{"id":"exec-investor-faq-after-weak-quarter","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"grounding","title":"Draft four honest investor answers after a weak quarter","free":false,"task":"Write four investor Q&A pairs in plain text as \"Q: ...\" then \"A: ...\" lines, in the order of the questions. Each answer is under 30 words, uses the final closed numbers (not the preliminary ones), and does not give new forecasts or guidance beyond what the notes already state. If a question asks for something the notes do not contain, answer exactly: We will not share that. Under 200 words.","materialLabel":"Quarter notes and investor questions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Q3 notes for investor call prep\n\nPreliminary (flash) numbers, Oct 3: revenue $11.8M, net new customers 130.\nFinal closed numbers, Oct 20: revenue $11.4M, net new customers 112, cash $9.6M, burn $0.9M per month.\nFull-year guidance given in July and still unchanged: revenue of $46M to $48M.\nWhy the miss: two large deals slipped into Q4 and one customer paused its rollout. Both deals are signed as of Nov 1.\n\nQuestions from investors:\n1. Why was revenue below the number you previewed?\n2. How long can you operate at the current burn?\n3. Are you still on track for full-year guidance?\n4. Which customer paused its rollout, and how much revenue is that?\n\nInternal comment: the CEO thinks the full year will land at the bottom of the range. Not for external use.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":200},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using flash numbers","why":"The AI uses $11.8M.","fix":"Say: \"Use the final closed numbers only.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Leaking the internal view","why":"The AI says the bottom of the range.","fix":"Say: \"No new forecasts or guidance beyond what the notes state.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Naming the customer","why":"The AI guesses or deflects with extra words.","fix":"Say: \"If the notes lack it, answer exactly: We will not share that.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Skipping runway math","why":"The AI says \"plenty of runway\".","fix":"Say: \"Show runway as $9.6M / $0.9M.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Wrong format","why":"The AI writes paragraphs.","fix":"Say: \"Four Q:/A: pairs in order.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds questions.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the Q/A format","patterns":["q:","a:"]},{"label":"Says final numbers only","patterns":["final","closed"]},{"label":"Bans new guidance","patterns":["guidance","forecast"]},{"label":"Gives the exact fallback","patterns":["we will not share that"]},{"label":"Caps answers","patterns":["under \\d+ words"]}],"hint":"Name the number source, ban new guidance, give the exact fallback, and cap each answer.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly four Q:/A: pairs in the order of the questions with answers under 30 words","Answer 1 uses $11.4M (not $11.8M) and the slipped deals; answer 2 shows runway of about 10 or 11 months from $9.6M at $0.9M per month","Answer 3 says guidance of $46M to $48M is unchanged without saying the bottom of the range, and answer 4 is exactly \"We will not share that.\""]}