A comprehensive checklist covering everything new founders need to know when starting a tech startup, from ideation to launch.
A systematic approach to guide new founders from ideation to launch and beyond.
Market research, validation, and business strategy fundamentals.
Technical planning, UX design, and system architecture.
Building the MVP, agile processes, and quality assurance.
Legal, compliance, operations, and security setup.
Marketing, sales, branding, and launch execution.
Continuous improvement, user feedback, and scaling.
Lay the groundwork for your startup by understanding your market, validating your idea, and defining a solid business strategy.
Identify target audience, analyze competitors, validate problem-solution fit through customer interviews and surveys.
Clearly articulate your unique value, choose a suitable business model (SaaS, marketplace, etc.), and define pricing.
Develop revenue forecasts, estimate burn rate, and establish key performance indicators for success.
Translate your validated idea into a tangible product with robust technical planning and a user-centric design approach.
Select tech stack, design system architecture for scalability and security, plan integrations.
Create user journey maps, wireframes, and interactive prototypes. Conduct usability testing.
Develop a consistent visual language with a UI component library and style guide.
Build your Minimum Viable Product (MVP) using agile methodologies and ensure quality through rigorous testing.
Set up environments (version control, CI/CD), implement agile sprints, focus on MVP features.
Establish coding standards, conduct code reviews, and maintain comprehensive documentation.
Perform unit, integration, user acceptance, performance, and security testing.
Ensure all legal, operational, and technical aspects are ready for a smooth product launch.
Handle business registration, IP, terms of service, privacy policy, and necessary insurance.
Implement customer support, analytics, monitoring, backup/recovery, and payment systems.
Develop and execute a comprehensive plan to introduce your product to the target market and acquire initial users.
Define brand identity, create website/landing pages, plan content marketing, SEO, and sales funnel.
Run beta testing, coordinate launch timeline, manage PR/media outreach, and build community.
Focus on continuous improvement, user feedback analysis, and strategic scaling to grow your startup.
Analyze user feedback, conduct A/B testing, monitor performance, manage feature roadmap and tech debt.
Plan team expansion, scale infrastructure, document processes, manage finances, and explore partnerships.
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