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Validation

Validation

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Entrepreneurial Mindset

Summary:

These resources help entrepreneurs validate their ideas as they consider launching a venture, as well as continual validation as the venture grows.

Resources:

  • The Startup Framework to Validate Your Idea Before You Spend
  • 9 Factors for evaluating business ideas and opportunities
  • The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Validating Your Startup Idea (Part 1)
  • The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Validating Your Startup Idea, Part Two
  • 5 Key Tests When Assessing Your Business Idea
  • Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”
  • Validate Your Startup Idea by Doing the Things That Don’t Scale
  • Proven Frameworks to Quickly Validate Your Business Idea
  • TAM SAM SOM: What Do They Mean & How Do You Calculate Them?
  • How to determine market size as a startup
  • The Simple 2-Step Process for Calculating Your Market Size

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University Park, PA 16802