Creative Confidence Podcast

How to Prototype a Business with Joe Gerber

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May 25, 2017
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ANECDOTE

Fake University Websites

  • Joe Gerber discusses early business prototyping experiments at IDEO, like creating fake university websites.
  • They used Google Ads to test value propositions and gathered email addresses as interest indicators.
ADVICE

Prioritize Key Assumptions

  • Identify the key assumptions that must be true for your business to work.
  • Prioritize testing these assumptions, focusing on the most crucial ones first.
ANECDOTE

PillPack's Lemonade Stand

  • IDEO helped PillPack test its business model by setting up a kiosk in a mall.
  • This "lemonade stand" approach allowed direct customer interaction and real-time feedback.
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