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Find Out If Your Idea Is Real

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The ultimate outcome of building a lasting, valuable company that survives existential threats, wins its market, and generates strong returns. (Build a durable, self-scaling company that wins its market.)

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Ordered tasks (6) — this is what a project auto-creates

  • #1Customer Discovery / Getting Out of the BuildingHighTo Do

    Replace your assumptions about who wants your product and why with firsthand evidence gathered from the people who would actually buy it.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 0 days after project start · takes 14 days

  • #2Structured Solution Ideation & PrototypingHighTo Do

    Move from vague product hunches to concrete sketches and throwaway prototypes that provoke real customer reactions rather than polite nods.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 14 days after project start · takes 14 days

  • #3Validated Learning through ExperimentationHighTo Do

    Use the discipline to turn your riskiest beliefs into experiments with pass/fail thresholds set in advance, so you learn instead of merely confirming what you hoped.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 28 days after project start · takes 14 days

  • #4Minimum Viable Product & IterationHighTo Do

    Scope the smallest product that generates real customer learning and how to decide, from feedback, whether to iterate or pivot.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 42 days after project start · takes 14 days

  • #5Market Attractiveness & SizeMediumTo Do

    Assess whether the market you're entering is large and growing enough to build a real company—and how that assessment shapes investor and strategic decisions.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 56 days after project start · takes 7 days

  • #6Product/Market FitHighTo Do

    Recognize product/market fit by its unmistakable symptoms and warns you against declaring it prematurely.

    Assignee: Unassigned · due 63 days after project start · takes 14 days