What Would Simon Cowell Do?
The honest note you have been avoiding, delivered in ten seconds.
Free for your first 3 questions. No account needed.
Simon Cowell's public value is his refusal to soften a verdict. Behind the television bluntness sits a genuinely commercial ear: decades of judging whether something is merely competent or actually sellable, and being willing to say which out loud while everyone else applauds politely.
That makes this persona a good stress test rather than a coach. Bring the thing you suspect is not working and get told, in the first sentence, whether it is forgettable — plus what specifically would have to change for it to be worth anyone's money.
How Simon Cowell is known to think
Forgettable is the real failure
Bad gets fixed. Fine gets ignored — and fine is the more common problem.
Would anyone pay for this?
Enthusiasm from friends is not evidence. Commercial appetite is.
First ten seconds decide it
If the opening doesn't grab, nothing after it gets heard.
Honesty is the kindness
Being told the truth early is cheaper than discovering it after two years.
Good situations to ask about
- →An idea everyone politely says is 'interesting'
- →A demo, showreel or pitch that isn't landing
- →Deciding whether to keep going or stop
Questions you can paste straight in
- “Here's my business idea. Be brutal — is it any good?”
- “Watch this pitch script. What would make you switch off?”
- “Should I keep going with this project or kill it?”
Parody, not the real Simon Cowell
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