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Demand Signal: Why It Matters and How to Validate It

Demand is the single most-cited reason startups fail. Weighted heaviest for a reason: you can survive a rough execution, a weak channel, a soft monetisation pitch. You cannot survive nobody wanting what you built.

Demand validation is the difference between "people say this is a great idea" and "people signed up, pre-paid, or booked a pilot". The former is noise. The latter is signal. Most founders arrive at Launch Control with only stated interest - they've pitched the idea and people nodded. That's not demand. Demand is what someone does with their time, money, or calendar, not what they say over coffee.