Validation

Thought Leaders

No One Talks About This Crucial Leadership Skill (But You Should Be and It Will Make You a Better Leader)

Validation is the prerequisite to vulnerability, authenticity, and belonging. It makes psychological safety a possible reality. As you learn this essential skill, you can be the impactful leader you want to be.

By Dr. Elayna Fernandez

Buying a Franchise

4 Reasons Why Validation is Important to Your Franchise System

By Jeff Cheatham

Buying a Franchise

6 Important Questions to Ask During the Franchise Validation Process

By Jeff Cheatham

Business Ideas

This $30 Business Bootcamp Can Help You Validate Your Idea Before Launch

By Entrepreneur Store

Building a Business

6 Tangible Steps to Launch an MVP Product

A lackluster response from potential customers doesn't mean you've failed -- it just means you've succeeded at understanding what the market doesn't want.

By Brent Freeman

Building a Business

5 Ways to Validate a Business Idea, Right Now

Don't let your day job or lack of capital stop you from finding and testing a business idea. Here's how.

By Ryan Robinson

Business Funding

6 Lessons Learned From Raising $2 Million

Fundraising is a full time job, and so is running your company. It's a lot to figure out.

By Steve Eakin

Thought Leaders

Third-Party Validation Is Your Secret Weapon to Closing the Deal

Validation by third-party experts can enhance a new product/service's reputation and credibility.

By Adam Aronson

Building a Business

Want Success? All You Have to Do Is Dream — and Organize, Validate and Execute.

Use the D.O.V.E technique, and watch your great idea transform into a viable business for the long term.

By Ken Dunn

Building a Business

How to Grow From Great Idea to Profitable Business in 3 Steps

Success doesn't require perfection or genius. A good idea and a lot of hard work executing the basics is usually enough.

By Firas Kittaneh

Building a Business

20 Questions You Can Ask to Validate Your Startup Idea

Before you commit significant time, money or other resources to launch, take this test.

By Sujan Patel

Building a Business

Use Kickstarter to Validate Your Million-Dollar Idea

Crowdfunding platforms can be about more than selling concrete commodities.

By Meiko Patton

Building a Business

How Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From Frugal Experiments

Startups can snatch success from the jaws of failure by doing research on a shoestring.

By Peter S. Cohan

Thought Leaders

How to Stop Sabotaging Success

Three experienced entrepreneurs provide advice on what they did to ensure they wouldn't fail at their endeavor.

By Ritika Puri

Building a Business

When Your Big Business Idea Stalls, Ask These 3 Questions

It can be tough to determine if you're really onto something. After conducting a gut check, seek the advice of others.

By Peter Gasca

Building a Business

Validate Your Business Idea — Quickly — With These 5 Steps

New product and service concepts are stifled by the process of taking them to market. If you can prove a demand, however, the next steps become much less intimidating.

By Peter Gasca

Building a Business

9 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Validated Their Business Idea

The author of a new book tells how several inventive types tested their product's premise. A catchy concept won't score profits for a startup if no one wants the device.

By Anand Srinivasan