How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea

Re:How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea by emiller829 on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:52PM (#2017724)

I'm not sure I'd want to take any advice that suggests starting off a business relationship by lying to the potential customer.

(Re: "Identify your target customer. COLD email 20 of them and offer to pay THEM to use your product if they are willing to offer some feedback. See how many respond. If anybody responds, tell them that the offer is oversubscribed and that it is no longer available. See how many of those people still ask about the product.")

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Re:How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea by steveklabnik on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:13PM (#2017806)

Dry testing has always been controversial, it seems.

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Re:How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea by daemon on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:02PM (#2018395)

I'd imagine that merely asking the potential users if they'd buy now, if it were available, would serve the same purpose.

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Re:How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea by swombat on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:18PM (#2018431)

No, it wouldn't. "Would you buy know?" doesn't select the same people as "Click here to buy now".

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Re:How to (In)validate Your Startup Idea by steveklabnik on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:31PM (#2018465)

From firsthand experience: no, it doesn't.

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