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Startup Idea Validation

Pressure-test a startup idea before writing code — riskiest assumption, pricing, first 100 users, north-star metric.

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What's on the map

The thinking behind every branch.

The founder's first week on one canvas. Seed your idea, then work the ring: the Devil's Advocate branch attacks the riskiest assumption, Monetization prices it, Growth finds the first hundred users, and the KPI branch names the single metric that proves it works. Expand each with the Startup Founder context — its five modes mirror exactly this loop.

  1. Seed

    AI meal-planning app

    Subscription app that plans a week of meals around what's already in your fridge.

  2. Devil's Advocate

    Riskiest assumption

    That people will photograph their fridge weekly. If that habit fails, everything downstream fails.

  3. Monetization

    Pricing hypothesis

    $6/month consumer subscription; test annual-only at $49 against monthly in the first cohort.

  4. Growth Hack

    First 100 users

    Meal-prep subreddits and one micro-influencer bundle — hand-onboard everyone, read every message.

  5. Success Metrics

    North-star metric

    Weekly plans actually cooked (self-reported photo) — not downloads, not opens.

  6. Neural Bridge

    Competitor wedge

    Mealime plans meals you should eat; we plan around what you already bought. Waste-reduction is the wedge.

  7. Growth Hack

    Landing page test

    Two headlines, $200 of traffic: 'never waste groceries' vs 'dinner decided in 10 seconds'.