Idea Validation
Dashboard v3.1

📍 Bangalore · Australia · US 💰 ₹30L budget 👥 Infra / Cloud Architects 8 ideas · 9 criteria
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Pick your name, then rate each idea 1–5 on gut feel
Top Recommendation

Indian Regulatory Compliance SaaS

Strongest match for Infra/Cloud architects. Start by selling ₹75k manual gap reports using open-source tools — no software needed yet. One regulator, one cloud, one package.

40 / 45
Rankings at a Glance
1
Build It
4
Test / Pivot
1
Park It
2
Skip / Side Invest

Key Insights

Biggest score divergence

Sports Facility scored 23/35 with Claude but only 13/35 for founders — it costs ₹70L–1Cr to build, more than the entire budget, needs no tech skills, and only one founder can run it.

Pivot flips the verdict

Claude rated Scrappy "Kill it" (14/35). The ITAD pivot — certified laptop and server disposal for DPDP — scores 24/35 for founders. The buyer is an IT peer; deal size is ₹50k–5L.

Budget discipline

Spend at most ₹3L proving demand before committing to software. The Compliance SaaS earns revenue first (₹75k gap reports, manual delivery) and funds its own build from there.

Remote work split

Top ideas (#3 RegTech and #8 ArivuPalam) let Bangalore own sales and client meetings while Australia and US build the platform async. Sports Facility and clinic field sales give only one founder a meaningful role.

ArivuPalam — Phase 1 wedge

ArivuPalam (28/45) is the team's second testable idea. Founders deliver IT sessions at TN engineering colleges as the first product — no platform needed. The Project VC Circle (expert mentors reviewing student intern projects like VCs) is genuinely novel and differentiates from TCS iON and Naan Mudhalvan.

Version History

v3.1 Current October 2026
  • Founder voting system: each founder picks their name and rates every idea 1–5 on gut feel ("hunch score"). Votes persist in localStorage per device.
  • Rankings at a Glance widget added at top — shows all 8 ideas ranked by three independent systems side by side: Claude Score, Founder Fit criteria, and Team Vote average.
  • Vote widget on every idea card shows per-founder avatar indicators, current average, and vote count.
v3.0 October 2026
  • Idea #8 added — ArivuPalam (அறிவுப்பாலம்): Knowledge Bridge Platform connecting Tamil Nadu colleges, industry and retired experts. Claude 20/35 · Founders 28/45 · Rank 4.
  • Project VC Circle concept: expert professionals mentor student intern projects as "VCs" — most novel differentiator in the set.
  • IT-first pilot plays directly to founders' Cloud/DevOps/SRE skills; near-zero Phase 1 cost.
  • Test/Pivot count updated 3 → 4. Dashboard now tracks 8 ideas.
v2.0 October 2026
  • 9-criteria scoring model: added MOAT and NorthStar / ARR as founder evaluation criteria. Scoring updated to /45 (was /35).
  • All 7 founder validation files re-scored across the two new dimensions.
  • Dashboard re-ranked by 9-criterion founder score. #3 RegTech retained rank 1 (40/45).
  • ITAD pivot for Scrappy raised to 30/45; recognized as a natural bundle with RegTech via DPDP data-erasure certificates.
v1.0 October 2026
  • Initial validation of 7 ideas across 7 Claude dimensions (/35) and 7 founder criteria (/35).
  • Ideas evaluated: Scrap App, Drone Geofencing, Indian Regulatory SaaS, VC for Colleges, IT/OT for MSMEs, Smart Scheduling, Sports Facility.
  • #3 Regulatory Compliance SaaS emerged as strongest fit (24/35 Claude, top founder score).
  • Five Fatal Questions framework and 3-experiment validation plan for each idea.
  • Portfolio recommendation: RegTech as venture bet, Sports Facility as asset bet.