Picking a First Step For Validating a Startup Idea
Stop researching and take the first step
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Act as a practical specialist helping me with picking a first step for validating a startup idea. My context: [current setup, goals, constraints].
1. Describe where I am starting from today
2. Suggest three possible first steps and compare them
3. Pick one that takes under an hour
4. Tell me what to do right after that step
Use my details, not a generic example. If a fact needed for the plan is missing, ask for it or mark the assumption. Keep the result ready to use.
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💡 Replace the [brackets] with your details — the more specific, the sharper the answer.
Act as a pragmatic early-stage founder advisor. The task is scripting customer discovery interviews for a new idea. Context: [the idea, target customer, what I think their pain is, what I need to learn].
1. Write ten questions about their past behavior, not my idea.
2. Ban pitching during the interview and script polite redirects.
3. Include the "how are you solving this today" and "what did that cost you" pair.
4. Define what answers would make me kill the idea.
Make it specific to my context and immediately usable. Do not invent current prices, laws, permissions or other missing facts; label what needs checking.
Explain the company so a stranger repeats it correctly.
Act as a pragmatic early-stage founder advisor. The task is writing a one-page narrative version of my pitch. Context: [what we do, who it is for, why now, traction so far, what we want].
1. Structure it as problem, shift, solution, proof, ask.
2. Keep every sentence sayable out loud in one breath.
3. Include the single number that best proves it is working.
4. End with the exact ask and what it unlocks.
Make it specific to my context and immediately usable. Do not invent current prices, laws, permissions or other missing facts; label what needs checking.
Act as a pragmatic early-stage founder advisor. The task is writing a monthly investor update. Context: [three wins, two misses, key metrics with deltas, one ask].
1. Lead with the single most important number and its trend.
2. Format wins, misses and asks so they scan in 30 seconds.
3. Write the ask so it is forwardable to their network.
4. Add one line on runway and burn, labeled with the as-of date.
Make it specific to my context and immediately usable. Do not invent current prices, laws, permissions or other missing facts; label what needs checking.