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Gro — A free & simple online tool to validate your business idea
A free online platform that helps early-stage entrepreneurs crystalize and validate their business concept. Gro was created by successful entrepreneurs to help guide you through the 1st step of your entrepreneurial journey.
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Adam Rice
This is awesome.
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After mentoring a few hundred start-ups the past few years I am excited that those at the earliest stages will now have another free resource to help them refine their vision. Curious to hear which of the first features everyone is most excited about:
I’ve mentored hundreds of idea stage startups over the years and I think this is a super valuable tool for startup founders of all experience levels. Plus, the makers are legit and deeply concerned about improving the odds of startup success. Bravo!
@gzicherm That is very humbling coming from you Gabe, thank you for the support!
👋Hello Product Hunters! My name is Bryan and I’m super excited to finally launch on Product Hunt as the founder of Gro!
🚴♂️The Journey
As an entrepreneur and mentor, I’ve seen hundreds of businesses start with an idea.
After exiting my meal kit delivery business to Nutrisystem, and consequently advising startups as Director of the Founder Institute, I’ve had many businesses approach me for advice on how to startup smart.
Many of the questions my team and I received were similar, and from working with these startups, we realized that many of those that failed during the ideation phase failed as a result of avoidable pitfalls.
So we created the Startup Idea Assessment Tool as a simple yet effective way to help entrepreneurs validate their ideas.
💡Idea Assessment Tool
Using our tool, entrepreneurs can browse curated content and resources, and complete step by step assignments that help crystallize their business idea.
📚The Lessons:
✅ 1.1 Your Big Idea
✅ 1.2 Problem + Solution = Foundation
✅ 1.3 USP (Unique Selling Proposition)
✅ 1.4 Identify Your Target Market
✅ 1.5 Choose Your Business Model
🎉Upon Completion🎉
Users can export a 1-page summary of their business idea, and validate their idea further by answering questions based on their background and founding team.
👀 Coming Soon
Gro Academy is an on-demand learning platform designed to help millions of aspiring entrepreneurs take their idea to launch. 🚀
With it you’ll be empowered to:
+Follow an Industry Specific Roadmap
+Browse Curated Resources
+Receive Feedback & Guidance
+Join a Community of Likeminded Entrepreneurs
+Customized Investor Pitch Deck
+Financial Models
P.S. This tool will remain free and accessible for any and all entrepreneurs who need it.
Is there a NDA in place? Sharing and getting validation is great! However, what are the rules and regulations you have set up for it to protect the user's idea(s)?
@samuel_dirksz I was thinking the same thing. I was reading the privacy policy but didn't see anything specific to the user ideas only to the user data that is shared to third-parties.
@samuel_dirksz @tostartafire Thanks for the question Samuel and Dan, allow me to clarify. Gro was built by a team of entrepreneurs, so we are very aware of how crucial it is to protect your idea and the data associated with it. All ideas that are submitted to Gro are safe, and will not be shared with any third parties. We have a strict privacy agreement in place that reinforces this as well.
This is so great! I've been looking for something like this - recommending to a friend as well. Fantastic idea.
Would be smart to try to capture some email addresses. I looked all over your page and couldn’t find a spot to leave my email. Went straight into doing the course and because I’m on my phone, I’m not going to do it. I’d like to be able to get an email so that I can open it on my laptop. Just a bit of feedback. Awesome concept though, really like the idea. Interested to know the business model.
@ryankucey you can subscribe to our newsletter at the bottom of the homepage (https://www.gro.academy) right above the footer. Our tool is mobile friendly; however, feel free to subscribe to our newsletter to access the tool whenever you’d like and get updates and resources along the way. You can always start the tool, make an account and login with the credentials whenever you’d like to continue. Glad to hear you like the concept, we're excited to hear what you think!
Thanks! I tried it out, does the job. I had some trouble with the "email" field at the last step, it wouldn't recognize it as valid, and I couldn't download the form. I was able to email it, though.
I did expect a bit more, I must admit, like getting in touch with potential investors interested in my idea, or maybe with a group of professionals who are able to validate my idea.
@alex_camilar1 Thanks for the feedback. We are currently in the process of fixing the email issue, thanks for pointing that out. The Idea Assessment tool is meant to be the very first step in defining your business idea. However, our Gro Academy curriculum, which will be launching soon, is a step by step program meant to guide you on how to take your idea to launch. This also includes connecting you to potential investors.
You can find more about Gro Academy here: https://www.gro.academy/gro/
As for having a professional validate your idea, we will be selecting the first 50 business summaries to be reviewed by myself and other seasoned entrepreneurs.
Congratulations Bryan . I hope this is absolutely gonna help in ensuring a great business promotion. Thanks a lot for this
Cool idea but what (as a first time visitor on the site) I am missing is an example of such a 1-Page Business Summary for a fictitious company.
@peter_jaap_blaakmeer glad to hear you like the idea! We actually have examples of completed 1-Page Business Summaries specific to each industry available for our users to reference. You can find them in the top right corner of the assignment portion of each lesson by clicking on the "example" button. Hope that helps!
@bryanjaneczko ah ok! Although (funnel-wise) that's two clicks too far, and no clear route to it. I would add at least one to your homepage, dead smack in the middle. Output is what people care about.
@peter_jaap_blaakmeer that’s a good suggestion, we can certainly leave a mock-up at the free tool landing page for people who are interested in getting a taste/idea of what the tool is. Thanks for the feedback!
@bryanjaneczko @jansenwalsh @antonio_dmya it's not about the (un)willingness to click, its about that you don't even know it exists before you actually do those clicks. If it said "You're 2 clicks away from examples! Start here!" right on the homepage, that's perfectly fine.
Bytheway, I can totally imagine two clicks stopping anyone. Selling stuff online, no matter your target market, is all about reducing friction.
