Thought Garden v3.0

Assume it fails. Find the cheapest evidence it won't.

Fill in your idea details above and add keywords that describe what someone would search for — then hit Run Full Analysis to pull live demand, competition, and Reddit data in one shot.

01 · Ideate & Capture

Idea Name / Code Name

Elevator Pitch

Persona Name / Role

Company Size

Their Pain Current Workarounds

Must-have "me too" for V1

Differentiators

Biggest Pain Solved — one sentence Benefits Realized — quantify where possible

02 · Screen & Research

Location

SERP depth

Keywords — how might someone search for this? add 1–3 variants

primary

Each variant fires a separate SERP call. Domains appearing across multiple keywords are flagged — they own the space.

Difficulty Index Inputs // auto-filled · editable

Pre-populated by the analysis above. Override manually if needed.

Monthly keyword volume

Avg CPC ($)

Trend (12mo)

Acquisition Economics

Can you acquire a customer for less than they're worth? Edit every number — defaults are illustrative.

Customer Value (LTV)

Price / mo ($)

Gross margin (%)

Avg lifetime (mo)

LTV

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Channels → Cost to First 10 Paying Customers

Per 1,000 visitors. Conversion = visitor→trial and trial→paid.

Channel	$/1k visitors	→Trial %	→Paid %	CAC	LTV:CAC	Cost→10

Best blended CAC

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Best LTV:CAC

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Payback (mo)

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$ to first 10 (best)

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Verdict

Enter numbers above.

Fast-Path Test Plan

Ranked by speed-to-signal × cost. Run top-down; each test is designed to kill the idea cheaply.

#	Test	Cost	Days	Pass proves	Kill signal

Referral Loop (k-factor)

If k ≥ 1 growth compounds for free. Below 1, you rent growth from paid channels forever. Most products: 0.1–0.5.

Invites sent per user

Invite → signup %

Cycle time (days)

k-factor

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100 seeds → users @ 90 days

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organic only

Loop verdict

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Acquisition Difficulty Index

Composite 0–100. Higher = harder. Live inputs from Market tab; judgment calls below.

Audience concentration

Sales cycle

Difficulty

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Read

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Reach Map

Who to email, where to post, who to partner with — searched live on the web. Run the Market tab first; anything found there feeds the prompt automatically.

v3.0 · math runs client-side · DataForSEO confidence: backlinks 80%, paid SERP 75%, traffic analytics 60% · Reddit: ~95% · click ? on any section for documentation

Thought Garden v3.0

Demand Metrics

Keyword Landscape // related_keywords · how people actually search

Paid Search Landscape // serp/google/paid

Organic SERP + Backlinks + Traffic // serp/organic + backlinks/summary + traffic_analytics

Keywords Your Direct Competitors Own // ranked_keywords · auto-fetched on classification

Competitor Profiles // domain_rank_overview + traffic_analytics

Reddit Community Pulse // reddit.com/search.json · no auth

Difficulty Index Inputs // auto-filled · editable

Acquisition Economics

Customer Value (LTV)

Channels → Cost to First 10 Paying Customers

Fast-Path Test Plan

Referral Loop (k-factor)

Acquisition Difficulty Index

Reach Map

Influencers

Communities

Partnership Targets

Referral Strategy

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