We plan to bring eChai across 100 cities in India. It starts with eChai Startup Demo Day on 26 September, all in person. 11 cities confirmed, 321 founders registered. Any city that reaches 20 interested founders is on too. See your city
Everything from

Shortform

1 resource from Shortform we point founders to, and the questions each answers.

📄 Article
✓ Link checked Free Beginner

Drew Houston did not build Dropbox before testing demand, he filmed a video showing how it would work and posted it to Hacker News, turning a 5,000 person waitlist into 75,000 overnight. This is the clearest example of validating a product nobody had used yet without writing production code.

The Original Dropbox MVP Explainer Video

From Shortform by Shortform ~10 min read

  • A short video showing the product in use can validate demand before a single line of code is written.
  • Seed the demo where your actual target audience already spends time, tailored to that community.
  • Watch signup and share behavior, not just comments, as the real signal of interest.
Open shortform.com →
Answers How do I do user research when I'm building something nobody has seen before and can't describe what they want?
eChai Partner Brands