Business validation and the flawed MVP mindset

Why we need to stop over focusing on validating products

I’d be financially retired if I had $1 for every ‘business validation’ request, article or discussion that I’ve digested.

As a result, I don’t really believe it’s nearly as valuable of a process to go through as we are led to believe. I put together some thoughts on the topic.

Business validation and the just do it factor

I’m back to running small scale events. I have no idea where it will go. Really, I just want to get out there meeting people in real life again and see where it leads.

Doing this again, I am reminded about the challenge of any effort to run a business or bring people together. 😅

Some of the people who had said they “were definitely coming”, are not. It’s the nature of the game. Events are tricky, people have lives and places to be on specific dates. I don’t take it personally.

Some of this is ‘classic mom test’ stuff, where people say stuff that they don’t necessarily mean or action, not because they are lying, but more because theory is different from real life.

This doesn’t mean I’ve failed, I feel I need to have enough insights, conviction and find some people to go (which I have, thank god!) and build upon it.