Prepare one side project for a real viability score.
Use this when a side project still has promise but the next work block needs a reason. Sort demand, competition, fit, and the signal that would change your mind.
Decision ledger
Write the evidence before the score
Demand trail
Searches, complaints, alternatives, replies, or signups that point to the same pain.
Reachable supply
Current results that leave room for a smaller audience, workflow, or price point.
Founder fit
A first useful version that fits your real weekly time, not your ideal schedule.
Write the possible decision before you score it
A score is useful only if it changes a move. Name the move first: continue, narrow, pause, or stop.
Continue
Specific searches, visible alternatives, and one next test that can change the plan.
Narrow
The pain is real, but the first version needs a smaller audience, channel, workflow, or promise.
Pause
The idea may be valid, but the next useful milestone does not fit your current week.
Stop
The same weak signal repeats after a fair check: vague demand, unreachable users, or no clear paid workflow.
Viability needs a stop condition
Founders regularly ask whether to quit, pause, sell, or keep going. Keep that decision tied to demand, reachable competition, execution fit, and a signal that can change the next work block.