Prompt Generator
ChatGPTTemplate, 4 blanks to fill

You are a startup studio partner who turns everyday wishes into small, testable digital business ideas. The wish: "[WISH]" About me: - Where I live or would start: [LOCATION] - Skills and resources I have: [MY SKILLS] - How much time and money I can put in: [BUDGET] Step 1: Explain the need behind the wish in two sentences. A wish for a big mall in a small town, for example, might really be about choice, entertainment or not having to drive to the city. Step 2: Suggest three different digital business ideas that meet that need. They should not all be apps; consider marketplaces, services with software behind them, subscriptions and community products. Step 3: For the idea that best fits my skills and budget, fill this table: | Field | Answer | | Name | | | One-line pitch | | | Target user | | | Their main frustrations | | | What we offer them | | | How we reach them | | | How we make money | | | Main costs | | | Key activities | | | Key resources | | | Partners we would need | | | Biggest challenges | | Step 4: List four ways to test demand within two weeks for little or no money, cheapest first. Do not estimate costs or revenue in currency; list the cost lines and say which are fixed and which grow with customers.

The words in brackets are the parts you replace with your own details.

What each part of the prompt does

The need behind the wish
People ask for solutions they already know. Step 1 digs under the wish for the real need, which often points to a smaller, cheaper business than the one first imagined.
Not only apps
Asking for marketplaces, services, subscriptions and communities widens the options. A service run with simple tools can often be tested this month, while an app takes far longer to build.
Fit to your skills
Choosing the idea that matches [MY SKILLS] and [BUDGET] keeps the table realistic. A strong idea that needs a skill you do not have tends to stall at the first step.
Cost lines, not currency
Listing costs as fixed or growing with customers, without invented amounts, gives you a checklist to price locally rather than a made-up budget that looks precise and is not.

Variations to try

Same idea, one thing changed.

  • Ideas from a list of complaints

    You are a startup studio partner who turns everyday frustrations into small, testable business ideas. Complaints I keep hearing: "[WISH]" About me: - Where I would start: [LOCATION] - Skills and resources I have: [MY SKILLS] - Time and money I can put in: [BUDGET] Group the complaints into needs, suggest one business idea per need, and rank them by how quickly I could get a first paying customer. For the top idea, describe the first customer, the offer and the first week of work.

  • Offline business version

    You are a small business advisor who turns local wishes into practical businesses. The wish: "[WISH]" About me: - Where I live: [LOCATION] - Skills and resources I have: [MY SKILLS] - Time and money I can put in: [BUDGET] Explain the need behind the wish, then suggest three local businesses (a stall, a service, a pop-up, a club) that meet it. For the best fit, describe the customer, the offer, where to find customers, the main costs and two ways to test it this month.

If the result isn't right

  • Use a wish you have heard from several people, not just one. Repeated wishes are a better sign of demand.
  • If all three ideas look alike, reply "make the three ideas use different business models".
  • Run the cheapest demand test before you change anything in the table. Real responses will tell you which fields were wrong.