Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about different elements of the idea and problem validation process: the problem, the buyer, and the market. Today, I want to discuss an aspect of validation that will significantly impact you, the founder, and how you fit with the business you hope to build. As David Cummings mentioned on
This is such an interesting and useful concept. In some ways it reminds me of more traditional methods of career assessment/coaching, but adding a more strategic bent to it. Founders would greatly benefit from investing more into conversations with an advisor/coach regarding their own interests and motivations before making the jump. I know I would have greatly benefitted from a more critical evaluation of my "personal or positional access" when developing the idea for my first startup.
This is such an interesting and useful concept. In some ways it reminds me of more traditional methods of career assessment/coaching, but adding a more strategic bent to it. Founders would greatly benefit from investing more into conversations with an advisor/coach regarding their own interests and motivations before making the jump. I know I would have greatly benefitted from a more critical evaluation of my "personal or positional access" when developing the idea for my first startup.