Idea Validation Tools
I design AI co-pilots, toolkits, and micro-products for founders, side-hustlers, and solo operators, helping you go from idea to launch without the guesswork.
Design Your Venture Toolkit
A comprehensive idea validation and execution toolkit that helps you go from concept to launch, without wasting months building the wrong thing.
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Engine 2 Explorer
A guided AI tool and canvas for founders, venture studios, and corporate innovators to design their new bets. Capture your current business, pinpoint its limits, and explore scalable second engines, whether acquisitions, new products, or ecosystem extensions, that build on your strengths without cannibalising your core.
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Idea Pressure Test
A quick, practical checklist of 15 questions to help you test your idea before you waste time, energy, or money building the wrong thing.
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Venture Architecture Canvas
A simple, practical one-page strategy tool to map your venture’s core components, from value prop to growth engine and pressure-test your direction.
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Collabo Architect GPT
An AI venture design assistant that helps you strengthen your idea, uncover adjacent opportunities, and create a clearer execution plan.
(Best used alongside the Venture Architecture Canvas to guide your thinking and generate sharper outputs.)
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Built from Real-World Use
These tools aren’t theoretical; they’re built from the trenches.
They helped take REVAMP from an idea to the UK’s leading wig aftercare brand, and continue to power internal products like Vitals, our AI venture coach and business intelligence tool that tracks key metrics and drives smarter decisions.
If you’re trying to go from zero to one (or one to ten), you’re in the right place.
"I’m Dan, a founder and venture architect.
Collabo is my personal innovation lab and holdco, where I experiment with new ideas, build tools, and share what actually works across real ventures. Everything I create here starts inside real ventures I’m building, then gets refined, packaged, and made useful for other founders trying to go from idea to launch.
Occasionally, I support early-stage teams as a fractional venture architect, helping shape ideas, validate markets, or break through execution blocks.
If you're building something exciting or explore new growth engines, get in touch"