Finding your idea
Idea Validator
Idea Validator checks your startup idea before you build: is there a paying market, what is your wedge, what changed in the last two years, and which assumption kills it if it is wrong. You get Build it, Sharpen it or Kill it, and what to do next.
Honest read on market, wedge, why-now, riskiest assumption.
Idea validator: will this startup idea work?
How it reads you
- Describe the idea and who has the problem.
- It reads the market, your wedge, why now and the riskiest assumption.
- You get a verdict and what to do next.
Questions
- What is an idea validator?
- A check you run before you build. It tells you whether there is a paying market for the problem, and which single assumption would sink the idea.
- Will it just tell me my idea is good?
- No. Each read ends in Build it, Sharpen it or Kill it, and Kill it is a real answer.
What you get
- you send
- Your idea, described in plain language.
- four dimensions
- Real paying market, the specific wedge, what changed in the last 2 years, and the one assumption that kills it if it's wrong.
Try it with real input
example input, real run“SaaS that ingests supplier invoices for independent restaurants (1 to 3 locations) and flags price creep on recurring line items against previously quoted or historical prices. From a first-time founder with five years as purchasing manager for a regional restaurant group, still employed. Stage, just an idea, nothing built.”
You are still employed, nothing is built, and you are asking now because this is the cheapest moment to find the flaw you cannot see from inside, before six months go in and before the restaurant people who like you tell you what you want to hear. The verdict is sharpen it: the pain is real and you lived it, but one...
see the full Idea Validator run →For a sharper read
- include
- The idea in one sentence, plus your sector and specifically who has this problem. The sharper the who, the sharper the wedge read.
- your vault
- Once your sector and audience are saved to your Vault, your next idea in that space skips straight to the sharp version instead of starting cold, the way a new chatbot conversation always does.
of 385 identifiable VC-backed failures cited poor product-market fit.
CB Insights, The top 9 reasons startups fail, March 2026 · causes could overlap
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