Evidence-controlled workflow
Project overview
See each validation checkpoint, current evidence strength, and the next move.
Validate the problem
Define the customer pain, check the evidence, and choose the riskiest assumption to test first.
Startup test journey
Start with a saved project, then move one step at a time.
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Idea
Describe what to test
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Problem
AI analysis
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Customer
Empathy map
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Validate
Real notes or bot
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Solution
Fit + value prop
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Market Fit
Best segment
1
Define
Problem
Role + company type. The analysis scores every piece of evidence against this person.
Add the customer group you want to validate.
Describe their pain, not your product. If you catch yourself naming features, describe the moment the customer struggles instead.
Describe the customer problem before analysing.
This reads like a product description. Try describing the customer's struggle instead.
Add project context
These fields are optional.
Optional. Used as a label in your project list; the problem statement will be used if this is blank.
Optional. Problem analysis uses the customer and problem first; solution details are parked for later.
Add existing evidence
Optional. Most useful: complaints and workaround attempts.
Confirm the data and AI notice before analysing.
LeanNav uses AI practice interviews. Results are directional and should be validated with real customers before making build decisions.
Searching for real customer evidence...
reddit.comtrustpilot.comg2.comproducthunt.com
Analysing signal patterns...
Extracting what could kill this idea...
Calculating evidence resonance score...
Generating problem statement...
Problem in plain language
What is happening
Who is affected
Why it matters
What success looks like
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Prioritize
Find the strongest evidence gap before you choose what to test.
Root assumption
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How often it comes up
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Tried to fix themselves
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How frustrated they are
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Would switch for a fix
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Evidence you collect for any assumption below also counts toward this statement.
Recommended next test
Targeted evidence
Finds public signal showing whether this problem is real and urgent for your target customer.
Not run
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Assumptions
Rank what needs proving by urgency and test speed.
Change direction or keep going?
Signal strong · 1 practice interview explored · validate with real customers
→ Keep going
Test your solution with real customers.
↻ Change direction
Update idea and run fresh analysis.
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Test
Choose how to collect customer signal against the riskiest assumption.
Test your assumption – choose your method
🤖 AI practice customer
Practice the interview with an AI-generated customer profile. Use it to sharpen your questions before speaking to real customers.
💬 Send the bot
Send a link - a bot guides each customer through your assumption questions. Responses update your evidence score automatically.
Start the practice interview first.
📄 Run it yourself
Print or download a guide built around your customer and kill condition – questions, note space and a capture sheet. Import findings when done.
Start the practice interview first.
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Customer
AI-generated customer profile
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ThinkHearSeeSayPainsGains
🎯 Ask open questions to understand how this customer thinks, feels, and behaves.
Fill the empathy map - ask what they think, feel, hear, see, say, and do
Create a customer profile first
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Practice interview map
Notes captured from the AI practice interview
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Hear empty
Think & feel empty
See empty
Say & do empty
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Chat to fill the empathy map
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