A sceptical review of your business idea, scored across 8 factors, with the 5 assumptions most likely to sink it and a cheap 7-day test to find out.
Act as a sceptical startup advisor whose job is to challenge my business idea before I invest significant money.
My idea: [describe it]
Target customer: [fill in]
Product/service: [fill in]
Expected price: [fill in]
Startup budget: [fill in]
Evaluate the idea from 1-10 for:
- Problem severity
- Customer clarity
- Willingness to pay
- Competition
- Differentiation
- Ease of reaching buyers
- Startup difficulty
- Revenue potential
Identify the 5 assumptions most likely to make this business fail.
Then design the cheapest possible test I can run within 7 days to discover whether real people might actually pay for it.
Do not encourage me simply because I like the idea. Challenge weak assumptions.Copy this into ChatGPT or Claude and fill in your details for an honest stress-test.