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Akash Jain

Real Estate Solopren... • 5m

4/100: Validating Your Business Idea Having an idea is exciting, but before you invest time and money, you need to validate it. Validation means testing whether your idea solves a real problem and if people are willing to pay for it. Start by talking to potential customers. Ask open-ended questions to understand their pain points. Don’t just ask if they "like" your idea—find out if they would actually pay for it. Next, research competitors. If similar solutions exist, that’s a good sign—it means there’s demand. Your goal is to find what makes your idea unique or better. A simple way to validate your idea is by building a minimum viable product (MVP)—a basic version of your product or service. This could be a prototype, a landing page, or even a simple social media post testing interest. The key is to gather real feedback before going all in. Validation helps you refine your idea and reduce risk. In the next article (5/100), we’ll cover how to build a business model so you can turn your idea into something sustainable. For now, take one small step—talk to someone about your idea and see how they react.

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Akash Jain

Real Estate Solopren... • 5m

I want to clarify this - talking to customers in person is the only way there is at the beginning ( if you can't do that it means you are lazy and dreaming).For b2b have atleast 6 people who like like your idea and are willing to give feedback at each iteration and for b2c 50 people. these people should belong to the target market only otherwise it is a waste. Getting random people who are not target audience to like validate the idea is the stupidest thing you can do. it will boost your confidence but will not get you success.

Anonymous 6

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

I think people confuse getting their ideas grilled/validated with getting compliments and as soon as they hear something negative, they get irritated and walk away or they go around changinjg the whole business model itself. Which is also not the right thing to do just because some investor gave some suggesiton. It's such a fine line bro. Its almost too complicated

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Anonymous 5

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

I would rather be more scared if no one was working on something that I was. So yeah man, if there is competition at least i will know there's a demand for this thing. Just has to be a big enough market.

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Anonymous 4

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

But they also need to understand na? And i have noticed the smartest people sometimes are way too locked in in their own way of thinking that they dont notice nothing as innovation. And then there's the rich folks...its stupid to assume rich people know a lot because its so not true

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Anonymous 1

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

Talk to customers BEFORE building. Would've saved my first startup if I knew this earlier.

Anonymous 3

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

This worked in 2010. Today's market needs faster validation cycles. Social first

Anonymous 2

Hey I am on Medial • 5m

Missing crucial point: Willingness to pay ≠ actual payment. People lie in surveys.

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