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Ideas worth validating.

One post a week on validation, strategy, and building what people actually want.

FundingLatestJuly 10, 2026

UK accelerators, grants and competitions with cash funding for AI startups

A 2026 directory of cash grants, prizes, paid pilots, accelerators, equity terms, deadlines, and excluded equity-only programmes.

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Case StudyJuly 7, 2026

GainFrame founder story: an AI idea validator scored my live app 66/100

Michael Rode, founder of GainFrame, wrote how IdeaGrit surfaced lessons that had cost $5,674 and four months to learn the hard way.

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DistributionJune 29, 2026

105 directories where founders can submit their product

A filtered list of startup, SaaS, AI tool, and product directories: direct submit, free signup, paid, broken, and unclear options.

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StrategyJune 3, 2026

Using ChatGPT to Validate Your Idea vs. Using IdeaGrit

A chatbot answers what you ask. A structured validation tool asks what you should have asked. The difference matters more than most founders realise.

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Customer DiscoveryJune 3, 2026

The Playbook for Finding Your Minimum Viable User

Not the smallest product you can ship — the smallest group of people you can serve repeatably with the same thing. A six-step playbook drawn from Harvard Innovation Labs, Seth Godin, YC, and Superhuman.

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ValidationApril 17, 2026

The honest guide to knowing if your idea is worth building

Most founders spend months building before they talk to a single real customer. Here is a more useful order of operations, drawn from the people who have seen more startup launches than anyone.

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