Overview of Hypothesis - Validation

Students
1-1
Hypothesis Category Result
There is a sufficient number of students having
business ideas (and are potential platform
users).
Customer Segments
CS01
Students are willing to use an online platform in
order to find the right people to work on their
ideas.
Value Proposition
VP01
Students are willing to work together with
unknown people from different backgrounds on
a business idea.
Value Proposition
VP02
Mentors and Investors are attracting students
to use our platform.
Customer Relationships
CR01
Local advertisement (going to universities,
online) is enough to attract a sufficient amount
of students.
Key Activities
KA01
Mentoring and financing possibilities are the
key advantage of the Innostudents platform.
Key Resources
KR01
Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-2
There is a sufficient number of students having business ideas (and are potential
platform users).
Hypothesis
Make an online survey, which specifically addresses the main hypothesis. Feedback
from students from different schools needed (including Catlica, IST and IADE).
More than 120 replies needed in order to have a meaningful result.
Test
Results
Did you ever have a business idea?
126
Replies to
the survey
CS01
Validation
If 30% of the replies state to
have ideas
72.20%
27.80%
Yes No

Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-3
Students are willing to use an online platform in order to find the right people to work
on their ideas .
Hypothesis
Make an online survey, which specifically addresses the main hypothesis. Feedback
from students from different schools needed (including Catlica, IST and IADE).
More than 120 replies needed in order to have a meaningful result.
Test
Results
Would you be willing to use an internet platform to
find people to help you in developing your idea?
126
Replies to
the survey
VP01
Validation
If more than 40 students specifically
state that they would use the online
platform to work on ideas
81.00%
19.00%
Yes No
85
students
Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-4
Students are willing to work together with unknown people from different backgrounds
on a business idea.
Hypothesis
Make an online survey, which specifically addresses the main hypothesis. Feedback
from students from different schools needed (including Catlica, IST and IADE).
More than 120 replies needed in order to have a meaningful result.
Test
Results
Would you be willing to use an internet platform to
find people to help you in developing your idea? (as
a percentage of people having a business idea)
126
Replies to
the survey
VP02
Validation
If 70% of people, stating to have
ideas, agree with the condition
77.64%
22.36%
Yes No
Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-5
Mentors and Investors are attracting students to use our platform.
Hypothesis
Make an online survey, which specifically addresses the main hypothesis. Feedback
from students from different schools needed (including Catlica, IST and IADE).
More than 120 replies needed in order to have a meaningful result.
Test
Validation Results
Attractiveness of
investment involvement
126Replies
to the
survey
CR01
If more than 70% of students
with business ideas agree.
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40
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10
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40
50
60
U N I E
Attractiveness of
mentoring possibility
* 74,47% find mentoring attractive and 94,52% find investors
involvement attractive.
Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-6
Local advertisement (going to universities, online) is enough to attract a sufficient
amount of students.
Hypothesis
Start advertising platform directly at schools and on online (Facebook, Landing Page,
Email).
Test
Validation Results
KA01
Get 50-100 Likes for Facebook Page
or Interest Requests on Landing
Page.
25 Interest
Requests
on Landing
Page
Hypothesis - Validation
Students
1-7
Mentoring and financing possibilities are the key advantage of the Innostudents
platform.
Hypothesis
Make an online survey, which specifically addresses the main hypothesis. Feedback
from students from different schools needed (including Catlica, IST and Faculdade
Belas Artes). More than 120 replies needed in order to have a meaningful result.
Test
Validation Results
KR01
If more than 40 students specifically state
that they would use the online platform
because of mentoring and/or financing
possibilities
126Replies
to the
survey
70 students would use the
platform because of mentoring
69 students would use the
platform because of financing