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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.
The prompt · Gemini
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 Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
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.
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 Gemini 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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