{"id":"exec-market-entry-payback-recommendation","audience":"executives","category":"leadership-work","track":"leadership","level":"advanced","technique":"verification","title":"Compare market-entry options with payback math and a recommendation","free":false,"task":"Write a decision note for the CEO in plain text, under 140 words. Three lines first: Germany:, Brazil:, Wait:. Each shows the payback in months with the working, like \"$400k / $20k = 20 months\", then pass or fail against the board rule (payback under 24 months AND cash stays at or above $3M after the investment). The last line starts \"Recommendation:\" and names one option and the single reason. Use the numbers from the finance summary, not the sales rep's claim.","materialLabel":"Finance summary (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Market entry options, board meeting Dec 4\n\nCurrent cash: $4.1M.\n\nGermany: one-time investment $900k. Expected monthly contribution once running: $50k.\n\nBrazil: one-time investment $600k. Expected monthly contribution: $20k. The regional sales rep says \"payback will be about 12 months if we hustle\" but that rests on a contribution of $50k a month that Finance has not accepted.\n\nWait one year: no investment now. Contribution $0. Cost of waiting is that a competitor may take both markets (no number available).\n\nBoard rule: payback under 24 months AND cash at or above $3M after the investment.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":140},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the rep's claim","why":"The AI uses 12 months for Brazil.","fix":"Say: \"Use Finance's numbers, not the sales rep's claim.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Checking one test only","why":"The AI tests payback but not cash.","fix":"Say: \"Check both tests: payback under 24 months and cash at or above $3M after.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Verdict before math","why":"The AI recommends first without working.","fix":"Say: \"Show the working in each line; recommendation last.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Wrong shape","why":"The AI writes a long memo with headings.","fix":"Say: \"Three labeled lines then a Recommendation: line.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Markdown","why":"The AI bolds the options.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text.\"","checks":["plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each part instead, for example: \"each line under 15 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the three lines","patterns":["germany:","brazil:","wait:"]},{"label":"Asks for the working","patterns":["working","/ \\$","payback in months"]},{"label":"States both board tests","patterns":["24 months","\\$3m","cash"]},{"label":"Prefers finance numbers","patterns":["finance","not the sales rep","rep"]},{"label":"Gives the last line","patterns":["recommendation:"]}],"hint":"Name the three lines, ask for the working, and state both parts of the board rule.","rubricLabels":["Has the lines Germany:, Brazil: and Wait: in that order, with the Germany working $900k / $50k = 18 months and the Brazil working $600k / $20k = 30 months","Germany is marked pass on both tests (18 months and $3.2M cash left), Brazil fails on payback (30 months) and the 12-month claim is not used","The last line starts \"Recommendation:\" and names Germany with one reason, and Wait is shown as having no payback figure"]}