Side projects part 6

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Figma is a design tool used for creating album covers and UI screens, with discussions around its IPO performance and potential AI integrations.

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The video provides practical, actionable advice on a common challenge for aspiring entrepreneurs: validating product ideas without significant investment. By suggesting free tools and emphasizing low-fidelity mockups, it makes the process accessible and less intimidating.

Summary

The video explains how to validate product designs by creating wireframes using free tools like Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or Balsamic. It emphasizes that these mockups don't need to be perfect and can even be sketched on paper to test with potential customers.

Structure

1Download a free wireframing tool (Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Balsamic)
2Create a wireframe or mockup of app interactions
3The mockup doesn't need to be perfect or beautiful
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Figma: it ACTS as a wireframing tool that can be used to create mockups of app interactions. Removing it would change the video's demonstration of how to create mockups. Adobe XD: it ACTS as a wireframing tool that was free for a long time. Removing it would change the video's discussion of free wireframing tools. Sketch: it ACTS as a wireframing tool. Removing it would change the video's discussion of wireframing tools. Balsamic: it ACTS as a wireframing tool. Removing it would change the video's discussion of wireframing tools.

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Side projects part 6

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Then, then you just download a free, you know, wireframing tool. It could be uh figma, it could be um I don't know if Adobe XD is still a thing since Adobe bought figma, but Adobe XD was free for a long time. Um, you know, you could use sketch or Balsamic, whatever. So draw some type of wire frame or a quick little mock up of what your interaction would look like across the app. It doesn't have to be pretty, it doesn't have to be beautiful, it doesn't have to be anything. just to, you know, it could even be on a piece of paper. And that's when you go back again to this core set of of folks that has been helping you, you've developed a relationship with these business owners and you validate your designs. Like here's here's how it would look, here's step by step how it would look. You know, then you start to ask like, would you would you be willing to pay for this?