1. Validation Board
LIVESTREAM 10/30/2012
Before viewing this you should complete all “learnings” here:
http://j.mp/learn-vboard
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4. How I Managed 20+
Teams Simultaneously
• What have you done?
• What have you learned?
• What will you do next?
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5. Validation Board is
NOT
• Business Plan
• Blueprint for Success
• To be done alone or without feedback
• To be done without GOOB
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6. Validation Board IS
• Way to make faster decisions
• Way to enforce accountability
• Way to build better products
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9. Keep track of Pivots
Design
Experiments
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10. Keep track of Pivots
Design Measure
Experiments Learning
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11. “A pivot implies learning
so significant that a
change of course is
needed.”
-Trevor Owens
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12. “A false negative is
impossible if your
experiment is executed
properly.”
-Trevor Owens
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13. “Whoever learns the
fastest, wins.”
-Larry Lenihan, FirstMark Capital
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14. Why It’s Different
From
• Business Model Canvas
• Kanban Board
• Pirate Metrics
• Cohort Analysis
• Big Data
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15. 10 Minutes
• http://j.mp/vboard-online
• Make a copy
• Use the text tool (limit to 5 words)
• Share link to your vboard and I will
critique at the end
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16. Small Wins
1. Share Trevor’s case study
2. Print it out
3. Talk about the terminology
4. Ask someone to try it
5. Teach it
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17. Big Wins
1. Have Team Take Validation Board Quiz
2. Have Team Attend Skillshare Class
3. Send Team to Lean Startup Machine
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18. Hypotheses
• Customer
• Market Segment vs Market Demographic
• Early Adopter Hypothesis
• Customer/Symptom Hypothesis
• Problem
• Specific/Conversational
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