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Hey guys,
I've seen that a lot of people have issues validating their ideas and concepts and they often post on forums asking for feedback. Asking on a general forum won't give you real insights. If you don't pitch the idea exactly to the customer you won't get any real feedback.
Besides that, the best way I found to validate an idea which I used in the past(recently found the same technique on an article on Entrepreneur.com) and also get customers looks like this:
1. Find at least 5 potential clients. Call or meet them, better talk face2face.
2. Pitch your idea than say something like "I would like to invest a lot of time and money in this venture. Since you are a potential client, please convince me why I shouldn't start this business" than shut up. Now that's when the interesting part happens. When you ask that question people will change their perception from being polite into "finding flaws" mode. With that question you put some pressure on the prospect to answer sincerely, they don't want to feel responsible for your failure, even if they're aren't...is just a psychology trick.
From there on you'll get feedback of amazing value, you'll be touching real issues.
And the best part is that, most of the time you can even get him as a client. If you talk to the prospect, you'll give solutions to the flaws they tell you, it's a high chance to close the deal even if you don't have anything built.
If anyone is trying this, let us know how it goes.
I've seen that a lot of people have issues validating their ideas and concepts and they often post on forums asking for feedback. Asking on a general forum won't give you real insights. If you don't pitch the idea exactly to the customer you won't get any real feedback.
Besides that, the best way I found to validate an idea which I used in the past(recently found the same technique on an article on Entrepreneur.com) and also get customers looks like this:
1. Find at least 5 potential clients. Call or meet them, better talk face2face.
2. Pitch your idea than say something like "I would like to invest a lot of time and money in this venture. Since you are a potential client, please convince me why I shouldn't start this business" than shut up. Now that's when the interesting part happens. When you ask that question people will change their perception from being polite into "finding flaws" mode. With that question you put some pressure on the prospect to answer sincerely, they don't want to feel responsible for your failure, even if they're aren't...is just a psychology trick.
From there on you'll get feedback of amazing value, you'll be touching real issues.
And the best part is that, most of the time you can even get him as a client. If you talk to the prospect, you'll give solutions to the flaws they tell you, it's a high chance to close the deal even if you don't have anything built.
If anyone is trying this, let us know how it goes.
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