Roast My Startup Bot
Certain that your startup idea is going to change the world? Let’s see what our bot has to say about that.
How to use the bot for maximum roast:
- To make sure you’re getting the right amount of feedback mixed with spicy roast, here’s how we recommend to structure your request:
- Start with “please”. E.g: “Please robot-san, roast the following startup:”.
- Express the problem/what you’re trying to solve. E.g: “50% of all humans don’t read books”.
- Mention your target audience. E.g: “Our main target audience is trainers, facilitators, team-building experience makers etc.”
- Explain your solution. E.g: “We want to build an app that matches dog owners based on their location preference and breed”.
“Hello Mr. Robot-san, please roast my startup. Problem: L&D (Learning & Development) professionals reach out to trainers/facilitators to build novel experiences for them, but usually they don’t have an extensive network to see all the potential experiences they can implement. We’re trying to help trainers/facilitators (target audience) by building a marketplace where experience makers (proposed solution) can license concepts developed by other facilitators or experience designers. Each licensed element would contain details like budget, resources needed, skills trained and world-building details.”
“Dear Roast Bot, please roast my startup. Problem: promotional materials, PVC banners are used for a couple of months at best and then discarded. The companies that produce them also have a hard time recycling/re-using them, as their branding is on the promo materials (sometimes even with outdated campaigns). Target audience: Printing shops, companies with OOH advertising/physical signage, trucking companies. Solution: We want to buy the banners, roll-ups, spiders and all others from clients and downcycle them into more useful applications. Some applications include: Skiing equipment, jackets, bags, pool liners, aprons and more.”
“Robot, please roast the following startup. Problem: You’re interviewing someone for a customer interview (qualitative research). There are a lot of factors you have to handle: Take notes, check the next question, listen to the response. It’s almost impossible to interpret all the data accurately, especially if you’re a beginner. And sometimes, the truth is really in the micro-expressions that people have intuitively. Target audience: Startups, small research teams and young researchers. Our solution: An AI-powered face-analyser that reads the small changes in someone’s face when they answer. Deployed locally or in the cloud, it would just record the screen during the zoom call and afterwards provide a report.”
Keep in mind our bot might make mistakes, has an intrinsic bias (since it’s trained on human information) and does not care about your emotional wellbeing. Use at your own risk!
Feeling down now?
We know, it’s hard to hear this, but your idea might genuinely suck. That’s alright, most startup ideas suck anyway. Who would want to rent an airbed in a stranger’s home anyway?
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Let’s have a chat with an experienced human about your startup idea and find ways to improve it. You’ll also get some tips on how to build a prototype. Don’t worry, the first idea analysis is on us.
