AI and Telling Good Business Ideas from Silly Ones

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1. What is the FIRST question to ask when checking if a business idea is good?

   1. Will it make me famous?
   2. Does this solve a real problem?
   3. Can I make a cool logo?
   4. How much money will I make?

2. Zara has a great idea for an app, but there are already ten free apps that do the same thing. What should she think about?

   1. She should launch anyway and hope for the best
   2. Her app needs to be meaningfully better or different to get people to switch from free options
   3. Free apps are always worse, so she'll be fine
   4. She should make her app free too and expect it to win automatically

3. Why is it helpful when AI gives you tough, critical feedback on your business idea?

   1. So it can make you feel bad
   2. Because honest feedback before you invest time or money helps you find and fix weaknesses early
   3. AI is always wrong, so critical feedback doesn't matter
   4. Tough feedback means your idea is terrible and you should quit

4. What does 'problem-solution fit' mean?

   1. Your solution perfectly matches a problem people actually have
   2. You found a problem and a random solution that sounds cool
   3. The business looks good in a presentation
   4. Your logo matches your product color

5. Omar wants to start a kid business, but his idea requires a million dollars to build. Why is this a problem?

   1. Million-dollar ideas are the best kind
   2. Ideas that need resources you don't have aren't good starting points — you need to be able to actually make it
   3. He just needs to find investors first
   4. Money doesn't matter for starting a business

6. What does it mean to 'stress-test' a business idea?

   1. Make the idea as complicated as possible
   2. Ask hard questions to find where the idea might fail
   3. Test the idea only when you're stressed out
   4. Share it with friends so they can praise it

7. Which question is NOT one of the three key questions for testing a business idea?

   1. Does this solve a real problem?
   2. Would people pay for it?
   3. Can you actually make it?
   4. Will it go viral on social media?

8. If you ask AI to 'be a tough Shark Tank investor' on your idea, what is the best thing to do with its critical feedback?

   1. Ignore it because AI doesn't understand business
   2. Write down every weakness it finds and ask how to fix each one
   3. Only read the positive parts
   4. Give up on your idea immediately

9. An idea can be helpful but still NOT be a good business idea. When might that happen?

   1. When no one has ever heard of the problem
   2. When free options already exist and people won't pay for yours
   3. When the idea sounds complicated
   4. When you think of it too quickly

10. Why should you find out 'who else is already doing this' before starting a business?

    1. So you can copy them exactly
    2. To understand the competition and think about how you'd be different or better
    3. So you can ask them for permission
    4. Because copying is always the safest strategy

11. Thinking about 'what's the worst that could happen' before starting a business is useful because:

    1. It makes you too scared to try anything
    2. It helps you understand the real risk and decide if you're okay with it
    3. It guarantees you will fail
    4. It's required by law for all businesses

12. The goal of finding weaknesses in a business idea is to:

    1. Prove the idea is bad and give up
    2. Make the idea stronger by fixing weak spots early
    3. Impress investors with your honesty
    4. Make the presentation look longer

13. Lily's idea is totally original — nobody has ever done it before. Does that automatically make it a good business idea?

    1. Yes, original ideas are always the best
    2. Not necessarily — it still needs to solve a real problem people care about and that they'd pay for
    3. No, original ideas never work
    4. Yes, because being first guarantees success

14. Which word means thinking carefully and asking questions to judge whether something is true or good?

    1. Critical thinking
    2. Daydreaming
    3. Advertising
    4. Brainstorming

15. Why is it better to get honest negative feedback on your idea BEFORE investing time and money?

    1. Negative feedback makes ideas stronger automatically
    2. You can fix problems while the cost is still low — before you've committed real resources
    3. Feedback after launch is always more accurate
    4. It's actually better to get feedback after launching