Ship Your Side Project - Idea Scoring Tool

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1		How to use this spreadsheet:
2		1) Make a copy of this spreadsheet to your Google Drive
3		2) Input your various side project ideas
4		3) Score your ideas based on the questions listed
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6				<<project #1>>	<<project #2>>	<<project #3>>	Example 1: Ship Your Side Project	Example 2: Record Breaking Podcast	Example 3: Creative Habit
7	Category	Question	Scoring				A 6 week side project accelerator for tech and creative professionals	A podcast that interviews people who break records	A daily illustration and animation series
8	The Draw	Does it sound fun?	YES: 3 points NO: -1 point				3	3	3
9	The Draw	Would this thing be interesting or useful to other people?	YES: 1 point NO: 0 points				1	1	1
10	The Draw	Is this something new for you? Have you done something like this before?	YES: 1 point NO: 0 points				1	0	1
11	The Challenge	How scary does it feel?	VERY: 1 point A LITTLE: 2 points NOT AT ALL: 0 points				1	0	0
12	The Challenge	In terms of the skills necessary for you to execute on this project - what percentage of them do you have?	100%: 1 point 75%: 2 points <50%: 0 points				2	1	1
13	The Challenge	Do you have easy access to the resources to execute on this project? (Equipment, finances, etd)	YES: 1 point NO: -1 points				1	1	1
14	The Challenge	A year from now, will you be proud to have done this?	VERY: 2 points A LITTLE: 1 point NOT AT ALL: -1 points				2	1	2
15	The Milestone	Can you envision a clear and concrete milestone for this project?	YES: 2 points NO: -1 points				3	3	2
16	The Milestone	How much time would you estimate it taking to reach a meaningful concrete milestone with this project?	2-4 WEEKS: 2 points 4-6 WEEKS: 1 points 6-8 WEEKS: 0 point 8+ WEEKS: -1 points				-1	-1	1
17	Risk Factors	Is this something that MUST be a success? (ie: your family, your job, or your livelihood is depending on it?)	YES: -5 points NO: 0 points				0	0	0
18	Risk Factors	Do you have a major trip or crunch time at work coming up?	YES: -5 points NO: 0 points				0	0	0
19	Risk Factors	Did you find out that someone else is doing your idea?	YES: 0 points NO: 0 points				0	0	0
20	Total			0	0	0	13	9	12
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