# Validate startup ideas and generate business plans from Telegram: n8n workflow

> Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Docs, Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and Perplexity.

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

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# Validate startup ideas and generate business plans from Telegram

Started by an incoming Telegram message, and works across Google Docs, Google Sheets and Telegram. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI and Perplexity. 26 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI, Perplexity

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fvalidate-startup-ideas-and-generate-business-plans-from-tele)

**26 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 11 Logic 5 Service 9

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

- 1 **Telegram Trigger** Telegram trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **GPT-4o mini - Extract** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Idea Schema** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **GPT-4o - Analysis** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **Analysis Schema** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 6 **GPT-4o mini - Validation** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **Demand Schema** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 8 **GPT-4o - Business Plan** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 9 **Configuration** Set *Logic*
- 10 **Extract & Score Idea** Chain Llm *Model*
- 11 **Structure & Score** Chain Llm *Model*
- 12 **Validate Demand** Chain Llm *Model*
- 13 **Generate Business Plan** Chain Llm *Model*
- 14 **Idea Viable?** If *Logic*
- 15 **Compute Composite Score** Set *Logic*
- 16 **Create Google Doc** Google Docs *Service*
- 17 **Ask To Generate Plan** Telegram *Service*
- 18 **Send Low-Score Feedback** Telegram *Service*
- 19 **Insert Plan Into Doc** Google Docs *Service*
- 20 **Approved?** If *Logic*
- 21 **Prepare Sheet Row** Set *Logic*
- 22 **Research Market** Perplexity *Service*
- 23 **Send Declined Message** Telegram *Service*
- 24 **Log To Google Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 25 **Research Competitors** Perplexity *Service*
- 26 **Send Plan Link** Telegram *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An incoming Telegram message
- **Steps:** 26, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Docs, Google Sheets, Telegram
- **Model:** OpenAI, Perplexity

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an incoming Telegram message.

Does it use AI?

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

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 26 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 26 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%2Fvalidate-startup-ideas-and-generate-business-plans-from-tele)
- **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)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Telegram#library)

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