Exporting your work

Exporting your work

The evidence you collect in idea_builder is yours, and it should be easy to take anywhere: into a pitch, a board meeting, a spreadsheet, or an investor’s inbox. This page covers the export options available across the platform.

PDF exports

When you need a clean, shareable document, export to PDF:

• Research reports — download the results of a research run or a synthesized report as a PDF, formatted and ready to read or forward.
• Canvases — business model canvas, value proposition canvas, and lean canvas export as polished PDFs, so a canvas you built in the platform becomes a document you can present.

PDF exports are rendered to look like finished documents — no raw data dumps, no broken layouts.

PowerPoint (PPTX) exports

When the deliverable is a presentation, export to PowerPoint:

• Canvases — your business model canvas, value proposition canvas, and lean canvas become PPTX slides you can drop into any deck.
• Pitch decks — generate a pitch deck from your idea’s data (AI outline included) and export it as a native PowerPoint file, editable in any presentation tool.

These are real editable slide files, not images — adjust them in PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides after export.

Google Sheets sync & export

For working with your data in spreadsheet form, the platform connects to Google Sheets:

• Sync — push your data (for example, research results or survey data) into a Google Sheets workbook, laid out across tabs so it’s organized, not a single dump. Re-sync to keep the sheet current as new data arrives.
• Export — download the same structured data as a spreadsheet file you can open in any tool, even without a connection configured.

See the Integrations overview for setting up the Sheets connection.

CSV exports

The universal format for raw data — CSV exports are available wherever you collect or produce structured data:

• Survey responses — export the full response data from any survey, including open-ended answers, ready for your own analysis in a spreadsheet or data tool.
• Research results — export the raw results of research runs so you can combine them with other sources.

CSV exports are exact — what you see in the app is what you get in the file.

Which export should I use?

Goal	Use
Present the market research to someone	PDF research report
Put a canvas on a slide	PPTX canvas export
Build a pitch deck to edit	PPTX pitch deck export
Analyze your data in a spreadsheet	Google Sheets sync or CSV
Give raw responses to a data analyst	CSV survey export
Keep a living dashboard in Sheets	Google Sheets sync

Exporting for your decision

The strongest reason to export is the moment covered in the go/no-go decision: when you commit to a path, export the evidence that got you there. A go decision backed by a PDF research report, a fake-door metrics summary, and a canvas deck is a decision your team — and your future self — can understand and stand behind.

Most exports are one click from the relevant page. If a specific export option isn’t available for the data you’re looking at, check whether a connection is required — some exports (like Sheets sync) need a connection first; others are always available.