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The Pre-Build Checklist
Before you open your IDE, open this. Every validation step you need to run before writing a single line of code — so you don’t spend 18 months building the wrong thing.
What’s inside
The sequence most founders skip — and why skipping it costs everything.
AI made it faster than ever to go from idea to live product. That speed is also why more founders than ever are burning runway on things nobody wanted. This checklist puts the critical validation steps back in the right order.
- Every pre-build validation step on one page — customer conversations, demand signals, assumption stress-testing, and more
- Structured as a go/no-go gate — clear criteria for when you’ve validated enough to start building with confidence
- Includes AI-assisted steps so you can run the process faster without skipping the signal
- Companion to Chapter 1 of the Validation Imperative series — use it before your next sprint
- Works for solo founders, early teams, and PMs who want to kill bad ideas fast without slowing down the ones that matter
“Before you open your IDE, open this.”