{
  "slug": "diagnose-before-you-build",
  "title": "Diagnose before you build",
  "summary": "Most early founders do not need more features. They need to know exactly what is stuck.",
  "date": "2026-10-09",
  "tags": [
    "Startups",
    "Product"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Early founders usually build more when they feel stuck. More often the problem is upstream: the wrong customer, an unclear offer, a leak in the funnel. Building faster just makes the wrong thing bigger.",
    "That is the idea behind BuildYour.Company. A free voice call produces a diagnosis: the biggest blocker, the chain of causes behind it, a clarity score out of 100 and a map of where growth leaks. The paid Startup Map turns it into a 30-day, day-by-day plan.",
    "One decision I like: finishing 80 percent of month one drops the price of month two. It rewards doing the work, not signing up."
  ],
  "url": "https://www.thekush.codes/notes/diagnose-before-you-build",
  "fullPost": "https://www.thekush.codes/blog/startup-map-30-day-plan",
  "author": {
    "name": "Kush Ahuja",
    "url": "https://www.thekush.codes"
  }
}