About Fat Cat Venture
Fat Cat Venture helps aspiring founders compare business ideas before they spend months on the wrong one.
The site exists for people who need a grounded way to choose what to test first. Instead of treating every idea as equally attractive, it asks practical questions about skills, demand, startup cost, risk, geography and the first reachable customer.
A scorecard for idea overload
Business opportunity searches are full of long lists. Some are useful, many are vague, and most leave you with the same problem: you still need to decide which opportunity fits your life, budget and market.
Fat Cat Venture turns that decision into a scorecard. The goal is a shorter list of directions you can validate before you build, buy tools, hire people or commit serious time.
The founder lens
The site is run with Violetta Bonenkamp’s practical founder perspective. Violetta is a serial startup founder and entrepreneur, and her work across startup education, bootstrapping and validation shapes the way opportunities are evaluated here.
That means the site favors proof over hype. A business idea should survive customer conversations, cost checks, market reality and risk review before it earns more of your time.
What the site helps you compare
Skills and access
Whether an idea fits your current skills and the customers, partners or communities you can actually reach.
Demand
Whether there is visible demand before you build, buy tools or spend months polishing an offer.
Budget and time
Whether the first validation step fits your money, tools and weekly attention.
Market fit
Whether the idea fits your country, language, culture, buyer behavior and local rules.
Risk
Whether the legal, financial, operational or reputation risks are acceptable enough to test.
First customer path
Whether you can name a first buyer or user and speak with them before making a larger commitment.
What this site avoids
Fat Cat Venture does not promise easy money, guaranteed revenue or one universal “best” business for everyone. The scorecard and guides are informational, and they do not replace legal, tax, financial or investment advice from a qualified professional.
No passive-income promises
Business models are treated as things to validate, not as guaranteed outcomes.
No copied idea lists
The focus is on selection criteria, constraints and proof, not another generic list of attractive categories.
No advice substitution
Local rules, taxes, investment questions and regulated work still need qualified review where relevant.
Start with the scorecard
If you are comparing several ideas, begin with the Business Opportunity Fit Scorecard.