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Stage 1:
Business Vision

Guide to making the most of the Toolshed Framework Business Vision stage.

This is the stage In the Toolshed framework where you learn how to tell your business idea as a vision story, then test your vision on others.

 

Testing your vision will help you to judge whether your business idea is as golden as you originally thought.

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Objectives

​The goals for this stage are:

  • Clarify your business idea.

  • Test your vision on others.

  • Either progress with your business idea as is, refine it, or find another.

  • Convert your idea into a compelling startup vision that will be your guiding light, and you can use to inspire others as you build your business and, later, pitch for funding.

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Describe your idea as a story

The most difficult part of writing a story is starting. Not many of us consider ourselves to be competent authors, but this framework stage is not about quality writing, it’s about describing your business idea in a way that inspires others. Being able to inspire others will be critical if you want the support of employees, partners, and funding providers later.

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Using the Startup Vision Stage

The Startup Vision stage is broken down into steps, with each step containing:

  • A description of the step and how it works.

  • Learning resources like guides, blog posts, templates, or tools that can help you with this step. 

  • Links to resources elsewhere on the web that can help guide you with this step

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We recommend that you follow each step in turn and use the resources that most suit how you like to work.

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Conclusion

The Startup Vision stage will give you greater clarity about your business idea, some allies who support your vision, and the confidence to decide your next step. This decision is important. If you decide to proceed, you’ll be committing to investing time and energy to design your business in the Business Plan framework stage.

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We want to make your start-up journey enjoyable, successful, and as easy as possible. If you find any aspect of the site confusing or lacking, please advise us on our Contact Form and we'll aim to improve it.

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Finally, if you’re feeling lost, head to the Toolshed Community Forum, and get some help from fellow founders or an expert mentor.

Realise your startup vision

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