Open Source Startup

Unit 10: Testing Your Business Model

Key Takeaways

• Understand core techniques for testing the solution, business model, and pain point

Readings

• Built to Last
• Chapter 7: Try a Lot of Stuff and Keep What Works
• Chapter 9: Good Enough Never Is
• The Startup Equation
• Chapter 7: Strength in Agility
• Startup Owner’s Manual
• Chapter 4: Test if People Care
• Chapter 5: Test the Product Solution
• Chapter 6: Verify the Business Model
• Chapter 7: Introduction to Customer Validation

Deliverables

• Evaluate the strength of your startup’s targeted pain point
• Evaluate the strength of your startup’s proposed solution
• Evaluate the strength of your startup’s proposed business model