Lean Startup Machine Launches Validation Board, A Free Tool to Vet Your Startup Idea. Who knew a souped-up whiteboard could make you feel validated?
By Nitasha Tiku 10/02/12 10:00am Share this: Sometime around hearing the umpteenth pitch for a location-aware, mobile, social events recommendation tool, one starts to wonder if the founders ever really questioned their basic assumption: that anyone would download yet another one of those apps when none of their friends are on it. Lean Startup Machine CEO Trevor Owens wants to help with that. Today, he’s launching a free product development tool called the Validation Board that help startups crystallize things like their “Riskiest Assumption,” which ideas have been “Invalidated,” and what constitutes a “Minimum Success Criterion.”
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