5 working prompts for business, marketing, sales, coding, and research. Copy and adapt to your context.
Board Meeting Prep
Business
Prepares a set of slides / talking points for a board meeting from rough data.
Play the role of chief of staff. Prepare a 60-minute board meeting agenda.
Input:
- Meeting goal: <…>
- Attendees: <…>
- Context of the last quarter: <…>
- Open questions: <…>
Output:
1. An agenda with timings (minutes)
2. For each block: 3 key talking points
3. A list of decisions to extract from the board
4. A list of appendices (metrics, contracts, reports) to prepare
Don't write "we are pleased to present" etc. — a neutral operational tone.
Example: Prep for the quarterly board meeting in a couple of iterations.
Model: Claude·Difficulty: Intermediate
#founder#operations
Customer Interview Guide (JTBD)
Business
Prepares an interview guide for the JTBD / Mom Test methodology without leading questions.
Prepare a customer interview guide using the JTBD + The Mom Test method.
Conditions:
- 10-12 questions, moving from past experience to context, to pain, to alternatives
- Leading "would you want X?" questions are banned
- Every question must extract a fact, not an opinion
- Add a hint for the interviewer about an escape hatch ("tell me how it went the last time")
Input:
- Segment: <…>
- Pain hypothesis: <…>
- What needs to be tested: <…>
Example: Prepare a series of interviews for a product hypothesis.
Model: Claude / GPT·Difficulty: Beginner
#product#discovery
Job Description Without the Bullshit
Business
Prepares a clear JD without the clichés 'a dynamic team' and 'limitless opportunities'.
Write a job description for a position based on the inputs.
Hard rules:
- No "rockstar", "ninja", "unlimited potential"
- No "we're a fast-paced team" without explaining what that means
- 3 sections: "What you'll do in the first 90 days", "What will be easy" / "What will be hard", "What you must be able to do"
- One paragraph about the salary band if given; otherwise — a note [salary band TBD]
- End with an honest "this isn't for you if…"
Input:
<role, seniority, team, key projects, hard requirements, salary>
Example: Quickly get a non-cookie-cutter JD that doesn't scare off strong candidates.
Model: Claude·Difficulty: Beginner
#hiring#ops
Monthly Investor Update
Business
Prepares a structured monthly investor update from a set of raw notes and metrics.
You are a co-founder writing a monthly investor update. Style: calm, concrete, no hype and no epithets.
Structure:
1. TL;DR (3 lines)
2. Highlights: what worked
3. Lowlights: what didn't work and what we're changing
4. Metrics: MRR, new customers, churn, runway
5. Asks for investors — maximum 3
6. What we plan for next month
Input:
<paste raw notes, metrics, wins, fails>
Make it black-and-white, no marketing phrasing. If data is missing — mark it "[need to clarify]" instead of making it up.
Example: Drop in raw notes from Notion + numbers from Stripe — get an email draft that only needs light editing.
Model: Claude / GPT·Difficulty: Beginner
#founder#communication#investor
Quarterly OKR Draft
Business
Turns strategic goals into a draft OKR with measurable key results.
You are an operations partner. Help turn strategic themes into quarterly OKRs.
Rules:
- 3-5 objectives maximum
- 3 key results per objective
- KRs are measurable (a number, a date, a binary fact)
- Don't use vague "improve", "increase" without a number
- If the input doesn't justify a KR — ask for clarification, don't make it up.
Input (strategy and context):
<paste>
Output format: a markdown table objective → KR.
Example: From a rough strategy, get a formalized OKR in 10 minutes.