Startup Pain Points Survey Template: Frequency & Severity

Use this survey template to rank founder challenges by frequency, severity, and budget to fix. Prioritize product roadmaps and funding decisions fast.

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Welcome! This brief survey asks about common startup challenges. It should take about 5–7 minutes. Your responses are confidential and will be analyzed in aggregate only.

Matrix

In the past 30 days, how often did you experience each challenge?

Rows	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often
Finding and qualifying leads	•	•	•	•	•
Manual data entry or repetitive workflows	•	•	•	•	•
Tracking tasks and deadlines across tools	•	•	•	•	•
Integrating apps that don’t work well together	•	•	•	•	•
Getting trustworthy analytics/insights	•	•	•	•	•
Invoicing and cash flow tracking	•	•	•	•	•

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When these occurred in the past 30 days, how severe was the impact?

Rows	Not at all severe	Slightly severe	Moderately severe	Very severe	Extremely severe
Finding and qualifying leads	•	•	•	•	•
Manual data entry or repetitive workflows	•	•	•	•	•
Tracking tasks and deadlines across tools	•	•	•	•	•
Integrating apps that don’t work well together	•	•	•	•	•
Getting trustworthy analytics/insights	•	•	•	•	•
Invoicing and cash flow tracking	•	•	•	•	•

Constant Sum

Imagine you have a $100/month budget to reduce or eliminate these challenges. Allocate the $100 across the items below based on what you’d pay for reliable relief (must sum to $100).

Total must equal 100

Min per option: 0Whole numbers only

Multiple Choice

Attention check: To confirm you’re paying attention, please select “Often” below.

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very often

Multiple Choice

Which ONE challenge would you most like to eliminate right now?

Finding and qualifying leads
Manual data entry or repetitive workflows
Tracking tasks and deadlines across tools
Integrating apps that don’t work well together
Getting trustworthy analytics/insights
Invoicing and cash flow tracking

Long Text

Briefly describe a recent instance of your top challenge (what happened, impact, and what you tried).

Max 600 chars

Multiple Choice

Have you paid for a product or service to address this top challenge in the last 6 months?

Numeric

About how much do you currently pay per month for solutions to this top challenge? (USD; enter 0 if none)

Accepts a numeric value

Whole numbers only

Q10

Numeric

What is the maximum monthly amount you’d realistically pay for a reliable solution to your top challenge? (USD)

Accepts a numeric value

Whole numbers only

Q11

Multiple Choice

What is your current role?

Founder/Co-founder
Solo entrepreneur
Executive (CXO/VP)
Product/Operations
Sales/Marketing
Other
Prefer not to say

Q12

Multiple Choice

How many people work at your company (including you)?

Just me
2–10
11–50
51–200
201–500
501+
Prefer not to say

Q13

Multiple Choice

What industry best describes your business?

Software/SaaS
E-commerce
Professional services
Fintech
Health
Education
Manufacturing
Other
Prefer not to say

Q14

Multiple Choice

Where are you primarily based?

United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Europe (non-UK)
India
Australia/New Zealand
Latin America
Middle East/Africa
Other
Prefer not to say

Q15

Multiple Choice

What stage best describes your business?

Pre-revenue
Revenue < $10K/month
$10K–$50K/month
$50K–$250K/month
$250K+/month
Prefer not to say

Q16

Long Text

Anything else we should know about your challenges or desired solutions?

Max 600 chars

Q17

AI Interview

AI Interview: 2 Follow-up Questions on Your Startup Challenges

AI InterviewLength: 2Personality: [Object Object]Mode: Fast

Q18

Chat Message

Thanks for your time—your input is invaluable!

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