How to Validate Your App Idea and Pitch to Investors with Prototypes

You have an app idea. What do you do next? Learn how to validate your app and pitch to investors. You can use a prototype to help explain your idea to potential customers so you can gain traction. Prototypes allow you to get closer to launching a minimum viable product You don't have to build a prototype app with code. There are incredible no-code tools available to help you communicate your app ideas effectively at a low cost. App prototypes can help you validate ideas, gain evidence for opportunities in the market, and help you understand what to build first. Whether you're looking to pitch your idea to customers, investors, or you're an innovation team that needs evidence to move a project forward, prototyping is a powerful tool to help you move forward. As part of Startup Week Green Bay, Headway teamed up with TitletownTech to talk about the role of the early-stage artist, the three different prototypes, value profiles, and our tools of choice 👌🏻 Segments: 00:00 - Start 0:19 - Introductions 1:30 - Overview 3:04 - The Cost of "No" 5:17 - Art of the Prototype 8:15 - Design Thinking 11:00 - Role of the Early-Stage Artist 14:51 - Types of Prototypes 24:50 - Role of the Early-Stage Artist Revisited 32:25 - Tools 🔻 Prototyping Tools https://figma.com https://invisionapp.com https://sketch.com https://marvelapp.com/pop _________________________________________________________________ Headway helps startups and innovation teams grow into their next phase of business through product strategy, design, and development. 💻 Website: https://headway.io/ 📚 FREE Guides and Resources: Startup Guide - Communicate your product's value http://bit.ly/hdwy-startupguide Shipwright UI Kit - A fully editable design system built in Figma https://bit.ly/shipwright-ui-kit Icon Pack - Get a jump start on your own collection by downloading this pack https://bit.ly/download-iconpack 🎟 Check out upcoming events https://headway.io/events 💯 Read some of our most popular articles: Prioritizing Your Product Features with the MoSCoW Method https://bit.ly/MoSCoW-method 5 Signs Your Team is Suffering From UX Immaturity http://bit.ly/ux-immaturity Level Up Your Development Team with Better Agile Retrospectives http://bit.ly/level-up-dev-retros 🎙 Listen to our podcasts: Seaworthy - A podcast about building successful software http://bit.ly/swthy-pdcst Even-Keeled - The craft of creating software and effective development teams http://bit.ly/even-keeled-podcast 📱 Connect with us: Instagram https://bit.ly/follow-headway-instagram Twitter https://bit.ly/follow-headway-twitter LinkedIn https://bit.ly/follow-headway-linkedin #startups #productmanagement #prototype