Validate Your Startup Idea in 30 Days
Learn how to test your idea quickly, cheaply, and effectively. Get users first, then build.
Course Overview
The most common mistake first time founders make is they don't validate their idea properly – or at all. Too often, founders plunge headfirst into working on their ideas without ensuring it's viability. Result? Months or even years of wasted time, money and opportunities working on something nobody wants.
Learn how to get users first (yes, you can do this!), then build your product based on what you know users want. Discover whether your startup idea is one that people want and will use. Find out quickly, at low cost, and with no code.
Take this course to learn how to validate your idea from experienced entrepreneurs.
Learn from Successful Founders
Drawing from their own entrepreneurial journeys – spanning two decades, successful exits, and a $2 billion unicorn – Brian Ma and Hsu Ken Ooi have also amassed invaluable experience engaging with thousands of startups as Managing Partners of Iterative, a YC-style program tailored for Southeast Asia.
Sign up for this free course to join 3,000 other aspiring, early stage and seasoned founders who turn to Iterative for expert guidance in building their startups.
Sneak peak into what you'll learn:
What You'll Learn
Who Is This For
- New Founders
- Aspiring Founders
- Everyone Else
You are actively working on your idea full time and are struggling with early traction. If growth is slow and you're not sure why, this course is for you.
You have a full-time job, but are committed to solving a problem. If you're seeking assurances that your idea is promising before you quit your job, this course is for you.
You are an engineer, product manager or business lead. If you want to validate an idea (for a product feature, business unit, etc) before full-scale development, this course is also for you.
What Founders Are Saying About Us
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Meet the Creators
Brian Ma Co-founder and Managing Partner, Iterative
Iterative is a Y Combinator-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia.
Previously, Brian was co-founder and CEO of Divvy Homes ($2B), which raised over $700M in funding (a16z, GIC, Tiger Global). He was co-founder of Decide.com, which raised over $16M total funding and was acquired by eBay in 2013. He was co-founder of Weave (YCS13).
Hsu Ken Ooi Co-founder and Managing Partner, Iterative
Iterative is a Y Combinator-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia.
Previously, Hsu Ken was co-founder of Decide.com, which raised over $16M total funding and was acquired by eBay in 2013. He was formerly VP of Product at Weave (YCS13). He was also Chief Product Officer at Workmate, which raised over $10M total funding.
This Course Includes
📚 Immediate access to all course material
📓 14 detailed lessons
📄 Digital and printable worksheets
📝 4 assignments to apply learnings
🧑🏫 2 live sessions with instructors
🎓 Certificate of completion
Course Content
Week 1: 20 May to 24 May
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What it is, why validation is the most common mistake first time founders make, and how to avoid this trap.
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Week 2: 27 May to 31 May
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After you start testing, you'll start seeing a lot of data. Learn what to look for, how to distinguish signals from the noise, and uncover actionable insights that will drive you to your first customer.
Week 3: 3 June to 7 June
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Get insider tips and strategies from serial founders who have started and sold startups successfully.
Transform Your Ideas into Reality
Figure out if you’re working on a valuable problem in 30 days. Created by experienced founders, and it's completely free.
FAQs
It's completely free.
There are optional assignments we recommend you do to apply your learnings.
It will take 2-3 hours per week for 3 weeks to complete this course.
No, you don’t need to know anything about being a founder or startups before taking this course.
Email melissa@iterative.vc with your questions and for more information.
Iterative is a YC-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. Iterative invests up to US500K in a batch of startups twice a year. The investment includes 3-months of targeted growth and fundraising support, which culminates in a Demo Day to a network of 400+ investors.
Iterative’s portfolio companies have raised $168 million in follow-on funding and are collectively worth more than $1.2 billion. Iterative companies include: fintech startup Spenmo (W21) that closed an $85M Series B round led by Tiger Global; travel startup GoZayaan (W21) which closed $8M in capital and acquired it’s counterpart in Pakistan; proptech startup Propseller (S20) which raised $12M Series A; Sendhelper (S20), a home services startup acquired by PropertyGuru.