Validation Dashboard (Venture OS)
One place to see how strongly your assumptions are backed by evidence — and the six methods you use to collect it.
What it is
The Validation Dashboard is the home of the evidence side of your venture. Idea Book and Plans capture what you believe. Validation shows what you've proven, how you proved it, and what's still unproven.
Your Overall Validation Score
The score at the top measures how strongly your assumptions are backed by evidence across five areas: Problem, Customer, Solution, Market and Business Model.
How it's calculated:
- Within each area, assumptions are weighted by priority: High = 3, Medium = 2, Low = 1.
- An assumption backed by strong evidence earns its full weight. Weak evidence earns half. Untested assumptions earn nothing.
- Red flags on that area's evidence subtract points: −10 for each High-severity flag and −5 for each Medium.
- The overall score is the average of the areas that have assumptions. Areas with none don't pull you down.
The Validation milestone on your Roadmap completes at 60%. If any High-severity red flags exist, a red strip lists them above the cards.
The six validation methods
| Card | Use it to… | Card score | |---|---|---| | AI Pre-Validation | Run an automated pre-score and structured checks before talking to anyone | Your latest Pre-Score | | Complaint Mining | Collect real complaints and measure friction themes | Grows with volume, friction, emotion and signal strength | | Structured Experiments | Test channels or offers against a numeric threshold | — | | Assumption Map | Rank what must be true by risk | Share of 5 mapped assumptions | | Research Synthesis | Turn interviews, surveys and notes into decisions | % of synthesis fields completed | | Observational Research | Log what people actually do in context | Count, confidence, verdicts and links |
Each card has Push to Action to add a task and Open. Most cards also have a How it works link to their own guide; the Structured Experiments card doesn't yet, so use its guide from the Knowledge Center.
Unlock rules to know
- Complaint Mining needs Problem Discovery complete in the Idea Book.
- Assumption Map needs your Go-to-Market Strategy complete (Hypothesis, Market Test and Channel Planner).
- Structured Experiments is available straight away. You don't need to finish the Idea Book first.
Feeding evidence in
The strip at the top links to Surveys (responses from your audience) and Expert Validations (invited reviewers). Both feed evidence into your validation areas.
Getting started
If your score is empty, start by mapping 3–5 of your riskiest assumptions. Then pick the cheapest method that could prove or disprove the riskiest one.
Open Validation