PANDA Lab · Diagnostic 01

Idea Score. Twenty questions. Six minutes.

Twenty questions across the seven dimensions that predict accelerator success. You get a 0–100 score, a percentile rank against 14,231 prior submissions, and a one-page diagnostic with the one weakness to fix first. Free, private, no login — your answers never leave this page.

PANDA Idea Score · Methodology v3.1 Live · Browser-only · No data sent
00 Start
01 Pain
02 Pull
03 Pace
04 Moat
05 Margin
06 Market
07 Mission
08 Score

Score the idea, not the deck.

Answer honestly. The score is calibrated against 4,237 real cohort outcomes from Y Combinator, Techstars, 500 Global, Antler, and PANDA. Inflated answers produce useless results.

You'll be scored across seven dimensions. Each carries a different weight in the final score, calibrated by logistic regression against accelerator outcome data.

01 · Pain (16%)How acute is the user's problem — and how often does it occur?
02 · Pull (18%)Evidence of demand. Did you find users, or did they find you?
03 · Pace (12%)How fast can you ship and learn vs. how fast the market moves?
04 · Moat (14%)What stops a smart competitor from copying you in six months?
05 · Margin (10%)Unit economics. Will the math work at scale?
06 · Market (16%)Category timing. Is this market growing, shrinking, or flat?
07 · Mission (14%)Why-you fit. Is this the right idea for the right founder?
~ 6 min · 20 questions · Free

Your Idea Score.

Based on the PANDA methodology v3.1. Calibrated against 4,237 cohort outcomes and 14,231 prior submissions.

PANDA Idea Score
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Percentile rank: --

Across the seven dimensions

Dimension
Score
/100

Diagnostic — fix this first.

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The scoring math + dimension definitions are documented in PANDA Research Vol. 2 · CC BY 4.0