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Week 1

Boring Problem Scorecard

Score day-job problems by pain, buyer access, specificity, and thin-version feasibility.

Use this before building. A high score does not prove the idea will work, but it filters out vague app ideas with no reachable user.The Idea

Candidate

  • Problem:
  • Who has it every week?
  • Current workaround:
  • What a tiny useful version would do:

Score 1-5

  • Pain: how annoying or expensive is the problem?
  • Frequency: how often does it happen?
  • Buyer access: can you talk to five people who have it?
  • Specificity: can you describe the before-and-after plainly?
  • Thin build: can a useful first version ship in a week?

Decision

  • Total score:
  • Top objection heard:
  • Next conversation:
  • Build, narrow, or discard: