{"id":"exec-investor-faq-five-answers-from-update","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"intermediate","technique":"grounding","title":"Prepare five investor Q&A answers from the update numbers only","free":false,"task":"Prepare answers for the five questions investors are likely to ask after the update. Write exactly 5 numbered lines in the form: 1. Q: short question - A: answer. Each answer is under 25 words and uses only numbers in the update. If the update does not give the number, answer \"I'll send that after the call.\" Plain text, and never forecast beyond the update.","materialLabel":"The investor update (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Q3 UPDATE - Marlow Robotics (fictional)\n\n- Revenue: $4.2M, up 11% from Q2. (Earlier draft said 14%; corrected.)\n- Gross margin: 41%.\n- Cash at Sept 30: $6.1M.\n- New customers: 9; lost customers: 2.\n- Hiring: 6 open roles; 2 offers out.\n- Product: the v2 controller shipped Sept 12; 31 customers upgraded.\n- Not in the update: pipeline value, burn rate, headcount total, next-quarter revenue forecast, customer concentration.\n\nQUESTIONS EXPECTED\n1. How fast did revenue grow?\n2. What's your cash position?\n3. What is your burn rate?\n4. How many customers did you add and lose?\n5. What's your Q4 forecast?","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":150},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Old growth figure","why":"The AI says 14%.","fix":"Say: \"Growth is 11% (corrected).\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Inventing burn or forecast","why":"The AI estimates burn.","fix":"Say: \"If the update doesn't give the number, say I'll send that after the call.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong format","why":"The AI drops Q: and A:.","fix":"Say: \"Format: 1. Q: ... - A: ...\"","checks":["r0","numberedItems"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds.","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 answer: \"each answer under 25 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"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 12 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Format","patterns":["q:.*a:","1\\.\\s*q"]},{"label":"Update only","patterns":["only numbers","in the update"]},{"label":"Exact phrase","patterns":["send that after the call"]},{"label":"No forecast","patterns":["never forecast","no forecast"]},{"label":"Plain","patterns":["plain text"]}],"hint":"Show the line format, restrict to the update, and give the exact phrase for missing numbers.","rubricLabels":["Five numbered lines in the form \"N. Q: ... - A: ...\" in the order of the questions","Answers use 11% growth (not 14%), $6.1M cash and 9 new and 2 lost customers","The burn rate and Q4 forecast answers are exactly \"I'll send that after the call.\" and no forecast or invented number is given"]}