Tool

Carrd

carrd.co Freemium Beginner

The fastest way to stand up a fake-door landing page. Build a one-page site in an afternoon, add an email capture, and measure whether anyone actually tries to sign up for what you are describing. Free to start, no code.

  • Launch a test page in an afternoon.
  • Capture emails to measure real intent.
  • No code and free to start.
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It answers 18 questions

  1. What actually counts as an MVP, and what's the smallest one I can get away with?
  2. When is my product 'ready' to launch?
  3. How do I validate an idea without building anything?
  4. How do I actually launch on Product Hunt and not embarrass myself?
  5. Should I build an MVP at all, or can I validate without one?
  6. How do I build up an audience before I launch so it's not just crickets?
  7. What is an MVP and what's the smallest one I can build?
  8. Is no-code cheaper than hiring a developer?
  9. How do I run a landing-page / 'fake-door' test?
  10. How do I actually validate my idea with a no-code prototype before I sink weeks into building the real thing?
  11. Should I validate an idea before I can code, or learn to build first?
  12. Should I build my MVP on no-code before I hire any developers?

And 6 more across the hub.

Read with it

  1. The permission slip to recruit users by hand, do things manually, and deliver 'insanely great' experiences to your first few... paulgraham.com Essay · ~15 min read Do Things That Don't Scale Paul Graham
  2. The single best thing ever written on customer conversations. It teaches you to ask about the customer's life and past... momtestbook.com Book · ~130 pages The Mom Test Rob Fitzpatrick
  3. Michael Seibel, who ran YC, makes the blunt case for shipping something almost embarrassingly simple and learning from real... Y Combinator Startup Library Video · ~10 min video How to Build an MVP Michael Seibel
  4. Video · ~13 min How to Plan an MVP Michael Seibel (YC)
  5. This is the founder essay that made the case for validating before you build, from the person who did it with Buffer. Gascoigne... Medium (Joel Gascoigne, co-founder of Buffer) Essay How to successfully validate your idea with a Landing Page MVP Joel Gascoigne
  6. The canonical fake-door test, told by the founder who ran it. Buffer started as a two-page site: one page pitched the tool, a... Buffer Article · ~10 min read Idea to Paying Customers in 7 Weeks: How We Did It Joel Gascoigne
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