There are times when we have a great idea that we want to pitch to potential customers, sponsors, subject matter experts, and team who is going to work on the idea to collect their feedback. While most of us do this by just discussing with others, we cannot deny the power of a visual prototyping that makes it easy to interact with the product without investing too much energy or resources. This is where prototyping comes handy. This helps identify glaring gaps that we would otherwise discover late in the cycle and in some cases avoid spending time on ideas for which there is no market. However, the objective of prototyping is not to get close to the final product as much as possible but to have enough fidelity to be able to collect feedback.

Prototypes are not the end but a means to an end

In this article, we will discuss the steps from “I have a great” to “I have a validated idea with real customers”. We will talk about

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