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The Validation.Run Vision
A world where people know that businesses ownership is the most effective way to grow wealth. And that starting is now easier than ever, thanks to technology.
Small Town Business Ideas: The Savvy Entrepreneur's Guide for 2023
The best small town business ideas meet local demand and align with your interests. Learn how to harness local insights, prioritize community needs, and evolve from home-based ideas to potentially global online ventures.
Lean Market Research: How to Test A Business Idea
Lean market research is essential when developing any new business idea. Learn how to efficiently validate your business idea before bringing it to market.
How To Start A Business
Hint: it doesn't start with legal or accounting. There are ways to do it for free. You can do it online, from home, in your pajamas. But the one thing you can't skip is market validation. If you're going to take on starting a business, better be sure someone out there is keen to buy.
The Importance Of Positioning When Testing New Business Ideas
Positioning is the one thing we agonize over the most. Learn about why it’s so important for business idea testing purposes, how we get help from keyword research, the sheet method of iterating on different options and how positioning gets refined over time.
How to Find a Good Business Idea
Stress testing your idea by discussing it with real target customers is the way.
The #1 Reason Startups Fail
Most startups fail due to “no market need”. Meaning not enough people are interested in your idea to begin with. Learn how lean market research can help.
Blog Archive
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2025
- Jun 19, 2025 Tame Perfectionism: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Shipping Faster Jun 19, 2025
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2024
- Mar 26, 2024 The Validation.Run Vision Mar 26, 2024
- Mar 25, 2024 Simple Growth Strategy Framework Mar 25, 2024
- Mar 24, 2024 Website Conversion Setup in Google Ads (Summary) Mar 24, 2024
- Mar 1, 2024 Landing Page Best Practices Mar 1, 2024
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2023
- Oct 20, 2023 Small Town Business Ideas: The Savvy Entrepreneur's Guide for 2023 Oct 20, 2023
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2022
- Sep 15, 2022 "Gumshoe" Test Campaign Sep 15, 2022
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2021
- Aug 18, 2021 Lean Market Research: How to Test A Business Idea Aug 18, 2021
- Jul 26, 2021 How To Start A Business Jul 26, 2021
- Mar 13, 2021 The Importance Of Positioning When Testing New Business Ideas Mar 13, 2021
- Jan 12, 2021 Welcome to 2021 🎉 Jan 12, 2021
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2020
- Oct 26, 2020 How to Find a Good Business Idea Oct 26, 2020
- May 11, 2020 Google Search Rankings - 2020 Update from Backlinko May 11, 2020
- Jan 7, 2020 The #1 Reason Startups Fail Jan 7, 2020