The Validation Board

•  The Validation Board is a free, one-page tool to help start-ups validate their idea without wasting any money or time.
• It was created in 2012 by The Lean Startup Machine and is based on founder Eric Ries methodology and the observation of over 500 startups.
• The tool is free to use online, or costs $4 to print in black and white. A color print of it costs $50.
• The tool helps startups ensure that their idea will be useful to consumers. It leads entrepreneurs through the process of forming hypothesis about the problem they want to solve, listing assumptions, testing the assumptions, defining success, and then deciding if the assumptions are valid and if the idea is worth moving forward with.

Validation Canvas

• The Validation Canvas is a one-page tool that encourages entrepreneurs to prove that their idea is bad.
• The tool is free to use.
• It was created by the company Futurice. The company is based in Finland. We were unable to determine the release date or founding date, however, we did find that the tool was first uploaded to GitHub 4 years ago. One of the founders is Hanno Nevanlinna.
• The tool helps validate the value proposition, customer grouping and willingness to pay. It also is part of a larger collection of tools by Futurice that work together as a comprehensive service organization creation kit.