Startup Validation Advisor · Sydney

Stop Building Startups Nobody Wants

Validate your tech idea with real customers in weeks, not months. Walk away with proof your idea is worth building, before you spend a year of your life on it.

Currently helping founders prep for SheBuilds. Applications close soon.

Trusted by founders from

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A strategic reality check before you bet your time, money, and confidence on the wrong idea.

The Problem

Here's the truth most founders learn too late.

90%

of startups fail because they built something nobody wanted

6 to 12 months

wasted building before talking to a single customer

$50k+

spent on the wrong product, wrong market, wrong everything

You don't have to be one of them.

Stage 01 · Idea

You have an idea

Most founders fall in love here and start building. That's where it goes wrong.

Stage 02 · Evidence

We turn it into evidence

"I think""I know"

Customer interviews, no-code experiments, real signal from real people. You stop guessing and start knowing.

Stage 03 · First Customer

You get your first customer

0

paying customer

Not a survey response. Not a thumbs up. A real person who paid you for the thing.

Stage 04 · Build

Then you build

Only what's already wanted. With AI and no-code tools, in days, not months. No developer required.

For Non-Technical Founders

You Don't Need to Be Technical

Every founder I work with is non-technical. We use no-code tools, customer interview frameworks, and AI research — not code. If you can use Google Docs, you can validate your startup.

About

I wasted 12 months building a startup nobody wanted. You won't.

A few years ago I built an immigration SaaS without talking to a single customer first. It failed.

That failure taught me the exact validation framework I now use to help founders launch products people actually pay for, in 30 days, not 12 months.

I've since completed two accelerator programs and validated dozens of startup ideas across Australia.

My guarantee: If you follow the process, you'll leave with clarity on whether your idea is worth pursuing, before wasting months building the wrong thing. And once you learn the framework, you can use it to validate future ideas across any industry.

Read my full story
Val Oliveira, founder of Validate Launch Scale
VAL OLIVEIRAFounder · Advisor
Workshop

Build and Validate Your MVP in One Day, No Code Required.

Spend one day with 20 founders in Sydney or online. Walk out with a live validation landing page built in Lovable, a customer interview kit, and a 30-day roadmap. No code required.

Customer validation using AI
Market research + competitor analysis
Business model design
Live Lovable MVP build
Offer + landing page
Testing + metrics framework
30-day validation roadmap
Founder cohort + community

Date: TBA

9am to 4pm

Sydney CBD + Online

Early bird: $297 (waitlist) · Standard: $497

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Articles

Field notes on validation, launching, and lean startup tactics.

Speaking

Bring startup validation to your audience.

Practical, no-fluff keynotes and workshops for startup hubs, corporates, universities, and founder communities.