Founder Signal Engine
Live analytics revealing early signals of company formation and founder behavior
Founder Intention Index
Which industries founders WANT to enter
SaaS (Software as a Service)████████████████████147
AI/Tech████████████89
Platforms██████████76
E-commerce█████████69
EdTech███████51
Brick and Mortar█████37
Consulting/Services████30
Based on industry distribution from Idea Generator user inputs.
Customer Clarity Score
How specific founders describe who they're building for
Semi-clear████████████████████23
Vague ("people", "users")█████████████████19
Clear, reachable customer██████████11
Based on actual customer descriptions from Idea Generator user inputs.
Problem Heatmap
What founders WANT to solve
Data Organization████████████████████3
Startup Idea Validation█████████████2
Educational Technology█████████████2
Financial Literacy█████████████2
Social Platform for College Students███████1
Based on actual problem data from Idea Generator and Validator Tool user inputs (last 7 days).
Skill-Industry Fit Score
Do founders have an edge in the space they chose?
Low alignment████████████████████60
Medium alignment█4
High alignment█2
Based on Idea Generator user inputs (industry + skills).
Strong vs Weak Idea Inputs
What makes an idea compelling (or not)
STRONG INPUTS
- Specific customer
- Clear daily pain
- Founder has lived experience
- Narrow, reachable market
- Operational or revenue problem
WEAK INPUTS
- "Everyone"
- Vague aspiration
- No domain advantage
- Massive, abstract market
- "AI for X" solution
Key takeaway:
- 👍 Strong ideas start with constraints and proximity.
- Weak ideas start with technology and imagination.
Based on Idea Generator and Validator Tool user inputs (last 7 days).
Top 5 Strongest Idea Inputs (Anonymized)
Based on input quality only:
- Restaurants with excess food looking to offer last-minute discounts to customers
- Small businesses needing help with financial planning and budgeting to avoid debt
- Individuals seeking tax planning solutions
- Organizations in need of sustainable business models for creative projects
- Hospitals aiming to optimize resource allocation and improve patient care through data analytics
Why these stand out
Each ties a clear customer to a painful, repetitive problem.
Based on Idea Generator selected ideas only. Selection based on customer specificity, problem clarity, founder advantage, and industry realism.
Founder Language Clarity Score
How ideas are being described
Concrete, actionable████████████████████10
Visionary, detailed██████████████7
Mixed clarity████████████6
Problem-focused██████████5
Abstract, high-level████████4
Clear thinking sounds boring, but it's not.
"Should You Be Building This?" Signals
Early misalignment indicators
Vague Problem Statement████████████████████5
Broad Target Customer████████████████4
Lack of Unique Value Proposition (UVP)████████████3
Need for Clear Messaging████████2
Feature Gap Identification████1
Founder Momentum Signals
What predicts progress
Detailed startup idea description████████████████████60
Problem-solving focus in startup idea███████████████44
Target customer identification██████████████42
Website need confirmation███████22
Country-specific startup focus███████20
The "Why This Idea Exists" Index
Founder motivation patterns
Using existing skills████████████████████3
Personal frustration███████1
Income replacement███████1
Ideas rooted in lived pain start clearer and move faster.
Idea-to-Action Gap
From validation to landing page
No landing page created████████████████████512
Created landing page██39
Execution rate: 7.1%
Score Distribution Landscape
Overall idea quality distribution
Medium (50-79)████████████████████531
High (80-100)█25
Low (0-49)█19
Average: 67.7 | Median: 68
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