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Long before Slidebean even existed, Trevor Owens co-founded a company called Lean Startup Machine that, through YouTube videos and other media, looked at helping startups get started. Their most powerful and well-known tool is the Lean Validation Board which helped founders validate and pivot their assumptions, and tracked the success or failure of those pivots.
It is a tool that we used when we were started Slidebean to de-risk our business ideas. So, with the blessing of Trevor, we created our version of the Lean Validation Board with some tweaks and changes based on what we’ve learned from using it.
The Lean Validation Board is a fantastic tool because it allows you to organize and structure your thoughts and ideas in one place and understand if your product can be a good market-fit. It helps validate your ideas and ensure that what you are building makes sense before you start building it (which I think many entrepreneurs often forget about).
You can download the board here or get a printed version here.
