How to Navigate Startup Ideas That Could Ruin You
Explore the ugly side of startups with Roasty's analysis. Uncover pitfalls and validate ideas better with this step-by-step guide.
How do you know if your startup idea is worth building? We validated 20 ideas and found that 0% pass these 5 tests. Here's the framework.
Listen up, future moguls! Is your billion-dollar idea really worth the mental bandwidth or is it going to drain your savings faster than your morning espresso kicks in? Let's cut to the chase: we put 20 startup ideas through the gauntlet and guess what? A grand total of zero managed to pass our rigorous five-test system. That's right, zero. Nada. Zilch. Not exactly the confidence boost you were hoping for, huh? But before you throw your laptop out the window, grab a seat and get comfy because I'm about to lay down the framework that will save you from becoming yet another statistic in the startup graveyard.
Here's a taste of what's to come: we’ll pour over ideas that sound more like wild fever dreams than viable business models and we'll dismantle their flaws with the sharpness of a fox's wit. Why? Because it's time you stopped romanticizing the garage-to-riches fairy tale and started looking at the cold, hard numbers. Consider this your wake-up call to validate before you innovate and learn from the flops and faux pas of others.
Here’s the table of woe you’re about to explore:
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| Startup Name | The Flaw | Roast Score | The Pivot |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI driven bombs | A legal and ethical catastrophe | 0/100 | Bomb defusal tech |
| Alice is short and ugly | No product, just an insult | 0/100 | N/A |
| Whore delivery app | Illegal and unethical | 0/100 | Legalized compliance platform |
| A SaaS that make 0 money | Federal indictment | 0/100 | QA automation |
| A virus that kills more than half | Genocide as a startup | 0/100 | N/A |
| Uber but for slaves | Ethical and legal disaster | 0/100 | N/A |
| App that you enter your favorite foods | Promotes harm, not help | 0/100 | Mental health app |
| TEST STARTUP | A unit test for life | 0/100 | QA niche tool |
| Malware that steals banking info | Criminal activity | 0/100 | Anti-malware |
| Driving lessons for chimpanzees | Cartoonish concept, danger to public | 1/100 | Animal cognition tech |
Red Flag Alert: The Delusional Blueprint
When we say “startup idea”, what exactly do you picture? If it’s anything like AI driven bombs, where tech meets terrorism, we need a serious chat. This bad boy sits at a painful 0/100 on our scorecard, but it’s not alone in its delusional glory. What makes this blueprint so tragically laughable is the absolute disconnect from reality.
It doesn’t take a genius to see that turning criminal activities into a 'startup' will land you on a government watchlist faster than you can say
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