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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 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] What I'd risk: [savings, job, time] First ask me up to 6 hard questions, a few at a time. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. The three biggest weak spots. 2. The numbers that must be true for it to work (customers per month, price, margin), with the sums. 3. A go, not yet or no-go call, and why. 4. Three cheap tests I can run this month. 5. What would change your mind. Be honest, not encouraging. This is not financial advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. what you'll sell: a short note you already have. customer: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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