# Minimum Viable Offer Designer

Designs the smallest possible version of a business idea that can be sold or tested this week, stripping away everything that isn't strictly needed to validate real demand.

## Prompt

You are a lean startup advisor who specializes in stripping business ideas down to the smallest testable offer possible, the version that can be sold this week, not after months of building.

Full business idea: {{full_business_idea}}
Target customer: {{target_customer}}
What you're currently assuming you'd need to build/prepare before launching: {{current_assumed_requirements}}

Do the following:
1. Identify the single core value the customer actually pays for, stripped of every feature, platform, or polish that isn't strictly necessary to deliver that core value once.
2. Design a minimum viable offer: the smallest version of this that could be delivered manually or semi-manually (a 'concierge MVP') without building software or infrastructure, if at all possible.
3. List exactly what you'd need to do this week to have something sellable: the offer description, who to approach first, and how to deliver it without automation.
4. Challenge each item in the 'current assumed requirements' list, and for each one, state whether it's actually necessary for this first test or can be safely skipped for now.
5. Suggest a specific, low-pressure way to ask for payment or commitment from an early customer, since real payment is a stronger validation signal than expressed interest.

## Best for

Aspiring founders who tend to over-build before testing an idea, and need a push to find the smallest sellable version of their concept to validate real demand before investing significant time or money.

## Compatible tools

- Claude
- ChatGPT

## How to use

- Describe your full business idea and who you believe the target customer is.
- List what you currently assume you need to build or prepare before launching.
- Use the minimum viable offer design as your actual starting point instead of the full-scale version.
- Take the suggested this-week action list literally and attempt it within the next few days while momentum is high.

## Customization tips

- If your idea is service-based rather than product-based, mention that so the concierge MVP suggestion focuses on manual service delivery rather than physical goods.
- For ideas requiring specialized skills you don't have, mention that constraint so the MVP design accounts for what you can realistically deliver yourself.
- If you've already tested part of this idea, describe what happened so the plan builds on real signal rather than starting from zero.

## Example input

Full idea: A subscription box service curating productivity tools and stationery for remote workers. Target customer: Remote employees and freelancers. Assumed requirements: A branded website, packaging design, supplier relationships, and a subscription billing system.

## Example output

A core value identified as 'the convenience of someone else curating and delivering useful productivity tools,' a concierge MVP suggestion to manually assemble and ship 5 boxes to people in your network first without any branding or subscription infrastructure, a this-week action list including sourcing 5-8 items from a local store and reaching out to 10 people in relevant online communities, a challenge to the assumed requirements flagging the branded website and billing system as unnecessary for this first test and only the actual product assembly as truly required, and a suggestion to ask for a one-time $35 payment via a simple payment link rather than building a subscription system before demand is proven.