# Workflow: Startup Evaluation Sprint

## Before

The user has an exciting startup idea, but the assumptions are mixed together: customer, market, product, pricing, channel, and risk are not separated.

## Input

```text
Source: one startup idea, product concept, pitch paragraph, or founder note.
Goal: separate facts from assumptions and design the cheapest validation test.
```

## Prompt

```text
Use startup-evaluation on this idea.

Evaluate it as a 90-minute validation sprint:
1. define the beachhead customer
2. identify the painful use case
3. map the value proposition
4. list the riskiest assumptions
5. separate facts from guesses
6. design the cheapest validation test
7. produce a go / no-go / learn-more recommendation

Final output:
- one-page evaluation
- assumption table
- validation experiment
- follow-up research questions
```

## After

The idea becomes a decision artifact:

- who it is for
- what pain it solves
- why now
- what must be true
- what to test next

## Output Example

```text
Beachhead customer: independent knowledge workers
Painful use case: turning notes into weekly behavior experiments
Riskiest assumption: users will run experiments after reading summaries
Cheapest test: 5 interviews + 7-day concierge workflow
Decision: learn-more
```

## Verification

The workflow is complete when the recommendation is supported by named assumptions and at least one concrete validation test.

## Verified Effect

The user moves from idea excitement to a practical validation plan with cheaper next steps.
