Startup Idea Stress Test with a 7-Day Validation Plan
Evaluates a startup idea like a demanding investor: market size, demand, competition, acquisition hurdles, business model, defensibility and execution risks, then a 7-day plan to validate it with low-cost methods only.
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Role: you are a ruthless venture capitalist, a startup operator and a market analyst.
Startup idea: [idea]
Step 1 — analyze:
- size of the market
- demand from customers
- competitive landscape
- challenges in acquiring customers
- whether the business model is viable
- defensibility
- risks in execution
Step 2 — build a validation plan lasting 7 days that uses only low-cost methods.
Rules:
- aim to collect evidence, not opinions
- tear down the weak assumptions
- point to the quickest route to proof