explain WHAT YOU DO in general
- 4) Explain the PROCESS of this interview
- 5) Go through each variation in one shot
(Pay attention to audio and visual feedback)
- 6) Thank them again for their time
STEP 5: REVIEW
- Focus on what people think the best. NOT what you think
the best.
CONCLUSION:
- The whole process doesn’t have to be painful. Relax and
enjoy.
- Show your passion.
- Don’t worry that people may steal your idea. Ideas can be
conceived easily but it takes effort to realize it.
- Be proud with your idea.
- Don’t be disappointed if your idea wasn’t validated well. At
least you save TIME and EFFORT before attempting to produce things that people
don’t buy.
Watch at: https://www.udemy.com/5-steps-to-idea-validation-in-the-real-world/
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