Business Idea Validator Streamlit App

A professional Streamlit application that provides a user-friendly interface for validating business ideas. This app analyzes online discussions to identify pain points, excitement signals, and competitors related to your business idea.

Features

• Input your business idea and get it validated
• Visualize validation scores with interactive charts
• View detailed analysis of pain points, excitement signals, and competitors
• Get professional executive summary with recommendations
• Download reports in JSON format

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Dependencies listed in requirements.txt

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

1. Run the Streamlit app:

streamlit run business_validator_ui.py

2. Open your web browser and navigate to the URL displayed in the terminal (typically http://localhost:8501)

3. Enter your business idea in the text area and click "Validate Business Idea"

4. Wait for the validation process to complete

5. Review the results and download reports if needed

How It Works

The Business Idea Validator:

1. Takes your business idea as input
2. Generates relevant keywords
3. Searches online platforms (Reddit, ProductHunt) for discussions related to these keywords
4. Analyzes the content using AI to extract:
   • Pain points
   • Excitement signals
   • Competitors
   • Notable quotes
   • Red flags
5. Calculates scores based on the findings
6. Generates an executive summary with recommendations

Configuration

The app uses the following configuration from test_enhanced.py:

• API keys for ScraperAPI and OpenAI
• Scoring weights for different factors
• Validation thresholds
• Number of pages to fetch per site
• Number of keywords to generate

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.