# 12 Business Viability Hypotheses # # Each hypothesis MUST reach verdict by Week 12: SUPPORTED, FALSIFIED, or AMBIGUOUS. # Edited only after customer interactions — never from founder intuition alone. # # Rule: an interview log in docs/customer_learnings/interviews/ must be cited # as evidence for every status change. version: 1 kit: "DEALIX_BUSINESS_VIABILITY_KIT.md v1.0.0" window_weeks: [4, 12] hypotheses: - id: H1 claim: "The commitment-tracking problem is real and painful for 200–2000-employee KSA firms" falsification_trigger: "10 CFO/COO interviews answer 'can't remember' or take >60s to cite an example" status: UNTESTED # UNTESTED | SUPPORTED | FALSIFIED | AMBIGUOUS evidence_interviews: [] # e.g. ["acme_20260422.md"] confidence: null # null | low | medium | high last_update: null - id: H2 claim: "Pain clears the $10K/yr willingness-to-pay threshold" falsification_trigger: "Unprompted annual-value answers cluster below $10K across interviews" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H3 claim: "Decision maker is reachable within 3 meetings of first call" falsification_trigger: "'Procurement committee + 6 months' is the dominant answer" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H4 claim: "Clear trigger event (board pressure, audit fail, reg change) drives purchase" falsification_trigger: "No identifiable triggers across 10 interviews" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H5 claim: "Buyer owns ≥ $50K/yr budget for ContOps / RevOps / Governance tech" falsification_trigger: "No comparable tool purchase in last 12 months" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H6 claim: "Saudi enterprises genuinely prefer Arabic-first over translated English SaaS" falsification_trigger: "'We stayed on the English interface' is the pattern" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H7 claim: "PDPL + ZATCA depth is a stated RFP criterion, not a late-added checkbox" falsification_trigger: "'Compliance added at end' is typical" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H8 claim: "Serious customers accept paid pilot (50% of Business tier upfront)" falsification_trigger: "'We pay only after value proven' pattern blocks close" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H9 claim: "Successful pilot customers will be public references (logo, testimonial, case)" falsification_trigger: "Refusal in pilot negotiations across 3+ candidates" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H10 claim: "Land-and-expand viable: after one workflow wins, customers want more" falsification_trigger: "Month-3 review: 'no other workflows' dominant" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H11 claim: "Quantified customer value ≥ 10× price" falsification_trigger: "Ratio under 10× in 3+ pilots once measured" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null - id: H12 claim: "Organic referrals emerge within 6 months of first successful pilot" falsification_trigger: "Zero unprompted referrals after 3 successful wins + 6 months" status: UNTESTED evidence_interviews: [] confidence: null last_update: null # Weekly rollup (auto-filled by founder Friday review) rollup: total: 12 supported: 0 falsified: 0 ambiguous: 0 untested: 12 notes: "Kit issued Week 4. No interactions logged yet."