Starting a business
OptimisationLocal shops and independent tradesLocal customer-facing practice

Business idea validation

Learn to test the problem, audience, alternatives and willingness to buy in the “Local customer-facing practice” specialisation. This programme for local shops and tradespeople asks you to produce a business-idea validation file, then verify interviews confirming a genuinely important problem. At advanced level, you will compare meaningful alternatives and improve an observed outcome.

Estimated workload · 12 hr 27 min · including workshops8 modules · 24 lessonsCompletion certificate

LEARN · PRODUCE · PROVE

A programme built around a professional outcome.

Start from your situation, practise a professional operation and build Business-idea validation file · comparative experiment and improvement report — local shops and tradespeople.

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Assignment

test two alternatives and correct the one producing friction while building a business-idea validation file for local shops and tradespeople

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Learning case

Maison des Arcades — a business idea being tested against real customers

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Expected evidence

interviews confirming a genuinely important problem

Final assessment: demonstrate improvement through a controlled comparison using the business-idea validation file and the criterion interviews confirming a genuinely important problem. The certificate confirms programme completion; it is not a state-recognised qualification or CPF certification.

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Your working template

A blank template and completed example to download in every lesson.

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How your work will be assessed

Four explicit checks before completing your work.

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Varied activities

15 workshop minutes in the first lesson, followed by audits, simulations, comparisons, calculations and decisions according to the subject.