Validation – it doesn’t mean that we’re there, it means that it is possible.
The sentence above is an interesting one. It’s often the means for resting on our laurels. for getting ahead of ourselves.
So what constitutes market validation? Validation includes but is not limited to interest from venture capitalists, getting our startup funded, gaining good trial sales rates, being featured in the media, people blogging about us, being cash flow positive, winning business awards….
The point is, this type of recognition, is the recognition which goes with potential. That we have the potential for success. It doesn’t mean it is automatically going to occur. And if we let such validation go to our heads, true success will most certainly never arrive.
