How to Develop, Crystalize, and Validate Your Startup Idea

A step-by-step approach to developing your startup idea.

Very practical and easy to follow! Don't even buy a domain name for your new venture until you take this course! I recommend it to all our startup founders.

Rich Brecht -- NYSA Capital

Don't spend any money or more time on your startup idea until you follow this step-by-step approach to developing, crystalizing and validating your idea. This single lecture, one hour and 20 minute course will teach you the following:

1. How To Develop Your Idea

a. What's a good idea?

b. What do great companies do?

2. Generating Your Ideas
a. Developing Ideas that Engage Users (Makes them keep coming back)
b. Evaluating your idea and selecting "The One"
3. Validating Your Idea
a. How to Conduct User Research
b. Understanding Market Demand and Trends
c. Analyzing the Competition

d. Testing your idea

4. Developing Your Value Proposition

This is a one lecture course. Entire lecture is approximately one hour and 20 minutes long.


Course Curriculum


  How to Develop, Crystalize and Validate Your Idea
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Your Instructor


Paolo Narciso
Paolo Narciso

Paolo is passionate about equipping entrepreneurs to lead, innovate and build socially responsible organizations. He asks questions and listens to his clients to build on their strengths so that they can drive sustainable leadership and innovation. He doesn't just teach, he mentors his clients to deliver positive results for themselves and for their organizations.

CEO experience: Managing Partner and Co-founder of Meraki Social Ventures, an organization committed to providing access to education and healthcare through enabling technology. Founded 531 Networks in 2014 and successfully led the merger with Ignite Media Solutions. Founded Open Integrity and grew the company with operations in the United States, China, and the Philippines before selling to Allsec Technologies. Founding executive of vCustomer, an Inc. 500 #3 company.

Board memberships: IT in a Tent, NAIS Global.

Author: Leadership and Behavioral Characteristics of Successful Double-Bottom-Line Entrepreneurs (Creighton University 2016); articles for The Huffington Post.

Clients: The Men's Wearhouse, Specialty Commerce Corporation, NYSA, MAG Retail, Aspen Dental, and 50-plus entrepreneur-led businesses.

Education: Creighton University (Ed.D);Western Carolina University (M.E.);Stanford University (Ph.D); The New York Institute of Technology (B.S); and Southern Methodist University.

You can learn more about Paolo here: www.paolonarciso.com


Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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