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Entrepreneur, CEO, and business owner Jay Adelson (Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo) demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. Ask Jay how to turn any business idea into reality: askjay@revision3.com, @jayadelson, or http://youtube.com/askjayadelson Read More

Validating Business Models

Thursday, March 8th, 2012 – running time 07:01

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Successful entrepreneur and CEO Jay Adelson demystifies the start-up process by providing advice, tips, and answering questions. In this episode, Jay explains the process of vetting a business idea and its potential marketplace as well as how to research how it would fit in with possible users, clients and customers.

Jay's Chalkboard Notes:
- Wanting to de-risk an idea is a logical thought process
- There are some things you can never know until you get started
- Research potential customers/clients/users
- Build prototypes for testing if possible, especially if costs are low

More on Pre-Vetting Your Ideas

- Find questions that are common between customers
- Ask potential customers/clients/users general questions and follow-up with more specific tactics for how you'd fit in

05:18 | Play

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About the Show

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Show Title:
Ask Jay
Description:
Entrepreneur, CEO, and business owner Jay Adelson (Equinix, Digg, Revision3, SimpleGeo) demystifies the start-up process by providing tips and answering questions. Ask Jay how to turn business ideas into reality!
Categories:
How-To & DIY, News & Politics, Technology & Gadgets
Launch Date:
Aug 9, 2011
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