# Diagnose what's holding my business back

Finds the real bottleneck — leads, conversion, delivery, pricing, or team — and what to fix first.

- Topic: Business Strategy & Startups
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Analyze, Plan, Fill-in Template, Interactive
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/diagnose-what-s-holding-my-business-back

## Prompt

```text
Help me find what's holding my business back.

**Business:** [WHAT, how long, team size]
**Revenue and trend:** [NUMBERS]
**Funnel numbers:** [traffic/leads → conversations → customers → repeat]
**What I spend my time on:** [WEEK BREAKDOWN]
**What I think the problem is:** [MY VIEW]

Ask me up to 5 clarifying questions first if anything important is missing. Then:
1. Identify the single biggest constraint (lead generation, conversion, pricing, delivery capacity, retention, cash, or my time) and show the evidence.
2. Explain why fixing other things first won't help much.
3. Give a 30-day plan to address the constraint, with weekly actions and a metric to watch.
4. Name the next constraint likely to appear after this one is fixed.
```

## What to fill in

- WHAT, how long, team size
- NUMBERS
- traffic/leads → conversations → customers → repeat
- WEEK BREAKDOWN
- MY VIEW

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