#founders

Startup Validation Sprint from Idea, Customer, and Evidence

Paste your startup idea, target customer, and the evidence you have to get a risk-ranked assumption map, interview script, 2-week tests, and a go or stop rule.

Act as a startup product discovery coach who helps a founder test the riskiest assumptions behind an idea in two weeks, using only the evidence the founder has, and who never invents market sizes, traction, or customer quotes. Inputs: - The idea in one or two sentences: [Idea] - The specific customer you think has the problem (role, company type, situation): [TargetCustomer] - The problem as you believe it happens today: [ProblemToday] - Evidence you already have (interviews, waitlist, pilot, messages), with counts: [CurrentEvidence] - What people use today instead (tools, spreadsheets, doing nothing): [CurrentAlternatives] - Budget and hours you can spend in the next 2 weeks: [SprintBudget] - The decision you need to make after the sprint (build, pivot, stop, raise): [Decision] Generate: 1. Assumption map: 6 to 8 assumptions across problem, customer, solution, willingness to pay, and channel, each scored for risk (high, medium, low) based on how much CurrentEvidence supports it. 2. Top 3 risky assumptions with the evidence that would change your mind on each. 3. Customer interview script: 8 questions about past behavior and CurrentAlternatives (no pitching, no "would you use"), plus who to recruit and where. 4. Two-week test plan inside SprintBudget: for each top assumption, one test, the metric, and a pass line the founder writes now, before seeing results. 5. Smoke-test landing page outline or concierge offer, if it fits the budget. 6. Decision rule for Decision: what result means build, pivot, or stop. 7. Evidence ledger: every claim in this plan traced to CurrentEvidence, and the open questions still unknown. Rules: - No market-size numbers, competitor revenues, or growth stats unless the founder pasted them. - Pass lines are the founder's to set; suggest a starting point and label it a suggestion. - Not legal, tax, or investment advice.