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Pretotype It: Make Sure You Are Building the Right It

Alberto Savoia · Pretotyping.org Free Intermediate

When you cannot easily reach users, cheap tests can substitute for some of the hard questions, and pretotyping gives you the techniques to fake a product and measure real demand for pennies. Savoia, a former Google director, shows how to test whether people will actually use a thing before you build any of it. The free book and technique summaries are all on the site.

  • Test demand with a fake or mocked version first
  • Measure real behaviour, not what people say they will do
  • Kill or confirm an idea in days instead of months

It answers 3 questions

  1. How do I find a problem worth solving in an industry I have never worked in?
  2. How do I validate an idea when I'm building outside the big startup hubs and don't have easy access to target users?
  3. Is a waitlist with a lot of signups actual proof of demand?

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