And this week, one particular group of aggrieved voices attracted much-needed validation from Kate Winslet, who is currently in the US to drum up support for her best supporting actress Oscar nomination for the film Steve Jobs.
What will validation validate?
A £100,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board allowed them to advance their plans and also acted as a validation for their idea, to attract other investment.
The only issue is while de-risking startup's technologies attracts more funding, they require funding for validation and technology demonstration first.
Whilst this step is acknowledged in the literature [ 4, 21], it attracts little attention within current translation and validation guidelines [ 3, 22].
However, each company must have its own validation and billing system, and each must attract enough customers to cover these costs as well.
Getting a contract from the government is also regarded as a validation of a company's approach, helping it attract other investors and sometimes leading to higher stock price.
This traction, although not mind-numbing, provides some early validation for the startup's approach and has attracted investors, leading to the startup raising a sizable seed round earlier this year.
What's more, if being a finalist for a Crunchie Award isn't enough validation, in less than eight months, Onesheet has attracted 25,000 entertainment professionals, with the latest "big" artist to sign up being Michelle Branch.
Through IPA, innovators receive not only validation of their innovations, but also exposure needed to attract more investments and other support from innovation enablers needed to unleash their innovations," she told me.
