Your advisors are
too polite to save it.
Friends, mentors, and most advisors want to encourage you — so they soften the one thing that matters. BadMars has no relationship to protect: a Panel of hostile specialists names the failure modes your network won't, anchored to your own words and ranked, in about ten minutes. Not a replacement for a great advisor — a way to walk into that conversation already knowing your worst problem.
1 free Mission a month · no card · verdict in ten
| A friendly advisor | BadMars | |
|---|---|---|
| Motive | Keep the relationship intact | None — no relationship to protect |
| Availability | Their calendar, a coffee away | Ten minutes, any hour |
| Coverage | One person's lens | Up to thirteen specialist lenses |
| Anchored and ranked | Rarely; a conversation, not a record | Always — quoted, ranked, filed |
| Cost | A favor owed, or a consultant's fee | Free to start · €39 a full report |
| Best for | Judgment, networks, encouragement | The unvarnished first read |
A great advisor still wins at
Judgment calls, warm introductions, reading a room, and the encouragement that keeps you going. A tool does not replace a person who has done it before and is in your corner.
BadMars wins at
The brutal first pass no one who likes you will give. Run it before you spend an advisor's time, and arrive with your weakest point already found — so their scarce judgment goes to the hard call, not to spotting the obvious hole.
Why not just ask people I trust?
You should — but the people who like you are the least able to be blunt, and the ones qualified to be blunt are the busiest. BadMars fills the gap: an honest read with no social cost, any time, so the human conversations start from a sharper place.
Does it replace a consultant?
No. A consultant brings judgment and accountability a tool cannot. BadMars is the cheap, fast, adversarial first pass — often it finds the same holes a consultant would open with, for €39 instead of a retainer.
What does it cost?
A free Flyby reads the essentials once a month. A Landing is €39 one-time for the full Panel, with a complete report, PDF, and a 48-hour full-refund guarantee.