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How a Founder Used a 10k Grant to Validate a Business
In this episode of The Founder's Journey, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of Sarah Chen, a first-time entrepreneur who turned a $10,000 government grant into a validated business idea — without spending a dime on product development. They walk through how she used the grant to run a structured market validation experiment, interviewing 200 potential customers in four weeks, and how that process saved her from building something nobody wanted. The conversation covers the specific framework she followed, the mistakes she made along the way, and why her approach is replicable for anyone…
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