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App Businesses — Part 3
Great thinking! You are on step 169 of your CEO journey.
Today you will explore App Businesses and finish with one action you can use in real life.
Simple explanation
• App Businesses helps you turn a problem into a small solution you can test and improve.
• A strong first move is to build the simplest version that proves one important part of the idea.
• You are looking for what a real person does, says, or chooses while trying it, not a perfect answer on the first try.
Real-world example
Maya notices classmates losing water bottles. Before ordering supplies, she draws three name-tag clip designs and asks ten students which is easiest to use.
Vocabulary
Problem: a real difficulty or unmet need worth understanding.
Solution: an idea designed to improve or remove a problem.
Prototype: a simple early version used for learning and testing.
Watch this lesson video
What I Learned From 100 Days of Rejection
TED — Jia Jiang · 15 min — Hearing "no" is part of building something. Here is how to make it easier.
Take five minutes to build the simplest version that proves one important part of the idea. Keep it small enough to finish today, then circle the part that taught you the most.
Worksheet
Three-question quiz
CEO challenge
Use App Businesses once today. Show your work to a trusted adult, teacher, customer, or teammate and ask, “What is one thing I could make clearer?”
Reflection
What did App Businesses help you notice, and what will you do differently the next time?
