42% of failed startups cite “no market need”. Find out before you spend.
Paste your idea. In ten seconds you get a score out of 100, the three biggest reasons it fails, and the competitors you have not looked at. The paid check adds web research, your local market’s real competitors, costs, kill criteria and a 30-day plan.
0% Build · 13% Pivot · 87% Kill across 30 checks
Problem, market, competition, timing, feasibility, economics, founder fit and fatal risks, each 0–10 with a written reason.
The report leads with why it fails. Strengths come after, and only when there is evidence for them.
Build at 70+, Pivot from 45, Kill below. The verdict is computed from the scores; the model cannot talk it up.
Full Checks search the web and our own business directories, cite every number and mark anything unverified.
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