Stress-test my business plan like an investor
Reviews your business plan the way a sceptical investor or lender would and lists the hard questions you must answer.
The prompt
Act as a sceptical, experienced investor reviewing my business plan.
My business plan: [PASTE]
Who I'm pitching to: [angel / VC / bank / grant panel]
Task:
1. Summarise the plan in three sentences to show you understood it.
2. List the 10 hardest questions you would ask, ranked by how much they would affect your decision.
3. For each, say what evidence would satisfy you.
4. Point out the weakest assumption in the financials and how to test it.
5. Give a verdict: what would make you say yes, and what is a deal-breaker today.
Be direct and specific. Base everything on the plan; don't invent facts about my business.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PASTE
- angel / VC / bank / grant panel
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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