How do you test a business idea before building it?

Validation, pre-sales, deposits, talking to customers.

Axis: sell before you build … build the product first

Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2024), never reversed, in these records.

date	who	answer	source
2024-05-21	Ali	Ali recommends flipping the usual order: do not create the course first, since you will lack traffic; start any business with lead generation, seeing whether people sign up for a free version.	A Beginner's Guide to Making Money with Online Courses 00:55:45
2024-05-14	Ali	Ali's first step for anyone starting a first business: before anything else, validate the idea by checking that at least one person is willing to pay money for that specific idea.	A Week in My Life · Vlog 00:05:48
2017-08-06	Ben	Ben says the Cut and Paste prototype lets them design the app quickly and then get quick feedback from people on what works well and whether the flow transitions well.	Animating the prototype · Medical Students Making an App - Episode 5 00:00:00