Welcome to ThesisForge. Start here to understand the community, the DecisionIQ Framework, and how to get the most value from your membership. This course walks you through the ThesisForge mission, community guidelines, member roadmap, and the process for bringing your first business decision to the Validation Board. Complete this course first before moving into the framework, decision-specific courses, evidence resources, and live peer review sessions.

Learn the DecisionIQ Framework™, the operating system behind every decision made inside ThesisForge. This course teaches a repeatable process for moving from uncertainty to action by defining the idea, identifying assumptions, gathering evidence, evaluating findings, generating insights, and making informed choices. Complete the framework before working through decision-specific courses or presenting a decision to the Validation Board.

Learn how to evaluate new business opportunities before committing significant time, money, or resources. This course applies the DecisionIQ Framework™ to new business ideas, helping you assess the problem, customer, market, competition, demand, pricing, and founder fit before moving forward. By the end of the course, you will have a structured evidence-based recommendation to Go, No-Go, Revise, Test Further, or Delay your business idea.

Purpose: Apply DecisionIQ to existing businesses. Examples: Pricing Offers Audience Expansion Hiring Partnerships Strategic Pivots

Purpose: How to gather evidence. Topics: Interviews Surveys Competitive Intelligence Secondary Research Social Listening Search Demand Analysis AI-Assisted Research

Purpose: Where to find evidence. Categories: Customer Evidence Market Evidence Competitive Evidence Demand Evidence Social Evidence Industry Evidence AI-Assisted Evidence Gathering Evidence Quality Assessment

Purpose: Implementation. Includes: Decision Briefs Assumption Maps Evidence Plans Interview Guides Survey Templates Competitive Intelligence Templates Evidence Synthesis Worksheets AI Prompts

Purpose: Live application. Includes: Upcoming Sessions Submission Process Recordings Best Reviews Member Examples

Purpose: Institutional knowledge. Organized by: Business Ideas Pricing Decisions Offer Decisions Audience Decisions Marketing Decisions Hiring Decisions Pivot Decisions Each case contains: Decision Assumptions Evidence Insight Outcome Lessons Learned