Masterclass: Validation For Early-Stage Founders
You’ve got an idea. But is it worth building?
Before you spend months developing a product, validation helps you test your assumptions but many founders end up testing the wrong things. This session breaks down how to validate your idea intelligently and avoid the classic early-stage traps.
About The Delta Campus Masterclass Series:
The Delta Campus Masterclass series brings experts into our community to teach what they know best from product and venture design to legal, finance, and growth. Each session delivers hands-on knowledge founders can immediately apply to strengthen their ventures.
This Session: Validation for Early-Stage Founders
Hosted by Elisabeth Sabeditsch, Partner at The Delta, who advises early-stage founders and corporates on venture building and growth strategy.
Elizabeth will take founders through how to design validation processes that actually produce insight not just activity.
We’ll cover:
-> Common pitfalls when validating your idea(testing non-critical assumptions, chasing trendy testing designs, running experiments with no KPIs or benchmarks)
-> How to identify your critical assumptions and which ones you can safely ignore
-> Testing designs: Oldies-but-goldies vs. new tools (LLMs & Lovable) choosing the right design for your hypothesis
-> Real-world examples from early-stage ventures that got validation rightQ&A + summary to turn learnings into your own validation plan
Who It’s For
This session is built for founders who are:
✅ In the ideation or bootstrap phase
✅ Preparing to validate their first business or product idea
✅ Looking for practical testing frameworks that save time and money
✅ Interested in how experts approach validation in venture building