Relevant Data

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Where do founders get reports like data analytics to validate if an idea is worth pursuing? Are there any sites that do not overwhelm founders with much industry jargon and just show them what they need in an understandable and visually appealing way?

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+ Method A:

++ Talking to users seems to be the standard advice out of YC.

++ Which places the emphasis on making something no matter how crude and showing it to people who might use it.

++ Then iterating based on what they say.

+++ Or better yet on what they do.

+ Method B:

++ Have deep industry knowledge from experience and solve a known inefficiency or extend the market.

+ Solving your own problem is a good starting point for both methods.

+ Users are more validating than White Papers.

Good luck.

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