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What We Do?
Phase 1: Idea to working prototype 2-3 months
Phase 2: Product development and launch 4-6 months
Goal
This step is the foundation of the design process. we get why and passion behind the idea from the founder. try to get his/her deepen motivations and reasons to enter so called market and will articulate “unfair advantage” based on founder’s capabilities, resources, connections and etc.
Work Flow
one or two co creation workshop to help the founder tell his/her stories and ideas and find connecting dots between ideas to draw an understandable big picture
Understand the Market:
Key activities:
- analyze direct / indirect competitors
- Current business models in the market
- Analyze competitors high level strategies
- analyze direct / indirect competitors product features and differentiation factor
Tools and techniques:
- SWOT analysis
- Industry Mapping
- Analogous Research (helps with market segmentation)
- Positioning Matrix
Understand the User:
Key activities:
- recruiting potential users for design research
- Conduct user research
- Conduct user research
Tools and techniques:
- Card decks
- journals
- stickers
- sticky notes
- collage
- Mental model
- Experience map
Design Business,Product concept:
Key activities:
- Design product/ business concepts
- Developing Business Model
- Predicting financial matters
deliverables:
- Business Model Canvas
- Financial Projection
Product Design:
Key activities:
- Story Mapping
- story Boarding
- wire framing
- Prototyping
- Prototype test
Tools and techniques:
- Design Sprint workshop
- Sketch
- Adobe XD
- Figma
Getting ready for development:
Key activities:
- Building technical team/stack
- Create Supporting documents for Technical/Design team
- Create product contents
Deliverables:
- Service blue print
- Information architecture
- Product requirement document
- Product test scenarios
MVP Production:
Key activities:
- Product management
- Product development
- Product test and refinement
Tools and Techniques:
- Scrum
- Jira
- Git
- Selenium
- Slack
- Jenkins
MVP Production:
Key activities:
- Define brand identity
- Define 4Ps for marketing strategy
- Define frame of reference
- Develop pre-launch and launch action plan
- Define marketing budget for first 6 months
Deliverables
- Brand Identity
- Marketing action plan
- Go to market strategy
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Our Results
What we done?
How We Work?
Appointment
Business advisory service advises current and future businesses prospects of a client.
Proposal
Business advisory service advises current and future businesses prospects of a client.
Sign a Contract
Business advisory service advises current and future businesses prospects of a client.
Consultation
Business advisory service advises current and future businesses prospects of a client.
Who We Are?
Our Network
Beyond our core team, we have great networks of Designers and Developers:
Since ZORAQ.com – the founded startup by Mansour which its acquisition in 2016 had been the biggest Q&A in Iran startup ecosystem, still – was a huge success, it’s well-known in Iran startup ecosystem community. On the other hand, each team member in Validation Studio has a long history of positive and effective work. So not only we’re well-connected within the community of developers, UI designers, etc. in Iran, our reputation precedes us and they know us, even more than how much we know them.
For each project at hand, we build a team of designers and developers based on project requirements and we help our clients with taking total responsibilities of a product manager. In doing so, our clients can focus on their own capabilities of building networks of resources and business development activities.
Testimonials
Read what our happy clients said about us
Validation Studio, helped us design and develop a product which truly conveys our value proposition. The accomplishment we could not achieve in our team for last three years and lost a lot amount of money in production phase.
Although all the process were being done remotely, still we felt that VS was here with us in London, now I am a true believer in remote collaboration.
Mr. ShabaniFounder at Talkengo
Finding professional team which is agile and flexible enough to tackle business challenges in global market is not easy. VS services are affordable and well designed to meet needs of early stage startups in this international competitive market.
Mr. BagherzadehFounder at Legamart
We wanted to bring to life unique experience for domestic travelers and increase our market share in the market, and Validation Studio was the best partner in doing so. their agile methodology and experience in product development is extremely valuable for any entrepreneur who wants to be fast in the market and validate business concept by real customer feedbacks.
Mr. AghaeiFounder at Espilet Alborz
I was in a hard situation when I met VS. Cactus, which is a social good startup could not find a way to scale and it was hard time for me to keep it alive. VS helped us to run a Design Sprint workshop to co-creation with different experts in the field. we could have find a new business model in just 5 days. It was amazing that in this short amount of time we could find an answer to the most challenging question in our mind.
Mr. Hejjeh forooshFounder at Cactus
Advisors
Our Professional Team
Mansour Khazaraei Manesh
Mansour is one of the first founders in Iran startup ecosystem. He’s the co-founder of ZORAQ.com, one of the most famous online travel booking platforms in Iran which was invested on by SarAva Pars – the biggest VC in Iran – couple of years later. He had been mentoring and coaching several startup companies in Iran since 2014. He’s a trusted consultant for both investors and startup companies. He has the experience of being in the jury to evaluate teams in several Startup Weekend events, all around Iran. He is a well-known advisor in the startup community and network of Iran.
Mansour Khazaraei Manesh
Mansour is one of the first founders in Iran startup ecosystem. He’s the co-founder of ZORAQ.com, one of the most famous online travel booking platforms in Iran which was invested on by SarAva Pars – the biggest VC in Iran – couple of years later. He had been mentoring and coaching several startup companies in Iran since 2014. He’s a trusted consultant for both investors and startup companies. He has the experience of being in the jury to evaluate teams in several Startup Weekend events, all around Iran. He is a well-known advisor in the startup community and network of Iran.
