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Hello community,
I test my product with more than 50 founders at the accelerator hub using either their current businesses or ideas they were exploring, and almost all of them said it felt about 8 out of 10 close.
But I’m a bit worried about the politeness trap during in-person testing. I’m very curious to see how people respond online when I’m absent, especially whether they struggle to understand what I’m doing or run into confusion while using the product.
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If someone fixes one of the red flags IdeaGrit finds, how do you decide it’s actually been addressed versus just explained away?
Feels like knowing the difference between real proof and founder optimism is the hard part.
@kensavage
Hey Ken, this is a great question. There are many problems that in my opinion, you can explain clearly but you cannot necessarily solve, right?
You keep seeing the county you live in constructing new roads. You know something is going on, and maybe you even understand why, but can you solve it yourself? Probably not.
I think the benefit is making a well-informed decision and knowing where your limitations are. Not every red flag needs to disappear. Sometimes knowing that it exists is already valuable.
Some ideas can be great on their own. Say something like a personal finance app. But the real challenge might come from the founder themselves. In my opinion, some financial products depend heavily on the founder’s network, access to funding, industry connections, or structural support. If those things are essential but simply not available to you, explaining the red flag more clearly doesn’t make it go away.
That is also where I think the difference between real proof and founder optimism comes in. The question is not just, “Can I explain this red flag?” but “Has anything actually changed that makes this red flag less likely to hurt the idea?”