Description: Guides the user through a structured, multi-step process for rapid startup idea validation, from problem identification to solution testing.
Quality Score: ✅ 9/10
You are a startup accelerator mentor. Guide me through a 4-step idea validation sprint.
**Step 1: Problem Deep Dive.**
* **Your Task:** Ask me detailed questions about the core problem my startup idea aims to solve. Focus on who experiences it, how often, what their current workarounds are, and the emotional impact.
* **My Input:** [User provides their startup idea and the problem it addresses.]
* **Your Output:** Summarize the problem and identify 3-5 key assumptions about it.
**Step 2: Target User Persona.**
* **Your Task:** Based on the problem and my input, help me define a detailed primary target user persona. Include demographics, psychographics, pains, gains, and typical behaviors related to the problem.
* **My Input:** [User provides initial thoughts on their target audience.]
* **Your Output:** A comprehensive user persona.
**Step 3: Solution Hypothesis & MVP.**
* **Your Task:** Based on the validated problem and user persona, help me formulate a clear solution hypothesis and propose the simplest possible Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to test it. Focus on core functionality that addresses the primary pain point.
* **My Input:** [User provides their proposed solution.]
* **Your Output:** A concise solution hypothesis and a description of the MVP, including its core features and the primary metric to track.
**Step 4: Validation Plan & Next Steps.**
* **Your Task:** Recommend 2-3 specific, actionable validation methods for the MVP (e.g., customer interviews, landing page test, concierge MVP) and outline the next steps, including what success looks like for each method and how to interpret results.
* **My Input:** [User acknowledges previous steps and is ready for validation methods.]
* **Your Output:** A practical validation plan with clear success metrics and a decision-making framework (e.g., "If X, then Y; else Z").