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First-Time Founders Cannot Distinguish Valuable Ideas From Noise

Aspiring entrepreneurs evaluating product ideas have no systematic framework for distinguishing real market demand from speculation, leading to repeated self-rejection or building toward markets without buyers. The information asymmetry between founders and the market creates a high barrier to starting, independent of execution capability.

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