Turn your raw startup idea into a stress-tested, structured Business Plan.
Stop staring at blank Word documents and intimidating 12-tab Excel templates. Tell us your idea in plain English—our supportive AI Co-Founder helps you spot blind spots, validate real customer demand, align with your co-founder, and build a bank- and investor-ready Business Plan & 3-Year Financial Model step by step.
“Stuck on a number? Click Park It or use an Industry Benchmark so you never lose momentum.”
1-Page Concept Canvas & Supportive Blind-Spot Review
Independent trade contractors lose 6+ hours a week chasing quote approvals and late deposit payments over WhatsApp.
2–10 person electrical & HVAC firms in Austin, TX doing $250k–$1.2M annual turnover.
$149/month SaaS + 1% instant card deposit fee.
Why blank docs, generic AI prompts, and spreadsheets fail early ideas
When you have a new business idea, you don't need a 40-page corporate template or a chatbot that blindly tells you every idea is a billion-dollar unicorn. You need a structured co-founder.
- Generic AI Chatbots Flatter You: Ask a standard chatbot for a business plan and it writes 15 pages of buzzwords without ever testing if your unit economics actually work.
- Scary 12-Tab Excel Templates: One broken formula ruins your cashflow forecast, and your pricing assumptions never match what is written in your narrative doc.
- Polite Lies Instead of Buyer Proof: Friends say “great idea!”, you spend 6 months building V1, and nobody pays at launch.
- Unspoken Co-Founder Friction: Splitting equity 50/50 on a handshake before discussing hours, salaries, or vesting.
- “Capture First, Expand Second”: We help you structure your raw vision cleanly first, then generate constructive “Things to Consider” blind-spot reviews at the end of every module.
- 1-Click Customer Validation Link: Publish a hosted “Mom Test” survey & waitlist link to collect real buyer data before writing code.
- No-Spreadsheet 36-Month Financials: Interactive “Pocket Profit” sliders and What-If stress tests that automatically sync to your hiring and pricing steps.
- Pre-Flight AI Contradiction Audit: Checks your entire plan before export so your story, headcount, and cashflow numbers are 100% consistent.
More than a document builder—four practical startup tools in one workspace
Every tool feeds live data directly into your financial model and final Business Plan so you never copy-paste between apps.
1-Click Customer Validation Survey & Waitlist Page
Most founders ask leading questions (“Would you use my app?”) and get polite lies. We generate bias-free “Mom Test” questions, host your public survey & waitlist page at startuppreflight.com/v/your-slug, and synthesize customer willingness-to-pay automatically.
Blind-Reveal Co-Founder Alignment & Survival Budget
Building with a partner? Both co-founders privately answer 12 awkward questions on hours, personal salary needs, cash contributions, and exit goals before revealing a side-by-side alignment heatmap. Solo founder? Map your 7 Startup Hats and Personal Survival Budget.
Getting Set Up: Domain, Incorporation, Banking & Compliance
Stop juggling 15 browser tabs to set up your company. Track your Operations Readiness Score across 6 practical cards: Legal Entity Registration, live .ie / .co.uk / .com domain availability & official @company email check, Business Banking, Bookkeeping, Insurance, and IP/GDPR.
"Pocket Profit" Financials & Pre-Flight AI Plan Audit
Answer plain-English questions to build a 36-month cashflow projection, test "What-If" survival scenarios, and compile an investor-ready Business Plan audited by AI so your story and numbers never contradict.
How Startup Preflight takes you from raw idea to a complete Business Plan
Every single question includes a “Why Are We Asking This?” coaching card, an Industry Example, and a “Park It in Open Questions” button so you never get stuck.
Brain-Dump Your Idea & Spot Blind Spots
Explain your idea in everyday language. Our supportive AI Co-Founder structures your 1-Page Concept Canvas, checks domain availability, gently flags blind spots to think about, and scores your Founder-Idea Fit.
Validate Demand, Align Co-Founders & Price It
Launch a 1-click public customer survey & waitlist link, align privately with your co-founder on 12 awkward questions, track your company setup checklist, and answer plain-English questions to build a 36-month financial model.
Audit & Export Your Complete Business Plan
Compile your work into a clean, cohesive Executive Business Plan & 3-Year Financial Pack—pre-audited by AI so your pricing, hiring schedule, and cashflow numbers never contradict.
Simple, founder-friendly pricing
Start with Module A 100% Free Forever. Only upgrade to a 6-Month Builder Pass when you're ready to unlock Modules B–L, live customer surveys, 3-year financials, and full plan exports.
Perfect for getting your raw idea out of your head and testing if it has legs in 10 minutes.
- Full Module A (Steps 1–8) Ideation & Vision
- 1-Page Concept Canvas & Customer Storyboard
- Live Domain (
.ie / .co.uk / .com) Check - Supportive AI “Things to Consider” Blind-Spot Review
- Founder-Idea Fit Scorecard (0–100)
Everything a solo founder needs to validate customers, build 3-year financials, and compile a complete plan.
- All 12 Guided Modules (A–L) unlocked
- 1 Startup Plan + 1 Founder Seat
- Hosted Public Customer Survey & Waitlist Link + QR
- “Pocket Profit” Breakeven & 36-Month Cashflow Builder
- Pre-Flight AI Contradiction Audit & Full Business Plan Export
For co-founder teams or serial founders testing & comparing up to 3 different startup concepts.
- Everything in Solo Pass + Up to 3 Plans
- Up to 3 Co-Founder / Mentor Seats
- Unlocks Multi-Seat Blind-Reveal Co-Founder Alignment Survey (12 Awkward Questions)
- 1-Click Plan Clone & Pivot Engine
- Keep read-only vault forever after 6 mos (or $9/mo Living Vault)
20+ Years in Software & Cloud Architecture • 400+ Startups Scaled
“I watched hundreds of brilliant founders get rejected because their great idea was trapped in a messy document or broken spreadsheet. Startup Preflight puts our 12-module commercial, technical, and financial underwriting playbook in your hands.”