killer tips for selling ideas before building them

How to sellideas beforebuilding them

Killer Tips by Taiki Beaufils

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What is the MVP?Minimal viable product (MVP) is the version of a new product which allows a team tocollect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the leastamount of effort.It’s basically building a minimal feature of your product to gather enough opinionsfrom customers to see if they would buy it or not.

“Market research and business planningare overrated. The best market research isputting a product out and seeing if people

will buy it. The best business plan is tocreate something great and sell it fast.”

G U Y K A W A S A K I

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What is a LeanStartup?

Lean startup is the process for effectively creating a

new business by reducing waste (time and money)

and focusing on validation. So it comes with MVP.

Keep in mind what is MVP and a lean startup.

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FASTEST WAY TO MAKE ANIDEA INTO REALITY

3 REASONS WHY SELL IDEAS BEFORE BUILDING THEM

SAVE TIMEREDUCING THE RISK OF

PRODUCING FOR NOTHING

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Step-by-Step Guide toSell your Ideas throughDesign WWW.D8II.COM

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1. Your ideas should be digestible – supereasy to understand at a glance.You don’t need a fancy business plan at this point. If you can come up withsomething as simple and straightforward as possible then it will helpsignificantly.

2. Prepare an Elevator PitchJust in case, you should know exactly what to say to investors, or even justto your friends to see their reaction. This step helps you transform yourintangible ideas into tangible ones.

3.Design the Interface on any DesigningPlatformLet’s say that you want to build a mobile app but you have no idea how tocode. It’s perfectly fine for you to put your idea into a design. There are somany tools out there such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva etc…

You should have somewhat of an image of what the interface should looklike; such as the color, logo, and profile (any kinds of features you maywant to include in your app).

I made this with Canva under five minutes. So if you work on it properly,you can produce a great interface.

This is your MVP.

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4. Sell it, Get Feedback, and Perhaps aLittle PivotingNow you know what you need to say to investors. You have your awesomedesign to backup your idea. It’s time to sell!It’s possible that it won’t work at first. You may need to pivot your ideaconsiderably. Perhaps rethink the concept.Don’t give up just yet, not until you have good feedback.

5. Good Feedback? Then Build a SimpleLanding PageFinally you have caught someone’s attention! You know what to do now – builda simple website. A one-page landing page is good enough for a kickstart. Oftentimes, people first build their idea, start selling, and eventually lose money andtime. This may save you from going through bankruptcy.

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Let's makethis work.Everyone has ideas. The only way to differentiate from them isto actually make it happen. Just designing won’t kill you right?

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