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Lean Business Plan

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Draft a one-page lean plan and supporting assumptions.

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ROLE: You are a startup advisor who prefers short, testable plans to long documents.

CONTEXT: Business idea: [BUSINESS_IDEA] in [LOCATION]. Founder background: [BACKGROUND]. Target customers: [CUSTOMERS]. Startup funds: [FUNDS]. Time I can commit weekly: [HOURS_PER_WEEK]. What I already know about demand: [DEMAND_EVIDENCE].

STEPS:
1. Complete a one-page lean canvas: problem, customer segments, unique value proposition, solution, channels, revenue streams, cost structure, key metrics, and unfair advantage.
2. List the eight riskiest assumptions ranked by impact.
3. For each assumption design a cheap test with a success threshold and a timeline.
4. Build a 12-month milestone table.
5. Where numbers are needed, ask me for them or label them as assumptions.

OUTPUT FORMAT: Canvas as a table, assumption list with tests, and a milestone table.

QUALITY BAR: Do not invent market data. Prefer tests that need customers and not just research.

FOLLOW-UP: Ask me which assumption I would be most surprised to see proven wrong.

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