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How DESIGN helps to validate your business ideas; with Grace Ng, Co-Founder of Lean Startup Machine

Author
Chinaccelerator
Published
Wed 07 Feb 2018
Episode Link
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/china-startup-pulse/id1033021352?mt=2

Assumptions will never become facts untill you validate it. How to validate your idea? Design helps. Grace Ng, Co-Founder of Lean Startup Machine shared how and why she built the Javelin Board and many interesting ideas about optimisation in design needs for questions. As a female entrepreneur, she has also observed how the global scene is opening up to women in technology ecosystem.


When you're focusing on the design, the biggest design challenge is to validate the customer's problem. Grace has really good ideas about how to build your startup and integrate design into what you do, talk to your team, design for success, and make it happen.


Show Notes: Jump ahead to topics

02:24 Grace Ng Introduction

04:18 How Grace started design work in startups

09:35 The framework works effectively in International startups

12:34 Differences between Chinese entrepreneurs and International teams

14:24 More opportunities for female entrepreneurs all over the world

17:39 Drop your ego out of the door

21:14 Become the biggest support for your co-founder

22:06 The next step for Lean Startup Machine Methodology

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