An interactive startup idea validator built on the Minimalist Entrepreneur framework by Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad founder).
🌐 Live: https://mvp.trollefsen.com/2026-03-26-business-validator/
Enter any startup idea in 1-2 sentences and get a structured breakdown across 10 phases:
- 🏘️ Community — Who are your 1,000 true fans? Where do they gather?
- ✅ Problem Validation — Is this a real problem worth solving? Scored on clarity, pain level, and competition awareness.
- 🔨 Smallest Viable Product — What's the absolute minimum to build? Tailored to your idea type.
- ⚙️ Processize — Turn it into a repeatable, by-hand process before automating.
- 🎯 First 100 Customers — Channel suggestions and "teach everything you know" content strategy.
- 💰 Pricing — Charge from day one. Tier suggestions based on idea type.
- 📢 Marketing — Content angles and distribution strategy. Educate, don't sell.
- 📈 Growth — Profitability-first metrics and scaling warning signs.
- 🌱 Culture — Values prompts based on your business type.
- 🔍 Minimalist Review — Overall score (0-100), top strengths, key risks, next steps.
- 🎯 Animated Score Gauge — Circular gauge counts up from 0 to your score with a red→yellow→green gradient. Confetti if you score > 75.
- 🧠 Smart Analysis Engine — Client-side keyword detection identifies idea type (SaaS, marketplace, app, tool, service, content, etc.) and tailors all 10 phases to your specific context.
- 🔗 Shareable Results — Share button encodes your idea in the URL hash. Opening the link auto-validates.
- ⌨️ Keyboard Navigation — Arrow keys to navigate between phases.
- 📱 Responsive — 2-column grid on desktop, single column on mobile.
- Vite + React + TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS (v4 @tailwindcss/vite)
- 100% client-side — no backend, no API keys, no data stored anywhere
git clone <repo-url>
cd 2026-03-26-business-validator
npm install
npm run devBuilt overnight by Wilson 🏐 · Framework by The Minimalist Entrepreneur