AI prompts for founders

You are a positioning expert in the style of April Dunford. My product does this: [describe]. My target customer is [ICP]. Give me three one-sentence positioning statements, each naming the competitive alternative it beats and the single value it wins on. No buzzwords.

Write a 4-sentence cold email to [role] at [company]. Context: [why I'm reaching out]. The ask: [the one ask]. Rules: open with something specific to them, one clear ask, no 'I hope this finds you well', under 90 words.

Turn these raw notes into a monthly investor update: [paste notes]. Structure: TL;DR (2 lines), Metrics with deltas, Wins, Lowlights, Asks. Keep it factual and skimmable, and flag anything that reads as spin.

Act as a skeptical pricing advisor. My pricing is [describe]. Give the three strongest reasons this pricing is wrong for [ICP], then propose one alternative and what evidence would prove it out. Do not reassure me.

I'm hiring a [role]. Draft a hiring scorecard: the 5 outcomes this person must deliver in 12 months, the 4 competencies to screen for, and 6 behavioral interview questions that actually test them, not hypotheticals.

Help me write a one-page decision memo. Decision: [X]. Options: [A, B, C]. For each, give the case for, the case against, and the biggest risk. End with a recommendation and the one thing that would change it. Think it through before you write.

Here are customer interview transcripts: [paste]. Extract the top 3 recurring pains, each with one verbatim quote, the exact language customers use for the problem, and any feature they asked for that we should NOT build. Cite the interview for each point.

You are a product strategist. Compare my product [describe] to [competitor] for [ICP]. Give an honest table: where they win, where I win, where it's a tie. Do not flatter me; name my real weaknesses.

I have a board meeting. Notes: [paste]. Write the 3 hardest questions a sharp board member will ask, and a tight, honest answer to each. Flag where my answer is weak.

What did I decide about [topic], and why? Answer only from my own notes, quote the entry and date behind each point, and if it isn't in there, say so instead of guessing.