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Weighted Decision Matrix Templates

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This is the simple artifact your answer describes: list the three or four criteria you both care about, weight them, and score each idea. Filling it in together forces you to agree on what matters before you argue about which idea wins. It also exposes when a founder is overweighting one pet factor, which is a useful conversation to have out loud.

  • List and weight the criteria you both actually care about
  • Score each idea against the same weighted criteria
  • Doing it together surfaces hidden differences in priorities
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The question it answers

  1. My co-founder and I keep debating two ideas and cannot agree, how do we decide?

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