Niche Scoring for B2B SaaS Template You Can Adapt This Week
Open a sheet. Six columns. Five rows. Adapt and run.
The Template
Columns:
- ICP
- Reachability (1-10)
- Pain Frequency (1-10)
- Existing Spend (1-10)
- Decision Speed (1-10)
- Differentiation (1-10)
- Crowding (1-10)
- Total
Rows: Five candidate ICPs at role-plus-segment specificity.
Scoring Anchors
- Reachability 9-10: warm path to 50+ buyers this month.
- Pain Frequency 9-10: weekly recurring pain.
- Existing Spend 9-10: already paying $1k+/month for adjacent tools.
- Decision Speed 9-10: single buyer, under 14 days.
- Differentiation 9-10: a buyer would describe your wedge in one sentence.
- Crowding 9-10: zero or one credible incumbent.
Use It
Highest sum wins. Move to interviews. Re-run quarterly.