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Solopreneur Ideas: 32 Business Ideas to Start While Employed
Solopreneur ideas in four models: 32 business ideas, how to pick the best solopreneur business for your skills, and the two-week test that kills a bad one.
OLVASD EL ▸Side Project Validation: Test an Idea in 2 Weeks
Side project validation in two weeks: 20 conversations, a presell and a kill rule set before you start. Validate a startup idea on evenings and weekends.
OLVASD EL ▸SaaS Archetypes: Which of 22 Proven Models Is Yours?
SaaS archetypes: the 22 proven product shapes, what each one is built around, and how naming yours tells you exactly what to validate before building.
OLVASD EL ▸The Mom Test for Solopreneurs: Get Truth, Not Praise
The Mom Test for solopreneurs: three rules and the exact questions that make customers tell you the truth about your idea — before you build anything.
OLVASD EL ▸Validate an Idea Without Code: The 2-Week Method
How to validate an idea without code: 15 customer conversations and a free landing page in two weeks — the exact process I used to validate FIKR Space.
OLVASD EL ▸MoSCoW Prioritization: 80 Feature Ideas, Build 5
MoSCoW prioritization for MVPs: how to turn 80 feature ideas into the 5 you actually build. The test for each category, plus the do-it-manually-first rule.
OLVASD EL ▸When to Kill Your Business Idea (and When to Pivot)
When to kill your business idea: when 20 conversations say the market is not there. Three months and 1,200 euros beats six months and 40,000. Or pivot instead.
OLVASD EL ▸How to Validate a Business Idea in 20 Conversations
How to validate a business idea: 20 real customer conversations in 2 weeks. The exact script, the questions never to ask, and why "nice idea" means kill it.
OLVASD EL ▸Validation Mistakes: 6 That Fake Your Market Signal
The 6 validation mistakes that fake your market signal: leading questions, friendly validators, deciding after 5 calls. How to catch each one before you build.
OLVASD EL ▸First 90 Days Plan: 13 Weeks to a Real Business
The first 90 days plan, week by week: validate in weeks 1-2, build in 3-6, launch in week 10, grow from week 11 - on 10-15 hours a week, still employed.
OLVASD EL ▸Validation Signals: Why "Nice Idea" Is a Red Flag
"Nice idea" is the most dangerous phrase in validation: free-only interest, not demand. How to read red, yellow and green validation signals in 20 calls.
OLVASD EL ▸48-Hour Validation Sprint: Test Any Idea This Weekend
The 48-hour validation sprint: an hour-by-hour weekend plan to test any business idea with 5 conversations and one free landing page. No code, no cost.
OLVASD EL ▸Why Startups Fail: 42% Built Something Nobody Wanted
Why startups fail: 42% die because nobody wanted the product, per CB Insights. The 4-level validation framework that catches it in days, not months. Start here.
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