office-hours

YC office hours for an idea, before anything is built. Two modes. Startup mode: six forcing questions that expose demand reality, status quo, desperate specificity, narrowest wedge, observation and future-fit. Builder mode: design-thinking brainstorm for side projects, hackathons, learning and open source. Ends with a design doc saved to the knowledge base. Use when asked to "brainstorm this", "I have an idea", "help me think through this", "office hours" or "is this worth building", and before plan-ceo-review or plan-eng-review.