Startup Validation

Have you actually
validated?

Answer honestly. Based on Jason Cohen's viability framework — the same method used to build WP Engine into a unicorn.

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0 of 7 answered
01Plausible
How many people or companies actually have this problem?

Think about your specific target market. How large is it?

02Self-Aware
Do they know they have this problem and actually want to solve it?

When you describe the problem to a potential customer, what happens?

03Lucrative
Do they have real budget allocated to solve this problem?

What would a typical customer reasonably pay per year to solve this?

04Liquid
Are they able to buy right now, or are they stuck?

What's the buying situation for most potential customers today?

05Eager (identity)
Do they want to buy from you specifically — as a company?

What's their attitude toward buying from your company?

06Eager (comparative)
Do they want to buy from you instead of the alternatives?

When customers compare you to alternatives, where do you stand?

07Enduring
Will they still be paying a year from now?

How sticky is the problem your product solves?

Customer Conversations

Who have you actually
spoken to?

Log every real conversation. Be honest — "they seemed interested" is not the same as "they paid." The pattern across conversations is where the truth lives.

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0 Conversations
0 Paid / committed
0 Interested
0 Skeptical / no

Reading the room

Viability score
Framework & further reading

This tool is based on Jason Cohen's writing on startup viability — some of the most honest and rigorous thinking on what makes a business actually work. Highly recommended reading before you write a single line of code.

The "problem" framework: is your startup idea worth pursuing? Customer development: how to actually talk to customers