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Startup Validation Without Code

How to prove demand, pricing, and behavior before building anything

Course Overview

Who This Course Is For

Founders without technical backgrounds
Solo builders who want evidence before committing
Early teams validating new products or pivots

What This Course Will Give You

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Validate demand without writing code
Design validation experiments that test behavior, not opinions
Identify false positives early
Decide—confidently—whether to build, pivot, or stop

This course does not teach shortcuts.
It teaches epistemic discipline.

MODULE 1 — Why Validation Fails for Most Founders

Lesson 1.1: Validation Is Not Feedback

Most founders believe they are validating when they are actually collecting encouragement.

Common false signals:

“This sounds interesting”
“I would totally use this”
“Let me know when it’s ready”

These statements cost the user nothing.

Validation requires friction.

If no friction is present, no belief should be inferred.

Lesson 1.2: Opinions vs Evidence

Opinions are:

Easy to give
Socially polite
Detached from consequence

Evidence involves:

Time
Money
Effort
Risk

Founders fail when they substitute the former for the latter.

Lesson 1.3: The Emotional Avoidance Trap

Many founders delay validation because:

Rejection feels personal
Ambiguity feels safer than clarity
Building feels productive

Validation threatens identity.

But markets do not judge you—they ignore you.

Ignoring that signal is far more costly.