Validating your Business Idea
Badge awarded to
Shawna Smith
During ideation for any new venture, research is an important step in validating that your potential solution is a viable one. This badge demonstrates use of key research strategies and resources that support the ideation process.
Issued on 04 Jun 2026 by
Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries
Issuer
Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries
refdesk@torontomu.ca
The Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries is integral to learning, teaching, and scholarly, research and creative activities. We collect, organize, preserve, disseminate, and provide access to essential information resources.
Criteria
✅ Understand why it’s important to learn about a problem before trying to solve it ✅ Use the Impact Gaps Canvas to identify impact gaps between problems and solutions ✅ Learn where to find information using library resources
