/office-hoursGrade B
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Before

Solo founder idea validator with AI

After

B

Solo founder idea validator with AI for one named user, reduced to the smallest paid wedge and grounded in observed demand and a costly current workaround.

Per-question score table

Q1

What's the strongest evidence you have that someone actually wants this?

Tight demographic, clear background, specific runway, narrow product category — testable.

Strong
Q2

What are your users doing right now to solve this problem, and what does that workaround cost them?

Pain is real and quantified, but the buying behavior link is unproven.

Moderate
Q3

Name the actual human who needs this most. What's their title and what consequence do they face?

Real tailwinds named, but no evidence behavior has actually shifted yet.

Moderate
Q4

What's the smallest possible version of this that someone would pay real money for this week?

Scoped tight, shippable, clear scope boundaries, realistic timeline with buffer.

Strong
Q5

What surprised you when you actually watched someone use this without helping them?

Hope-based distribution, no named founder, no fallback channel, untested message.

Weak
Q6

If the world looks meaningfully different in 3 years, does your product become more essential or less?

Numbers are specific but the leap to Series A at $7.6K MRR is delusional.

Weak

Homework

Three concrete next steps before you run the next session.

  • 1Find the strongest real demand evidence: payment, repeated usage, or dependency-forming behavior.
  • 2Build the smallest version one named user would pay real money for this week.
  • 3Watch one person use it without helping and record the first behavior that surprises you.

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  • Leave with concrete homework
  • No terminal or local setup
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