Question 1

Why did my startup get a low score?

Accepted Answer

Low scores usually reflect weak market fit, crowded competition, unclear differentiation, or high execution risk. Our AI analyzes your idea across these dimensions and explains the main issues in the breakdown. Use the verdict and suggested pivot to refine your concept and re-roast to see improvement.

Question 2

What do the roast score tiers mean?

Accepted Answer

Ship It (85–100): Strong idea, worth validating further. Decent (70–84): Promising but has gaps to address. Needs Work (50–69): Significant issues; use feedback to iterate. Roasted (0–49): Major concerns; consider pivoting or solving the core problem before building.

Question 3

How does DontBuildThis score startup ideas?

Accepted Answer

Our AI evaluates your idea on market fit, competition, differentiation, execution risk, and clarity. It returns a score out of 100, a tier, a verdict, and a detailed breakdown so you know exactly what to improve before spending time and money building.

Question 4

Can I improve my startup idea score?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Use the breakdown and verdict to address weak points, then submit an updated idea or pivot. Many founders improve their score by narrowing the problem, clarifying the target customer, or strengthening their unique angle.

Question 5

What is a good score for a startup idea?

Accepted Answer

Scores of 70+ indicate promising ideas worth exploring. 85+ suggests strong potential. Scores below 50 mean the idea likely needs significant rework or a pivot before it’s worth building.

Question 6

What score did "A plug in play store for companies to sell their cloths to employees and fans. When an Uber driver have a child, people give him as a gift, a onesies to the baby with the logo of UBER. People who really enjoy Tesla, like to wear hats, tshirts, sweaters with the logo, etc. So, what if, we build a marketplace where we invite designers to make all their "wardrobe" so employees and fans can purchase. Designers could receive a commission for every cloth sold they designed. Companies don't need to pay a penny. In fact, they could even advertise that 5% of all cloths sales go to a specific charity. All they have to do is to give us their brand manual. We share it with designers and prepare the online store for them. They need to insert on their official webstore though. Something like store.tesla.com. We also don't need to produce the cloths. There are websites where you can send a logo, pick up a t-shirt and they do the rest. They print the logo on the t-shirt and ship back to you. As we grow and are responsible for a big percentage of their revenues, we could squezze their margin, or even build our own printing factory." get?

Accepted Answer

"A plug in play store for companies to sell their cloths to employees and fans. When an Uber driver have a child, people give him as a gift, a onesies to the baby with the logo of UBER. People who really enjoy Tesla, like to wear hats, tshirts, sweaters with the logo, etc. So, what if, we build a marketplace where we invite designers to make all their "wardrobe" so employees and fans can purchase. Designers could receive a commission for every cloth sold they designed. Companies don't need to pay a penny. In fact, they could even advertise that 5% of all cloths sales go to a specific charity. All they have to do is to give us their brand manual. We share it with designers and prepare the online store for them. They need to insert on their official webstore though. Something like store.tesla.com. We also don't need to produce the cloths. There are websites where you can send a logo, pick up a t-shirt and they do the rest. They print the logo on the t-shirt and ship back to you. As we grow and are responsible for a big percentage of their revenues, we could squezze their margin, or even build our own printing factory." scored 41/100 (☠️ Roasted). You built a t-shirt middleman and called it a platform.