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Validate Businesses with Confidence

Turn uncertainty into evidence-based decisions with our comprehensive collection of business validation experiments. Whether you're validating market demand, testing product features, or verifying your business model, find the right experiment for your needs.

Why Validate

Business validation is the systematic process of reducing risk by testing your assumptions with real evidence. Rather than building a complete product or solution based on guesswork, validation experiments allow you to:

  • Save time and money by identifying issues early

  • Make data-driven decisions instead of relying on opinions

  • Focus resources on the most promising opportunities

  • Build with confidence based on real user feedback

How to Use this Resource

1 / Identify what you need to validate

Is it desirability (do customers want it?), feasibility (can you build it?), or viability (can it be profitable?)?

2 / Consider your constraints

How much time and money can you invest in validation?

3 / Select appropriate experiments

Use our selection guide to find the right methods for your specific situation.

4 / Execute and learn

Follow our experiment instructions to gather actionable evidence

5 / Iterate based on findings

Use what you learn to refine your approach

To receive a copy of the experiment selection guide...

Experiment Database v1

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3D Print

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Feasibility, Viability

Validation Objective:

Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Medium

Beta launch

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Feasibility, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

High

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Low

Buy A Feature

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Close Ended Survey

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Concierge

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Medium

Customer Support Analysis

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Data Sheet

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Feasibility

Validation Objective:

Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Email Campaign

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Explainer Video

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Low

Flyer Smoke Test

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

404 Test

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Boomerang

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Card Sorting

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Competitor Analysis

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Medium

Crowdfunding

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

High

Setup Time

High

Run Time

High

Dashboards

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Low

Demo Pitch

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Qualitative, Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Event Smoke Test

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Low

Extreme Programming Spike

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Feasibility, Viability

Validation Objective:

Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Low

Focus Groups

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

A Day In The Life

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Broken Promise Smoke Test

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Clickable Prototype

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Feasibility

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Comprehension Test

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Feasibility

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Customer Discovery Interview

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Data Mining

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Medium

Run Time

Medium

Discovery Survey

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative, Qualitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Expert Interview

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Feasibility

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Qualitative

Cost

Medium

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Feature Stub

Experiment Type:

Discovery

Experiment Theme:

Desirability

Validation Objective:

Market, Product

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

High Bar Smoke Test

Experiment Type:

Validation

Experiment Theme:

Desirability, Viability

Validation Objective:

Market

Data Type:

Quantitative

Cost

Low

Setup Time

Low

Run Time

Low

Sources for v1: The Real Startup Playbook by Kromatic, Testing Business Ideas by Osterwalder, Lean Validation Experiments by Bundl

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