I’m realizing “startup readiness” means something completely different to every founder

I’ve been building a startup assessment platform (www.startupreadinessscore.com) focused on market clarity, GTM readiness, business model risk, and execution gaps.

The biggest challenge hasn’t been the product. It’s positioning.

When people hear:

• startup assessment
• startup readiness
• validation tool
• startup score

…they all interpret it differently.

Some think investor readiness.

Some think idea validation.

Some think founder psychology.

Some think business planning software.

Curious:

What would you EXPECT a “startup readiness score” to actually tell you?

And what would make something like this feel credible instead of gimmicky?