Isolate Validated Signals from Untested Assumptions
Audit each diagnostic score and strategic option to categorise supporting information as either verified evidence or unproven assumption. The founder systematically tags buyer feedback, valuation expectations, and market interest based on their origin.
Completing this action exposes critical vulnerabilities by separating founder optimism from verified commercial facts. It ensures strategic decisions are executed based on audited market reality rather than speculative assumptions.
The founder must produce an evidence-versus-assumption ledger categorising every key claim made in the baseline. Every claim must link to tangible proof, such as executed contracts or buyer transcripts, or be flagged as an unverified assumption.
Five questions an expert would ask when reviewing your output
Use these to challenge assumptions, pressure-test your logic, and check the quality of this action's output in the context of the parent task and wider venture development.
- 1
What hard evidence proves that inbound corporate interest represents actual acquirer intent rather than preliminary research?
- 2
Why have you classified your valuation expectations as verified when they rely on high-multiple precedents from two years ago?
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Which unverified assumption poses the greatest risk to your primary strategic exit route if proven false?
- 4
How many of your strategic options rely on growth projections that lack historical customer acquisition proof?
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What specific market or customer signals contradict your assumptions regarding product defensibility?