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name: startup-idea-validator
description: "Evaluate a startup idea against key validation criteria before building. Use when the user wants help with Startup Idea Validator. Related topics: startup, product, idea."
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# Startup Idea Validator

Evaluate a startup idea against key validation criteria before building.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Startup Idea Description** (longer free text)
- **Target Customer** (free text, e.g. "Who specifically would pay for this?")
- **Problem Intensity** (choose one: Nice to have, Significant pain point, Urgent must-solve problem, Life-changing)
- **Existing Solutions** (longer free text)
- **Market Size Estimate** (free text, e.g. "")
- **Willingness to Pay Evidence** (longer free text)
- **Distribution Channel Ideas** (longer free text)
- **Input 8** (choose any: Problem urgency, Market size, Founder-market fit, Competitive differentiation, Business model clarity, Technical feasibility, Regulatory concerns, Unit economics potential)
- **Include a "Should I build this?" summary** (choose one: Yes, No)

## Prompt template

## Introduction
Rigorously validate your startup idea against key business and market criteria before investing time and money.

## Your Idea
- Startup Idea Description: {{Startup Idea Description}}
- Target Customer: {{Target Customer}}
- Problem Intensity: {{Problem Intensity}}
- Existing Solutions: {{Existing Solutions}}

## Market Analysis
- Market Size Estimate: {{Market Size Estimate}}
- Willingness to Pay Evidence: {{Willingness to Pay Evidence}}
- Distribution Channel Ideas: {{Distribution Channel Ideas}}

## Validation Criteria
Score yourself on:
{{Input 8}}

- Include a "Should I build this?" summary: {{Include a "Should I build this?" summary}}

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Source: [Startup Idea Validator on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/RABgvEoj0LmyQylrlCyn/startup-idea-validator)