I Tried Validating My App With $0

Before you spend months building your MVP — stop. In this video, Heini Zachariassen, founder of Vivino (80M users), shows how to validate any startup idea for free using his simple 0–3 validation system — the same method he used for Vivino and his new startup, Vota. Most founders build first and validate later — that’s how you waste months on something nobody wants. Instead, learn to test your idea in minutes and find out if it’s truly worth building. Five factors. Zero dollars. Honest results. If you want a Part 2 where we build the MVP and get first users — comment below! Vota, revolutionary community-based restaurant ratings: https://vota.org/ Vota in Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/vota-restaurant-ratings/id6744969212 Vota on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app Host: Heini Zachariassen https://www.linkedin.com/in/heini/ Guest: Levin Grünhagen https://www.linkedin.com/in/levin-g/ More from Raw Startup Founders Weekly Podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3TvUeal Spotify: https://bit.ly/3x6uZUq Startup Free Newsletter: https://www.rawstartup.co/#/portal/ Raw Startup Blog: https://rawstartup.co/ Raw Startup T-shirt: https://rawstartup.threadless.com/designs/raw-startup-t-shirt/mens/t-shirt/premium?color=heavy_metal #startups #entrepreneurship #business #startupideas #businessideas Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Zero Dollar Validation 02:43 The Importance of Validating Before Building 05:27 Scoring Factors for Startup Ideas 08:22 Calculating the Startup Idea Score 11:08 Building a Zero Dollar MVP 13:46 Common Mistakes in Validation