Startup Ready Overview, Features & Pricing (2026)
Startup Ready is an AI-powered assessment platform that scores early-stage startups across six foundational pillars: Founder, Problem, Market, Business Model, Go-to-Market, and Financial.
Just in about 20 minutes, founders get a structured readiness score that identifies exactly where their startup is strong and where the structural gaps are, before those gaps become expensive mistakes.
Startup Ready was built by Dr. Shaun Digan, PhD in Entrepreneurship and author of Persuade (Wiley, 2021), with 15 years of experience advising early-stage founders.
Features
The platform is also used by accelerators, innovation hubs, and university entrepreneurship programs that want a structured, repeatable way to evaluate and develop their cohorts:
- 6-Pillar Startup Analysis:Evaluates founder readiness, problem clarity, market fit, business model, go-to-market strategy, and financial understanding.
- Overall Readiness Score (0–150): A single score summarizing how prepared your startup is to move forward.
- Detailed Diagnostic Breakdown: Individual scoring for each pillar to identify strengths and weaknesses.
- Clarity Gap Insights: Highlights what assumptions are unclear or untested.
- Actionable Recommendations: Suggests what to improve next based on gaps, not guesswork.
- Progress Tracking: Users can retake the assessment to measure improvement over time.
- Fast Assessment (15–20 minutes): Lightweight questionnaire designed for early-stage founders.
Pricing
For up-to-date pricing information, premium plans, and usage limits, please check out the Startup Readiness Score website directly.
