Idea Filters Without Overengineering (AI SaaS)

Most AI founders kill filtering by overengineering it.

Skip These

• Model benchmark spreadsheets across 12 candidates.
• Eval frameworks before any user.
• Multi-tab Notion strategy docs.
• Tech-spike documents for unproven ideas.

Keep These

• Five binary questions.
• One non-technical reviewer.
• One landing page.
• Five paid-pilot conversations.

Why Simple Wins

The filter is a distribution test, not a model test. Treat it that way.