The hard truth is, you can spend years building, but when you launch, your product still may not find any users. Many startups slave away for months, if not years, on their idea, only to gain very little traction. Fortunately, it is possible to make a more educated guess on your idea’s likelihood of success or failure by taking the time to validate your idea before moving forward with it. With just these 20 questions you can get a first validation of your idea - What problem are you solving? If you can’t clearly state the problem your product or service solves, you probably don’t have a successful idea. How have others attempted to solve this problem before, and why did their solutions succeed or fail? There’s a lot you can learn from those who have gone before you. And there is always competition and similar products. If there are not, there is a strong reason why no one did. How many specific benefits for your product or idea can you list? The more you can think of, the