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Before you approach investors, focus on building out and maturing your idea—which can be faster and cheaper than you’d think.

No matter what stage you’re at, whether you have a product or not, use growth and traction methods and apply them to your business needs.

This is an attempt to answer all the “How can I find a technical co-founder?” that many folks, with the next billion-dollar idea, keep asking about around the internet.

Think of the problem, not Solution

6 steps to validate your business idea

A company will only survive as long as it continues to have a strong customer base. So, how do you go about getting those critical first customers?

Airbnb's deck was incredibly successful at summarizing the company vision and the huge market opportunity they had before them. We’ve added all the original slides in this article along with a redesigned version using our Slidebean pitch deck templates, and we’ll be tearing down each one of the slides.

When startups fail, it’s often because they built something that the market didn’t want. Don’t be like that. Validate your idea first.

Confusing testosterone with strategy is a bad idea

In the startup world, payment is validation. If someone is willing to pay you for your service, you’re onto something. If no one will pay you, then you’ve got an issue with your message, your offer, product/market fit, something.