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The Operating System for the Founder Economy

Stop guessing. Start testing—
your business idea in 90 days

Know what to build first, what to skip, and when to change direction.

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Built on Lean Canvas — the #1 business modeling tool used by over 1 million founders.

Sound familiar?

“I have an idea but no clue what to do first.”

“ChatGPT gives generic advice. I need someone who knows MY business.”

“Every session I start over. There’s no continuity.”

LEANSpark picks up where generic AI drops off

It remembers your business model, follows a proven methodology, and gives you specific next steps—not generic advice.

How it works

01

Get unstuck in 2 minutes

Not sure what to do next? Ask LEANSpark. It draws on 10+ years of startup coaching and proven playbooks like Running Lean to give you a specific answer—not a generic pep talk.

  • Specific to your business - Answers grounded in your actual model, not generic advice
  • Right tool, right time - Recommends the exact framework for your current stage
  • No jargon required - Explains everything in plain language as you go
  • Learn by doing - Real exercises, not lectures or blog posts
02

Find the weak spots before you build

Your business model gets scored across 7 dimensions. LEANSpark finds the gaps, suggests fixes, and helps you prioritize what to test first.

Without 2 months guessing what to build
vs
With LEANSpark 2 hours of systematic stress-testing

Scored 0–10 across Clarity, Desirability, Viability, Feasibility, Defensibility, Timing, and Mission.

03

Run experiments, not guesses

A structured 90-day cycle: pick your riskiest assumption, design an experiment, run it, and decide what to do next—all guided step by step.

P Plan Identify riskiest assumption, design experiment
→
D Do Run the experiment, gather evidence
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C Check Analyze results against success criteria
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A Act Persevere, Pivot, or Pause
→

6 sprints in 90 days. Each cycle sharpens your model or gives you a clear signal to change course.

What founders use LEANSpark for

Import a Lean Canvas from Your Landing Page ▶

Import a Lean Canvas from Your Landing Page

Point LEANSpark to your landing page and get a complete Lean Canvas in seconds.
Stress-Test Your Lean Canvas ▶

Stress-Test Your Lean Canvas

Get a 7-dimension score of your business model with specific fixes prioritized.
Design Problem Interviews ▶

Design Problem Interviews

Writing good interview questions is hard. Most founders either lead the witness or ask questions so broad they learn nothing. The result: false validation that wastes weeks.
Analyze Customer Interviews ▶

Analyze Customer Interviews

Paste your interview transcripts and LEANSpark extracts key insights, patterns, and next steps — so nothing gets lost between conversations.
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For organizations

Not just for solo founders.
LEANSpark scales to whole cohorts.

Schools, accelerators, and innovation programs run their entire cohort on the same methodology — with a dashboard to coach every founder, not just the loudest few.

Schools & universities

The cost of a textbook, the depth of a co-founder — every student gets a 24/7 AI co-founder trained on Ash Maurya's frameworks.

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Accelerators & incubators

Coach every founder, not just the loudest twenty percent — screen applicants, run validation sprints, and see cohort progress in one dashboard.

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From the founders

Validated before a line of code shipped.

LEANspark has been incredibly valuable for validating ideas, refining business models, and creating clarity fast. I’ve even referred clients to it.

Before LEANspark, I was trying to shape the offer, positioning, and validation process mostly from instinct. LEANspark helped me pressure-test the model, tighten the messaging, and identify what actually mattered right now versus what could wait. It gave me a clearer way to think through my niche, offer ladder, outreach, traction milestones, and weak points like defensibility and feasibility. It’s been especially useful because it doesn’t just give ideas, it helps surface the gaps in the business model so I can make better decisions faster. I’ve even referred clients to it because it’s valuable for getting early-stage ideas organized and stress-tested in a much more structured way.

Howard Tibbs Founder, Tibbs Digital
It showed me my real customers and how to identify my early adopters what was a game changer for me

For me leanspark was the light at the end of the tunnel . For years, I was just studying frameworks, lost on where to start or what to focus on. But leanspark gave me a crystal-clear vision of the priorities I needed to tackle step by step.

Walid Akli
Helps to focus the business model development.

This application evaluates and challenges ideas and strategies for business model development.

sean Founder

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Common questions

What if I just have a rough idea, not a full business plan?

That’s exactly when to start. LEANSpark walks you through filling out a Lean Canvas from scratch. You don’t need a business plan, a pitch deck, or any prior framework knowledge. Just your idea.

Do I need to know Lean Canvas or any framework first?

No. LEANSpark teaches you as you go. It explains each concept in plain language, applied directly to your business—not as abstract theory.

What kind of businesses does this work for?

Any early-stage idea. SaaS, physical products, services, marketplaces, creator businesses—if you need to figure out whether people will pay for it, LEANSpark helps you test that systematically.

Join 1M+ founders who use Lean Canvas to validate their ideas. LEANSpark puts that methodology on autopilot.

— Built by Ash Maurya, creator of Lean Canvas

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