Weigh up a business idea
The market, the risks and what to do first, laid out plainly.
Open prompt: Weigh up a business ideaEst. time saved: 1–2 hours
Starting a business
Map your business on one page
Customers, offer, costs and income in one simple canvas.
- Best for
- Anyone planning a new business
- Est. time saved
- 2+ hours
- Works with
- ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini
When to use it
- You want to see the whole business on one page.
- You're checking that the parts fit together.
When not to
- As a full business plan. It's a starting map.
What to have ready
- A description of the business: who it's for, what you offer, how you'll reach people and how it makes money
The prompt
Fill in the [BRACKETS], then paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
› the prompt
You're helping me map my business on one page, using the nine parts of a business model canvas.
My business: [DESCRIBE WHO IT'S FOR, WHAT YOU OFFER, HOW YOU'LL REACH PEOPLE, HOW IT MAKES MONEY, AND ROUGH COSTS]
Please:
1. Fill in the nine parts: customers, what we offer them, how we reach them, how we keep them, how we make money, what we need, what we do, who we work with, and costs.
2. Keep each part to three points at most, in plain words.
3. Point out where parts don't fit together, for example customers we can't reach or costs with no income to cover them.
4. List the gaps where I haven't given you enough.
Rules:
- Use only what I've told you. Write "unknown" where I haven't said.
- Don't invent prices, costs or customers.Example input
A made-up example of what the brackets might say.
A mobile bike-repair service for commuters in Austin. We come to their office. $45 a service. Found through company wellness programs. Costs: van, tools, insurance.
Tips
- Redo it whenever something big changes, such as price, customer or channel.
- Fill the "unknown" boxes before you spend money.
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