# Bandos

> Bandos is an AI-driven product discovery tool that takes founders from raw idea to validated product direction through structured ideation, customer validation, and data-driven iteration.

## Core Product

- [How It Works](https://bandos.ai/how-it-works): Six-step workshop flow from company context to validated storyboard, with anonymous voting and AI-generated options at every branch.
- [Product Ideation Tool](https://bandos.ai/product-ideation-tool): AI-powered branching map that starts from your existing idea, not a blank page. Your team votes anonymously, validates with real customers, and leaves with a storyboard.
- [Anonymous Voting Tool](https://bandos.ai/anonymous-voting-tool): Simultaneous anonymous voting for product teams. Results reveal only after everyone has committed, eliminating groupthink and the HiPPO effect.
- [Customer Validation](https://bandos.ai/customer-validation): Generate validation surveys from any point in your product map. Responses flow back and redirect your direction automatically.
- [Pricing](https://bandos.ai/pricing): Free plan with full solo ideation. Pro unlocks live team sessions, anonymous voting, unlimited projects, and storyboard exports.

## Use Cases

- [For Founders](https://bandos.ai/for-founders): Validate your idea before you hire anyone. Turn an existing concept into a validated product direction with real customer feedback in one session.
- [For Agencies](https://bandos.ai/for-agencies): Run evidence-backed client discovery workshops that end with a deliverable, not a deck. Storyboard generated automatically with built-in customer validation.
- [For Remote Teams](https://bandos.ai/for-remote-teams): Remote workshop tool where participants join via link, vote privately, and results reveal after everyone commits. No canvas, no bias.

## Comparisons

- [Bandos vs Miro](https://bandos.ai/vs/miro): Miro alternative with built-in process, anonymous voting, AI suggestions, validation surveys, and storyboard output instead of a blank canvas.
- [Bandos vs MURAL](https://bandos.ai/vs/mural): MURAL alternative without the learning curve. Facilitation process and customer validation built into the tool, no templates or certification needed.
- [Bandos vs FigJam](https://bandos.ai/vs/figjam): FigJam alternative for the step before design. Define your customer, validate with real users, and enter design with a validated direction.
- [Bandos vs ChatGPT](https://bandos.ai/vs/chatgpt): ChatGPT gives ideas. Bandos gives validated decisions with real customer feedback and team consensus.

## Resources

- [How to Run a Discovery Workshop](https://bandos.ai/how-to-run-a-discovery-workshop): Practical facilitation guide with a 90-minute agenda, copyable template, and how to handle the four hardest workshop moments.
- [Why Startups Build the Wrong Product](https://bandos.ai/why-startups-build-the-wrong-product): 35% of startups fail because they build something nobody needs. How problem-first thinking and Jobs-to-be-Done prevent this.
- [Why Brainstorming Sessions Fail](https://bandos.ai/why-brainstorming-sessions-fail): Research shows individuals generate more ideas than brainstorming groups. What actually works instead of sticky notes.
- [Validate Before You Build](https://bandos.ai/validate-before-you-build): Early validation costs days. Late validation costs months and millions. How to test assumptions before committing.
- [Problem Statement Template](https://bandos.ai/templates/problem-statement): Free four-field problem statement template with three worked examples and five common mistakes. Copy directly, no email required.
- [Opportunity Solution Tree Tool](https://bandos.ai/opportunity-solution-tree-tool): Run your OST as a live team session with AI-generated options at each node and anonymous voting to pick the branch.
- [Blog](https://bandos.ai/learn): Practical guides on discovery workshops, jobs-to-be-done, structured ideation, and product decisions.

## Company

- [Partner Program](https://bandos.ai/partners): Earn recurring commission by referring customers to Bandos.
- [Arian Garshi](https://bandos.ai/authors/arian-garshi): Senior consultant and founder of Bandos AI. Writes about AI-powered workflows, product development, and UX design.

## Optional

- [Full content for AI ingestion](https://bandos.ai/llms-full.txt)