PANDA Lab · Diagnostic 02
Founder Readiness. Eighteen questions. Five minutes.
The Idea Score asks if the idea is ready. This one asks if you are. Eighteen questions across grit, runway, time-budget, network, and learning velocity. We score from data on 4,237 founders — including the 38% who burned out in week six because they applied before the prerequisites were in place.
PANDA Founder Readiness · v2.4
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00 Start
01 Grit
02 Runway
03 Time
04 Network
05 Velocity
06 Verdict
Are you ready to run the program?
This diagnostic is brutal on purpose. The cost of accepting an unready founder isn't to PANDA — it's to the founder. Six wasted months and a bruised confidence.
01 · Grit (24%)Will you still be working on this in 14 months when it gets boring or hard?
02 · Runway (20%)Can you afford to give this 14 weeks of full attention without falling into debt?
03 · Time (20%)Do you actually have the hours — given school, work, family, and obligations?
04 · Network (18%)Do you have access to early users, advisors, and a co-founder if needed?
05 · Velocity (18%)How fast do you learn? Can you absorb new skills in days, not months?
The verdict.
Based on PANDA Founder Readiness v2.4. Calibrated against 4,237 founders — including 1,612 who dropped out before week 6.
Readiness Score
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Dimension breakdown
Your next move.
Calibration data + scoring math · PANDA Research Vol. 3 · CC BY 4.0