Before you spend for real, test it with something that actually works.
You have an idea — a new product, a different way of serving a type of client, a feature you believe the market is missing. The question isn’t whether it’s a good idea on paper: it’s whether anyone would use it if it existed. And that isn’t answered with a mockup or a business proposal; it’s answered with something people can touch.
How I approach it
I cut the idea down to the smallest version that can answer the real question — usually much smaller than you’d imagine at first, because building to validate is different from building to launch. I build it working, with real data where possible, and put it in front of a handful of real users before anyone decides to invest further. If the answer is "no", you know it in weeks, not after a year of development.
What usually fits
A functional prototype, not a mockup: a real backend, even if simplified, with the minimum functionality that shows whether the idea has traction. Built so it can grow afterwards if it works, without throwing it away and starting from zero.
The work, in concrete terms
- What we start with
- A specific user, the problem they want to solve and the question the test must answer. We also need sample data and the main user journey, even if the complete product is not yet defined.
- What it should return
- A first working version that lets someone complete the main task. Testing should help decide what works, what prevents people from using it and whether a next version is worth the investment.
- What needs to be defined
- An MVP does not include every feature of the final product or validate the business model on its own. We need to agree what users will test, what will remain manual and what will only be built if the test justifies it.
Illustrative example
Before building a complete portal, we test a single journey: log in, view a document and leave a comment. Watching real users complete that task provides more useful evidence for the next decision than a list of features that have not been built.
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