Alaska Small Business Development Center

Validating Your Market (SBIR)

Market validation is the process of determining if there’s a need for your product in your target market. Validating your product or business idea can enable you to predict whether people will buy your product/service and whether your business will be profitable.


During this 45-minute On Demand workshop, you will learn:

  • what market validation is;
  • why market validation is needed;
  • when to start market validation;
  • how to identify your target customer;
  • the market validation process;
  • a sample interview questionnaire;
  • competition and competitive intelligence; and
  • how to analyze your competition.


Presented by:
 Konstantin Izvolzky, PhD, NPDP, Director of Consulting & Training, Foresight Science & Technology, Inc.

NOTE:  This class was originally developed to support SBIR Phase 0 applicants but it is not specific to those clients; the information is applicable to all businesses.

The link above will take you to our client portal, where you will be able to register for access to this training video.