Lori HarderFounder of glōci | Bestselling Author

How to Test Your Idea Before You Launch

20 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief excerpt from Lori Harder’s YouTube video, two speakers discuss the double‑edged impact of rapid AI progress: it fuels excitement but also triggers self‑doubt about whether one can create something worthwhile. Speaker B advises a pragmatic approach for aspiring entrepreneurs: thoroughly research existing brilliant work, replicate the proven components, and isolate one area where you add genuine innovation. By doing so, any failure can be attributed to the novelty not resonating with the market rather than a lack of execution. The dialogue emphasizes disciplined homework, strategic copying, and focused innovation as a way to validate ideas before a full launch.

AI now, I think it has either created for people a lot of excitement because things are just going fast.
Yeah.
But it's also created a lot of the mentality of like, can I even do this? Can I even get this out there? How do I know what's good?
Go do your homework. A really, really experienced master of the craft will be so good at knowing what's out there that is already brilliant. and copying that and then saying, really, my idea is right here. It's just in this one part. I'm gonna copy all the other parts that have been done brilliantly before me and then just go to where my innovation is. And then at least if I fail, it's for the right reason because my innovation didn't speak to the market. If your listeners could just get that, it's going to—
Yeah.
Move them ahead by light years.