What Should Be The First Thing To Validate About My Startup Idea

Test the most difficult and riskiest part of your business first. It doesn't help anyone if you validate that easy parts work, if the whole business falls apart when the hard parts don't. You might as well find that out right away.

Below the Line with James Beshara · Ryan Hoover — Products of our Environment · at 26:10 · June 4th, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

Where There Any Big Failures At Product Hunt at 6:58
What Makes A Good Product Idea at 11:02
What Is Success at 13:13
What Makes Self-funded Startups So Attractive To A Vc-backed Founder at 16:22
How Can I Validate My Startup Idea at 25:08
What Should Be The First Thing To Validate About My Startup Idea at 26:10
Can Anyone Be A Founder at 27:24
How Do Startup Founders Sacrifice Their Mental Health at 30:22
How Can A Startup Founder Remain Mentally Healthy at 33:23
How Can A Startup Founder Set Ambitious Goals While Also Keeping The Team Motivated In The Day-to-day at 41:21
Can Goal-setting Be Destructive To Your Long-term Performance at 44:37
Should I Ignore All The Haters at 1:02:59
What Is One Of The Big Challenges With Startups at 1:07:12
What Is One Great Way To Reduce Stress at 1:08:29