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Business Validation Prompts

Structured prompts for validating a business idea, new product, or market expansion before committing capital. Covers assumption stress testing, unit economics, customer discovery, competitive reality checks, and go/no-go decision frameworks.

5 prompts · For: $500K–$50M owner-operated businesses · Best when: Evaluating a new venture, product line, or market before investing resources

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New Venture Assumption Stress TestFREE
The "kill-shot assumptions first" ranking is the key distinction from standard business planning.
I am considering launching a new business, product, or service. [Describe: the idea in one sentence, the customer you believe will buy it, the problem you believe it solves, your intended price point, and the capital you would need to commit to test it.] Before I invest any capital, stress-test my assumptions: 1. List every assumption embedded in my description -- customer, problem, solution, price, distribution, and competition. 2. For each assumption, ask: what would have to be true for this to be correct, and how would I know if it were wrong? 3. Rank the assumptions by two dimensions: how critical to viability, and how testable before committing capital. 4. Identify which assumptions I can test in the next 30 days for under $5,000 -- and what a passing test looks like. 5. Identify which assumptions, if wrong, would make the entire idea unviable -- these are the ones to test first. Give me a ranked assumption test list in order of: kill-shot assumptions first, then modifiable assumptions, then refinement assumptions.
When to use: The "kill-shot assumptions first" ranking is the key distinction from standard business planning. Most owners test the assumptions they like and defer the ones they fear. This prompt inverts that and forces the most dangerous assumptions to the front of the test queue. Appropriate for any new venture, product line, or geographic expansion. Shoul...
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