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Our AI scores your business idea across 10 filters and gives you a brutally honest 50-point verdict with detailed analysis — then writes your business proposal. No encouragement. Just truth.

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Illustrative example. Your result is scored from your own submission.

Mobile dog-grooming subscription · Austin, TX
32
/ 50
YELLOW
Filter Breakdown
📈 Market Demand
4/5
Austin has the dogs and the money. People already pay for this.
🛡️ Competition
3/5
Vans are already on those streets. A neighborhood is still available.
🔧 Feasibility
4/5
A van, a table, water, and a license. This can start this month.
⏱️ Timing
4/5
Pet-care subscriptions are normal now. You are not educating the buyer.
🏰 Defensibility
2/5
Nothing stops the next van. Route density is the only moat, and it is not proven.
💰 Business Model
3/5
A monthly route can work. One-off grooms will not pay for the van.
📣 Distribution
3/5
Neighborhood groups and a vet's front desk. Viral is not a channel.
📐 Scalability
3/5
Every new route needs another groomer and another van.
⚙️ Execution Risk
3/5
No-shows, water, and a sick dog at 7am. Runnable. Not light.
🏦 Financial Path
3/5
The van is the spend. Know which routes cover it before you buy a second one.
Overall Verdict

Real demand, thin moat. Validate route density and a vet partnership before you raise.

The process

Three steps to the truth

No fluff, no encouragement loops. Submit, score, decide.

01
✍️
Submit Your Idea

Describe your business idea in plain language. Add the category and stage so the AI calibrates its scoring to your context.

02
⚡
AI Scores 10 Filters

Ten filters, five points each. Market, competition, feasibility, timing, defensibility, the model, distribution, scale, execution, and the money.

03
📋
Get Your Grade

A 50-point score, color-coded verdict (GREEN / YELLOW / RED), detailed per-filter analysis, an unvarnished overall assessment — and one click to a full written business proposal.

The framework

10 filters. 50 points. No mercy.

Every idea gets evaluated on the same framework. No exceptions. No extra credit for hustle.

📈
Market Demand
0–5 pts

Is there a proven paying market? Real evidence of demand. Not TAM slides — actual proof people buy this.

🛡️
Competition
0–5 pts

Can you carve a defensible wedge? If the market exists, who else is fighting for it — and why would you win?

🔧
Feasibility
0–5 pts

Can you actually build this? Technical, regulatory, team, capital — everything that could kill the idea before launch.

⏱️
Timing
0–5 pts

Is now the moment? Right idea, wrong decade = dead idea. What's happening in the market that makes this work right now?

🏰
Defensibility
0–5 pts

Can you build a moat? Network effects, switching costs, proprietary data, brand — or are you one Amazon listing away from zero?

💰
Business Model
0–5 pts

Do the unit economics actually work? Pricing, margins, repeat purchase — or does every sale lose money politely?

📣
Distribution
0–5 pts

How do customers find you? A real acquisition channel with realistic costs — not "it'll go viral."

📐
Scalability
0–5 pts

Does growth compound, or does every new dollar demand linear effort? Leverage versus treadmill.

⚙️
Execution Risk
0–5 pts

How hard is this to run day to day? Dependencies, regulation, key-person risk — what breaks at 2 AM?

🏦
Financial Path
0–5 pts

Capital required versus realistic revenue timeline. How much runway before the first dollar lands?

Pricing

Pay once or go deep

One grade is $4.99. A monthly plan costs less per grade than buying them one at a time.

One-Off
$4.99
one grade
  • ✓ 1 screening
  • ✓ Full 50-point grade
  • ✓ 10-filter analysis
Prospector
$12
per month · $4.00 a grade
  • ✓ 3 screenings a month
  • ✓ Same 50-point grade
  • ✓ Three one-offs would be $14.97
Miner
$39
per month · $3.90 a grade
  • ✓ 10 screenings a month
  • ✓ Same 50-point grade
  • ✓ Ten one-offs would be $49.90
Pro
$99
per month · unlimited
  • ✓ Unlimited screenings
  • ✓ Same 50-point grade
  • ✓ Cheaper than 20 one-offs
"Built on the same framework a 16-year broadcast industry veteran uses to evaluate every deal."

Pattern recognition at scale — the same filters that separate signal from noise in post-production applied to business ideas.

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10
Filters evaluated
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