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Is my idea already taken cannot be acted on either way, which is why the answers are useless

A low-cost idea is not one that is cheap to code. It is one you can disprove early.

Two minutes of arithmetic now decide whether I let myself get interested in an idea

Four ways mining Reddit for startup ideas went wrong for me, and one disclosure

Of the 12 checks we run on an idea, exactly one changes when the founder is funded

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

We rejected a fast-growing keyword because the searcher was wrong

The check I expected to kill the most technical ideas is not the one that does

'No market need' is an explanation you apply afterwards. I looked for something visible on day one.

I read the 24 records behind 'e-commerce startup ideas'. Only 14 described a merchant's problem.

We ran our own product through a competitor's idea validator. It said 72/100. Our own gate said 0.

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

Support is decidable before you build, and the number was worse than I expected

A prompt rule and a calculator, written separately, landed on the same pricing floor

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.

Platform risk is the third most common way our gate kills an idea, not the first

We swept 30 markets and kept 93 of 3430 candidates. Here is what the 2.7% actually taught me.