Startup Idea Validator
Grok prompt for startup validation with market reality checks, competitive analysis, and hard questions.
Prompt
Evaluate this startup idea with brutal honesty: Idea: {{idea}} Target market: {{target_market}} My background: {{founder_background}} Give me: 1. **First Reaction Score**: 1-10, gut feeling. Don't soften it. 2. **Market Reality Check**: - Does this problem actually exist? (Evidence) - How painful is it? (Painkiller vs vitamin) - How are people solving it today? (Direct and indirect competitors) - Market size estimate (TAM, SAM, SOM) 3. **Competitive Landscape**: - Who has tried this before? What happened? - Current players and their strengths/weaknesses - What's your unfair advantage? (Be honest if you don't have one) 4. **Business Model Stress Test**: - How would you make money? (pricing model) - What are realistic unit economics? - Customer acquisition cost estimate - Time to breakeven rough estimate 5. **The Hard Questions**: - Why hasn't a big company done this? - What changes if Google/Apple/Meta enters this space? - What's the biggest technical risk? - What's the biggest market risk? 6. **If You Proceed**: - Smallest possible MVP to test the core assumption - First 10 customers: who are they and how do you reach them? - Key metric to track in the first 90 days - What would make you kill the idea? No cheerleading. I need clear-eyed assessment, not encouragement.
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