Ryan Thornton

Ryan Thornton

Where Ideas Meet Real Validation.

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Founder of VCV8. Built, scaled, and exited my first startup, then spent years watching great ideas fail for avoidable reasons. Now focused on helping founders validate and move forward with confidence.

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Ryan Thornton

20h ago

Validate business ideas with real data - Validation that turns insight into strategy

VCV8 helps founders, builders, and teams validate ideas with clarity before investing time and money. It evaluates your idea across 8 proven pillars including market demand, audience fit, competition, revenue potential, and more, using real-world data instead of guesswork. From there, dive into the Strategy Hub. An interactive workspace where you can explore results, ask questions, test assumptions, model scenarios, submit changes, and shape a smarter path forward with real confidence.
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