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AI prompts to get realistic startup feedback · 1 source tracked

A Reddit user shared five prompts designed to elicit more realistic assessments of startup ideas from AI models. Instead of directly asking if an idea is good, the prompts guide the AI to find supporting evidence on Reddit, identify existing solutions, and argue against the idea's viability. This method aims to provide a more grounded evaluation than typical AI responses, which often offer overly optimistic feedback. AI

IMPACT Provides a method for users to get more critical feedback on startup ideas from AI tools.

RANK_REASON User-generated content offering advice on using AI tools.

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AI prompts to get realistic startup feedback · 1 source tracked

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/notomarsol ·

    5 prompts that make AI tell you the truth about your startup idea

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you ask a model &quot;is this a good startup idea&quot; it'll say yes and hand you a market size. It does that for pretty much anything, which is how a lot of us end up with a nice app and no users.</p> <p>Not anti AI here, I use it every day …