The venture test

Five questions that decide whether an idea is a business or a feature: is there a real customer, is the problem repeatable, is the business model clear, is there a long-term advantage, and is it worth becoming an independent company?

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The last one is the useful one. Several things that pass the first four are better off as part of something that already exists — and noticing that early is cheaper than noticing it after the domain is registered.

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The venture test — Ashish Narayan