Lean Startup Experiments
A core concept of Lean Startup is that we need to validate aspects of your product or business idea that are assumptions or that represent risk. Looking at your Lean Canvas (your one-page plan outlining your Customer Segments, Problem you solve, and Unique Selling Proposition, etc.), are you certain that you have your customers well-understood? If you’re less sure about whether they have problems you’re not imagining, do customer interviews with open-ended questions. Do their answers match your hypothesis or lead you in a different direction? If the hypothesis is validated, fantastic, then it’s time to run experiments and validate your product idea. Example: include a landing page to validate your value proposition.
The list below gives you a start on some experiments to run.
Resource Links
- 7 New Ways to Test Your Minimum Viable Product
- 8 examples of prototypes to build for your MVP
- A Checklist of Lean Startup Customer Development Interview Questions
- The Concierge Minimum Viable Product Maximizes Customer Learning
- Fake door — The MVP before the MVP
- How to Interview Your Customers
- How To Run a Fake Door Test
- Idea to Paying Customers in 7 Weeks: How We Did It
- Lean Startup experiments: How to get started with the 18 most used experiment examples
- Learningloop - Concierge
- Dropbox MVP Explainer Video Lean Startup story
- Story-centered design: how to make a prototype in PowerPoint
- Value Proposition Test - Fake Door
- What is a Minimum Viable Product
- Why Lean Startup Experiments are Hard to Design
- The Wizard of OZ MVP
Related Books
- Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation by David J. Bland