I Used Chatgpt To Validate A Business Idea Before Spending A Single Dollar. Here's The Exact Process.

Before I spend money on anything, I run it through ChatGPT first. Not because AI knows everything, but because it forces me to think through things I'd normally skip.

Here's the exact 5-step process I use. Sharing because I wish someone shared this with me a year ago.

Step 1 Generate ideas based on YOUR situation

Most people ask ChatGPT "give me business ideas" and get the same generic list everyone else gets. Instead I tell it my actual constraints.

I say something like: "I have $2,000 and 10 hours a week. My skills are copywriting and social media management. Generate 10 business ideas that match my budget, time, and skills. For each idea include startup cost, time to first revenue, and difficulty level from 1 to 5."

Now you get ideas that actually make sense for YOUR life.

Step 2 Validate the best one

I pick my favorite idea and say: "Act as a market research analyst. Evaluate this business idea: [paste the idea]. Identify the target audience, 5 competitors, potential revenue model, biggest risk, and rate its viability from 1 to 10 with justification."

This doesn't replace real market research but it gives you a solid starting point and often flags things you didn't think about.

Step 3 Create a one page business plan

No 40-page document nobody reads. I ask for: problem solved, solution, unique value proposition, revenue model, and next 3 milestones. One page. That's it.

Step 4 Build a 30-day launch checklist

I take that business plan and ask ChatGPT to break it into a week by week launch plan with specific daily tasks. Week 1 is setup. Week 2 is build. Week 3 is prepare. Week 4 is launch.

Step 5 Day by day action plan for week 1

This is where most people get stuck. They have a big plan but don't know what to do Monday morning. So I ask for exact tasks, time blocks, and what "done" looks like for each day of the first week.

The whole process takes maybe 30 minutes and you end up with a real plan instead of just an idea floating in your head.

Now obviously ChatGPT can be wrong about market stuff. It doesn't know your local competition or have real-time data. But as a thinking partner that helps you structure your approach? It's unbeatable.

I've been building out processes like this for different business tasks sales emails, client proposals, pricing strategies, competitive analysis and it's honestly saved me dozens of hours.

Anyone else using ChatGPT as a business tool? Would love to hear what's working for you.