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Stress-test a business idea before you quit your job
You've got an idea and a gut feeling it could work. Get it tested with the questions a hard-nosed friend would ask, the numbers that must add up and three cheap ways to test it this month.
The problem
Everyone around you is encouraging, which is lovely and useless. You need someone to poke the holes before you spend your savings.
The outcome
You've got an idea and a gut feeling it could work. Get it tested with the questions a hard-nosed friend would ask, the numbers that must add up and three cheap ways to test it this month.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Stress-test my business idea. The idea: [what you'll sell] Who'd buy it: [customer] Why I think it'll work: [reasons] Price and costs, roughly: [figures] Competition: [who else does it]
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A short example
You've got an idea and a gut feeling it could work. Get it tested with the questions a hard-nosed friend would ask, the numbers that must add up and three cheap ways to test it this month.
You describe the idea, who'd buy it and why you think it'll work.
The assistant asks the hard questions about customers, price, competition and your time.
You get the weak spots, the numbers that must be true, a go/not-yet/no-go call and three cheap tests.
What happens
Use ChatGPT to stress-test a business idea before you quit your job
You've got an idea and a gut feeling it could work. Get it tested with the questions a hard-nosed friend would ask, the numbers that must add up and three cheap ways to test it this month.
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