Write the strategy memo, not the deck
Turn this into a strategy memo people can argue with: {{paste rough thinking, notes, or deck outline}}. Structure: 1. SITUATION — what's true now, with numbers, including the unco…
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Business & Strategy prompts
Practical business & strategy prompts tested with useful AI apps.
Pressure-test a strategy against reality
Here's our strategy: {{paste}}. Context: {{stage, team size, runway, market}}. Assess it as a skeptical board member: 1. Is this a strategy or a list of goals? Name the actual cho…
Price a product from value, not from cost
Help me price {{product}} for {{customer}}. Current: {{price and model, or none}}. Costs: {{unit cost}}. Competitors: {{names and prices}}. 1. Quantify the value: what does the cu…
Partnership evaluation without the excitement
We're considering a partnership with {{partner}}: {{describe proposed structure}}. Our situation: {{stage, priorities}}. Evaluate coldly: 1. What does each side actually get, quan…
Build the annual budget from drivers
Build a {{year}} operating plan for {{company}}. Current: {{revenue, growth rate, headcount, cash, burn, margins}}. Plans: {{hiring, launches, pricing changes}}. 1. Model revenue …
Investor update that builds trust in bad months
Write our monthly investor update. Data: {{revenue, growth, cash, runway, headcount, key metrics, what shipped, what went wrong, asks}}. Format: 1. TL;DR — three lines: the number…
Hiring scorecard before the job post
I'm hiring a {{role}} at {{company stage}}. What I think I need: {{describe}}. Build the scorecard first: 1. MISSION — what this person is accountable for, in one sentence. 2. OUT…
Turn a rough idea into a testable business case
Idea: {{describe}}. I believe {{who}} will pay for it because {{why}}. 1. Restate the idea as a falsifiable business case: who, problem, current alternative, why now, and how we'd…
Board meeting prep in one working session
Prep me for a board meeting on {{date}}. Since last time: {{what happened, metrics, misses, decisions taken}}. Open issues: {{list}}. Board members care about: {{per-person concern…
Roadmap prioritisation you can defend
Here's my backlog: {{list items with any context you have}}. Our goal this quarter: {{goal}}. Team capacity: {{people and weeks}}. 1. For each item, state the outcome it's suppose…
Decide with a one-page decision brief
I need to decide: {{decision}}. Options I see: {{list}}. Constraints: {{time, money, people}}. What I know: {{facts}}. Build a decision brief: 1. Reframe the decision — is this th…
Compress a long report into what matters
Summarise the document below for {{role}} who needs to decide {{decision}}. Give me: 1. THE ONE THING — if they read nothing else, this sentence. 2. WHAT IT SAYS — five bullets, e…
Positioning statement that survives the sales call
Position {{product}}. Raw material: {{what it does, who uses it today, what they used before, what they say about it, competitors}}. Work through, in order: 1. COMPETITIVE ALTERNA…
Churn post-mortem from cancellation data
Here are recent cancellations: {{paste reasons given, plan, tenure, usage before churn, support history}}. 1. Cluster by the real reason, not the stated one. Stated reason "too ex…