# Generate startup ideas & business plans with OpenAI: n8n workflow

> Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to Claude and OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-startup-ideas-and-business-plans-with-openai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Strategy and planning](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Strategy+and+planning#library)

# Generate startup ideas & business plans with OpenAI

Started by someone opening a chat with it, and works across Google Docs. It hands the judgement calls to Claude and OpenAI. 6 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small Calls a model: Claude, OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-startup-ideas-and-business-plans-with-openai)

**6 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 3 Service 2

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When chat message received** Chat trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Anthropic Chat Model** Lm Chat Anthropic *Model*
- 3 **Executive Summary** Google Docs *Service*
- 4 **Perplexity Sonar Deep Research** Perplexity Tool *Service*
- 5 **Research Scope Definer Agent** Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Claude Business Case Writer** Chain Llm *Model*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone opening a chat with it
- **Steps:** 6
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Google Docs
- **Model:** Claude, OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Docs account, and a key for Claude and OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on someone opening a chat with it.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Claude and OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 6 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 6 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fgenerate-startup-ideas-and-business-plans-with-openai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Docs#library)

## Workflows like it

Also strategy and planning, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Market research & business case generator with OpenAI** 6 steps · calls a model · Google Docs](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/market-research-and-business-case-generator-with-openai)
- [**Generate AI-powered competitor analysis reports with Apify** 7 steps · calls a model · Google Docs, Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/generate-ai-powered-competitor-analysis-reports-with-apify)
- [**Validate startup ideas and generate business plans from Telegram** 26 steps · calls a model · Google Docs, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/validate-startup-ideas-and-generate-business-plans-from-tele)