` tags +- [ ] Line 1: `Generated: DATE | Project: NAME` +- [ ] Line 2: `StratArts Business Strategy Skills | feature-prioritization-framework-v1.0.0` +- [ ] Line 3: `Context Signature: feature-prioritization-framework-v1.0.0 | Final Report (N iteration)` +- [ ] Version format is `v1.0.0` (NOT `v1.0` or `v2.0.0`) + +### Content Check: +- [ ] RICE scoring table has correct CSS classes +- [ ] All 4 Chart.js charts render correctly +- [ ] Feature cards use correct priority color coding +- [ ] Quarterly roadmap displays properly + +--- + +Now begin with Step 0 (read verification files), then Step 1! diff --git a/plugins/stratarts/commands/financial-model-architect.md b/plugins/stratarts/commands/financial-model-architect.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..404911d --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/stratarts/commands/financial-model-architect.md @@ -0,0 +1,883 @@ +--- +name: financial-model-architect +description: Build comprehensive 3-5 year financial models projecting revenue, expenses, headcount, cash flow, and runway. Model unit economics, scenario planning, and path to profitability. Generate investor-ready HTML reports with detailed projections and charts. +version: 1.0.0 +category: fundraising-operations +--- + +# financial-model-architect + +**Mission**: Build a comprehensive 3-5 year financial model that projects revenue, expenses, headcount, cash flow, and runway. Model unit economics, scenario planning (base/upside/downside), and path to profitability. Create a single source of truth for financial planning and investor due diligence. + +--- + +## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification + +Before generating the HTML output, verify all required data is collected: + +### Header & Score Banner +- [ ] `{{BUSINESS_NAME}}` - Company/product name +- [ ] `{{DATE}}` - Report generation date +- [ ] `{{FORECAST_YEARS}}` - Forecast period (e.g., "5-Year") +- [ ] `{{YEAR5_ARR}}` - Year 5 ARR projection (e.g., "$12M") +- [ ] `{{CURRENT_MRR}}` - Current MRR (e.g., "$85K") +- [ ] `{{RUNWAY}}` - Current runway (e.g., "18mo") +- [ ] `{{LTV_CAC}}` - LTV:CAC ratio (e.g., "4.2:1") +- [ ] `{{YEAR5_HEADCOUNT}}` - Year 5 headcount (e.g., "145") +- [ ] `{{RULE_OF_40}}` - Rule of 40 score (e.g., "75") + +### Executive Summary +- [ ] `{{EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY}}` - 2-3 paragraphs with model overview and key assumptions +- [ ] `{{SUMMARY_METRICS}}` - 5 key metric cards (ARR, customers, burn, cash, headcount) + +### Revenue Model +- [ ] `{{REVENUE_ASSUMPTIONS}}` - 4 assumption cards (ARPU, ARPU growth, starting churn, target churn) +- [ ] `{{REVENUE_ROWS}}` - 5 year rows with customers, ARPU, MRR, ARR, churn, NRR + +### Cost Structure +- [ ] `{{COGS_ROWS}}` - 5 year rows with revenue, COGS, gross profit, gross margin +- [ ] `{{OPEX_YEAR_HEADERS}}` - Year column headers for OpEx table +- [ ] `{{OPEX_ROWS}}` - S&M, R&D, G&A rows with 5 year data + total row + +### Headcount +- [ ] `{{HEADCOUNT_YEAR_HEADERS}}` - Year column headers +- [ ] `{{HEADCOUNT_ROWS}}` - Department rows (Eng, Product, Sales, Marketing, CS, G&A) + total + +### Unit Economics +- [ ] `{{UNIT_ECON_CARDS}}` - 3 cards (CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC with formulas and benchmarks) +- [ ] `{{UNIT_ECON_ROWS}}` - 5 year rows with CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC, payback, magic # + +### Cash Flow +- [ ] `{{CASHFLOW_METRICS}}` - 4 metric cards (burn, cash, runway, next raise) +- [ ] `{{CASHFLOW_ROWS}}` - 5 year rows with revenue, expenses, net burn, fundraising, cash balance + +### Scenarios +- [ ] `{{SCENARIO_CARDS}}` - 3 scenario cards (base, upside, downside) + - Each: name, probability, 5 metrics (ARR, customers, headcount, margin, cash) + +### Profitability +- [ ] `{{PROFITABILITY_MILESTONES}}` - 3 milestones (gross profit, cash flow positive, net profit) +- [ ] `{{GROWTH_RATE}}` - Current ARR growth rate +- [ ] `{{NET_MARGIN}}` - Current net margin +- [ ] `{{RULE40_CLASS}}` - CSS class ("healthy" or "warning") +- [ ] `{{RULE40_ROWS}}` - 5 year rows with growth, margin, Rule of 40, status + +### Charts +- [ ] `{{YEAR_LABELS}}` - JSON array of year labels +- [ ] `{{ARR_DATA}}` - JSON array of ARR values +- [ ] `{{EXPENSE_LABELS}}` - JSON array of expense categories +- [ ] `{{EXPENSE_DATA}}` - JSON array of expense amounts +- [ ] `{{CASH_DATA}}` - JSON array of cash balance values +- [ ] `{{HEADCOUNT_DATA}}` - JSON array of headcount values + +### Roadmap +- [ ] `{{ROADMAP_PHASES}}` - 4 phases (Revenue, Cost, Cash/Unit Econ, Validation) + - Each phase: name, timing, 4 tasks + +--- + +## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context + +### Ideal Context (All Present): +- **revenue-model-builder** → Pricing, revenue streams, unit economics (CAC, LTV, ARPU) +- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Current metrics (MRR, customers, growth rate) +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Fundraising amount, use of funds, milestones +- **go-to-market-planner** → Customer acquisition strategy, CAC by channel + +### Partial Context (Some Present): +- **revenue-model-builder** → Pricing and unit economics available +- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Current traction metrics available + +### No Context: +- None of the above skills were run + +--- + +## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction + +### If Ideal Context: +> I found outputs from **revenue-model-builder**, **metrics-dashboard-designer**, **investor-pitch-deck-builder**, and **go-to-market-planner**. +> +> I can reuse: +> - **Pricing & revenue streams** (pricing tiers, revenue model) +> - **Unit economics** (ARPU: [$X], CAC: [$Y], LTV: [$Z], LTV:CAC: [ratio]) +> - **Current traction** (MRR: [$X], customers: [Y], growth rate: [Z% MoM]) +> - **Fundraising plan** (raising: [$X], use of funds: [product/GTM/ops split]) +> - **GTM strategy** (customer acquisition channels, CAC by channel) +> +> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh] + +### If Partial Context: +> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones]. +> +> I can reuse: [list specific data available] +> +> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?** + +### If No Context: +> No previous context detected. +> +> I'll guide you through building your financial model from the ground up. + +--- + +## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential) + +### Model Basics & Current State + +**Question MB1: What is the baseline for your financial model?** + +**Current State** (as of today): + +**Revenue Metrics**: +- **MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue)**: [$X or $0 if pre-revenue] +- **ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)**: [$X or $0] +- **# of Paying Customers**: [X or 0] +- **ARPU (Average Revenue Per User)**: [$X/month or "TBD"] + +**Cost Metrics**: +- **Monthly Burn Rate**: [$X/month — total expenses minus revenue] +- **Current Headcount**: [X employees] +- **Cash Balance**: [$X] +- **Runway**: [X months] + +**Growth Metrics**: +- **MRR Growth Rate**: [X% MoM] +- **Customer Growth Rate**: [X% MoM] +- **Churn Rate**: [X% per month] + +**Your Current State**: +- MRR: [$X] +- Customers: [X] +- Burn Rate: [$X/month] +- Cash Balance: [$X] +- Runway: [X months] + +--- + +**Question MB2: What is your forecasting timeframe?** + +**Forecasting Period**: +- ☐ **3 Years** (standard for seed/Series A) +- ☐ **5 Years** (standard for Series B+, more mature companies) +- ☐ **10 Years** (rare, only for long-term strategic planning) + +**Your Timeframe**: [e.g., "5 years — 2024 to 2028"] + +**Forecast Granularity**: +- ☐ **Monthly** (Year 1 only, then annual) +- ☐ **Quarterly** (Years 1-2, then annual) +- ☐ **Annual** (All years) + +**Your Granularity**: [e.g., "Monthly for Year 1, quarterly for Year 2, annual for Years 3-5"] + +--- + +### Revenue Projections + +**Question RP1: What are your revenue assumptions?** + +**Revenue Model** (from revenue-model-builder): +- **Primary Revenue Stream**: [e.g., "SaaS subscription"] +- **Pricing**: [e.g., "$99/mo per user"] +- **ARPU**: [e.g., "$150/month" (accounting for multi-user accounts)] + +**Growth Assumptions**: + +### Customer Growth +- **Starting Customers** (today): [e.g., "200 customers"] +- **Customer Growth Rate**: + - Year 1: [e.g., "20% MoM → 3x growth → 600 customers"] + - Year 2: [e.g., "10% MoM → 3x growth → 1,800 customers"] + - Year 3: [e.g., "7% MoM → 2x growth → 3,600 customers"] + - Year 4: [e.g., "5% MoM → 1.5x growth → 5,400 customers"] + - Year 5: [e.g., "4% MoM → 1.5x growth → 8,100 customers"] + +### ARPU Growth (expansion revenue) +- **Starting ARPU**: [e.g., "$150/month"] +- **ARPU Growth Rate**: + - Year 1: [e.g., "5% YoY → $158/month"] + - Year 2: [e.g., "5% YoY → $166/month"] + - Year 3-5: [e.g., "3% YoY → $176, $181, $186/month"] + +**Why ARPU grows**: [e.g., "Customers add more users, upgrade to higher tiers, purchase add-ons"] + +### Churn Rate +- **Current Churn**: [e.g., "5% per month" or "60% annually"] +- **Churn Improvement**: + - Year 1: [e.g., "5% → 4% per month (48% annually)"] + - Year 2: [e.g., "4% → 3% per month (36% annually)"] + - Year 3-5: [e.g., "Stable at 3% per month"] + +**Why churn improves**: [e.g., "Better onboarding, product improvements, customer success team"] + +**Your Revenue Assumptions** (fill in): +- Starting Customers: [X] +- Customer Growth (Y1-Y5): [X%, Y%, Z%] +- Starting ARPU: [$X] +- ARPU Growth (Y1-Y5): [X%, Y%, Z%] +- Churn Rate (Y1-Y5): [X%, Y%, Z%] + +--- + +**Question RP2: What is your revenue forecast?** + +**Revenue Projection Table** (calculate based on assumptions above): + +| Year | Customers | ARPU | MRR | ARR | Churn % | +|------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|---------| +| 2024 | 200 | $150 | $30K | $360K | 5% | +| 2025 | 600 | $158 | $95K | $1.1M | 4% | +| 2026 | 1,800 | $166 | $299K | $3.6M | 3% | +| 2027 | 3,600 | $176 | $634K | $7.6M | 3% | +| 2028 | 5,400 | $186 | $1M | $12M | 3% | + +**Revenue Waterfall** (MRR breakdown): + +**Starting MRR**: [$X] ++ **New MRR** (from new customers): [+$X] ++ **Expansion MRR** (upsells, add-ons): [+$X] +- **Churned MRR** (lost customers): [-$X] +**Ending MRR**: [$X] + +**Net Revenue Retention (NRR)**: +- NRR = (Starting MRR + Expansion MRR - Churned MRR) / Starting MRR +- Target: **>100% NRR** (expansion offsets churn) + +**Your Revenue Forecast** (use template above, fill in numbers) + +--- + +### Cost Structure & Expenses + +**Question CS1: What are your cost of goods sold (COGS)?** + +**COGS** = Direct costs to deliver your product/service + +**SaaS COGS** (typical): +- ☐ **Hosting** (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.) — [e.g., "$5 per customer per month"] +- ☐ **Third-Party Services** (APIs, payment processing, etc.) — [e.g., "2% of revenue"] +- ☐ **Customer Support** (if support team scales with customers) — [e.g., "$10 per customer per month"] +- ☐ **Other**: [specify] + +**Your COGS Components**: +1. [Component 1] — [Cost per customer or % of revenue] +2. [Component 2] — [Cost per customer or % of revenue] +3. [Component 3] — [Cost per customer or % of revenue] + +**Gross Margin Target**: [e.g., "75%" — typical for SaaS is 70-85%] + +**COGS Projection**: + +| Year | Revenue | COGS | Gross Profit | Gross Margin | +|------|---------|---------|--------------|--------------| +| 2024 | $360K | $90K | $270K | 75% | +| 2025 | $1.1M | $275K | $825K | 75% | +| 2026 | $3.6M | $900K | $2.7M | 75% | +| 2027 | $7.6M | $1.9M | $5.7M | 75% | +| 2028 | $12M | $3M | $9M | 75% | + +--- + +**Question CS2: What are your operating expenses?** + +**Operating Expenses (OpEx)** = All non-COGS expenses + +**OpEx Categories**: + +### 1. Sales & Marketing +- **Headcount**: Sales reps, SDRs, marketing, customer success +- **Programs**: Paid ads, content, events, tools (CRM, marketing automation) + +### 2. Research & Development (Product & Engineering) +- **Headcount**: Engineers, product managers, designers +- **Tools**: Development tools, software licenses, hosting (non-COGS) + +### 3. General & Administrative (G&A) +- **Headcount**: CEO, CFO, finance, legal, HR, operations +- **Programs**: Legal fees, accounting, insurance, office rent, tools + +**Your OpEx Breakdown** (by year): + +| Category | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | +|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| +| Sales & Marketing| $200K | $500K | $1.2M | $2.5M | $4M | +| R&D | $300K | $750K | $1.5M | $3M | $5M | +| G&A | $100K | $250K | $500K | $1M | $1.5M | +| **Total OpEx** | **$600K** | **$1.5M** | **$3.2M** | **$6.5M** | **$10.5M** | + +**OpEx as % of Revenue**: +- Early stage: 150-300% of revenue (burning cash to grow) +- Growth stage: 100-150% of revenue (path to profitability) +- Mature stage: 50-70% of revenue (profitable) + +--- + +### Headcount Planning + +**Question HC1: What is your headcount plan?** + +**Headcount by Department**: + +| Department | Today | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | Y5 | +|------------------|-------|------|------|------|------|------| +| Engineering | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 60 | +| Product | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | +| Sales | 2 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 60 | +| Marketing | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 20 | +| Customer Success | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 35 | +| G&A (Ops, Finance)| 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 20 | +| **Total** | **9** | **24** | **50** | **92** | **145** | **210** | + +**Average Salary by Department** (including benefits, taxes, overhead): + +| Department | Avg Annual Salary | +|------------------|-------------------| +| Engineering | $150K | +| Product | $140K | +| Sales | $120K (base + commission) | +| Marketing | $100K | +| Customer Success | $80K | +| G&A | $120K | + +**Total Personnel Cost** (headcount × avg salary): + +| Year | Headcount | Avg Salary | Total Personnel Cost | +|------|-----------|------------|----------------------| +| 2024 | 9 | $120K | $1.1M | +| 2025 | 24 | $120K | $2.9M | +| 2026 | 50 | $120K | $6M | +| 2027 | 92 | $120K | $11M | +| 2028 | 145 | $120K | $17.4M | + +--- + +**Question HC2: When will you hire each role?** + +**Hiring Roadmap** (next 12-24 months): + +### Q1 2024 +- [Hire 1] — e.g., "Senior Engineer (backend)" +- [Hire 2] — e.g., "Account Executive (sales)" + +### Q2 2024 +- [Hire 3] — e.g., "Product Designer" +- [Hire 4] — e.g., "Customer Success Manager" + +### Q3 2024 +- [Hire 5] — e.g., "Engineering Manager" +- [Hire 6] — e.g., "SDR (sales development rep)" + +### Q4 2024 +- [Hire 7] — e.g., "Marketing Manager" +- [Hire 8] — e.g., "Senior Engineer (frontend)" + +**Your Hiring Roadmap** (fill in next 4 quarters) + +--- + +### Cash Flow & Burn Rate + +**Question CF1: What is your burn rate and runway?** + +**Burn Rate** = Total monthly expenses - Revenue + +**Burn Rate Calculation**: + +| Month | Revenue | Total Expenses | Burn Rate | Cash Balance | Runway (months) | +|----------|---------|----------------|-----------|--------------|-----------------| +| Jan 2024 | $30K | $80K | -$50K | $500K | 10 months | +| Feb 2024 | $32K | $82K | -$50K | $450K | 9 months | +| Mar 2024 | $35K | $85K | -$50K | $400K | 8 months | +| [...] | [...] | [...] | [...] | [...] | [...] | + +**Runway** = Cash Balance / Monthly Burn Rate + +**Your Burn Rate** (current): +- Revenue: [$X/month] +- Expenses: [$Y/month] +- Burn Rate: [$Z/month] +- Cash Balance: [$X] +- Runway: [X months] + +--- + +**Question CF2: How will fundraising impact your runway?** + +**Fundraising Scenario**: + +**Before Fundraising**: +- Cash Balance: [$X] +- Monthly Burn: [$Y] +- Runway: [X months] + +**After Fundraising** (assuming you raise [$Z]): +- Cash Balance: [$X + $Z] +- Monthly Burn: [$Y] (will increase as you hire) +- Runway: [X months] + +**Use of Funds** (from investor-pitch-deck-builder): +- Product/Engineering: [X%] → [$X] → [Hire X engineers] +- Sales & Marketing: [Y%] → [$Y] → [Hire Y sales/marketing] +- Operations: [Z%] → [$Z] → [Hire Z ops/finance] + +**Post-Fundraising Burn Rate**: +- New hires: [+$X/month in salaries] +- New programs: [+$Y/month in marketing spend] +- **New Monthly Burn**: [$Z/month] +- **New Runway**: [X months — target 18-24 months to next round] + +**Your Post-Fundraising Plan** (fill in) + +--- + +### Unit Economics & Key Metrics + +**Question UE1: What are your unit economics?** + +**Unit Economics** = Economics of acquiring and retaining one customer + +**Key Metrics**: + +1. **CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost)**: + - CAC = (Sales + Marketing Spend) / # of New Customers + - Your CAC: [$X] + - Benchmark: [Varies by industry — SaaS B2B: $500-$5K, B2C: $50-$500] + +2. **LTV (Lifetime Value)**: + - LTV = (ARPU × Gross Margin) / Churn Rate + - Your LTV: [$X] + - Example: ($150 × 75%) / 3% monthly churn = $3,750 + +3. **LTV:CAC Ratio**: + - LTV:CAC = LTV / CAC + - Your LTV:CAC: [X:1] + - Benchmark: **>3:1** (healthy), **1:1** (unprofitable), **>5:1** (underinvesting in growth) + +4. **Payback Period**: + - Payback = CAC / (ARPU × Gross Margin) + - Your Payback: [X months] + - Benchmark: **<12 months** (good), **<6 months** (excellent) + +5. **Magic Number** (Sales Efficiency): + - Magic Number = (Net New ARR in Q) / (S&M Spend in Prior Q) + - Your Magic Number: [X] + - Benchmark: **>0.75** (good), **>1.0** (excellent) + +6. **Burn Multiple** (Capital Efficiency): + - Burn Multiple = Net Burn / Net New ARR + - Your Burn Multiple: [X] + - Benchmark: **<1.5** (good), **<1.0** (excellent) + +**Your Unit Economics** (fill in): +- CAC: [$X] +- LTV: [$X] +- LTV:CAC: [X:1] +- Payback Period: [X months] +- Magic Number: [X] +- Burn Multiple: [X] + +--- + +**Question UE2: How will unit economics improve over time?** + +**Unit Economics Roadmap**: + +| Year | CAC | LTV | LTV:CAC | Payback (mo) | Why Improving? | +|------|--------|--------|---------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------| +| 2024 | $1,000 | $3,000 | 3:1 | 9 months | Baseline | +| 2025 | $900 | $3,500 | 3.9:1 | 7 months | Better sales efficiency, lower churn | +| 2026 | $800 | $4,000 | 5:1 | 6 months | Product-led growth, improved retention | +| 2027 | $700 | $4,500 | 6.4:1 | 5 months | Brand awareness, word-of-mouth, NRR >100% | +| 2028 | $600 | $5,000 | 8.3:1 | 4 months | Scale efficiencies, mature product | + +**How to improve unit economics**: +- **Reduce CAC**: Product-led growth, inbound marketing, partnerships, brand awareness +- **Increase LTV**: Improve retention, upsell/cross-sell, expand into higher-ARPU customers +- **Increase Gross Margin**: Negotiate better hosting rates, improve product efficiency + +--- + +### Scenario Planning + +**Question SP1: What are your scenario assumptions?** + +**Scenario Planning** = Model 3 scenarios (Base Case, Upside, Downside) + +**Base Case** (50% probability — most likely outcome): +- Revenue growth: [X% YoY] +- Churn: [Y%] +- CAC: [$Z] +- Fundraising: [Raise $X in Y months] + +**Upside Case** (20% probability — optimistic): +- Revenue growth: [X% YoY — higher than base] +- Churn: [Y% — lower than base] +- CAC: [$Z — lower than base] +- Fundraising: [Raise more, faster, or don't need to raise] + +**Downside Case** (30% probability — pessimistic): +- Revenue growth: [X% YoY — lower than base] +- Churn: [Y% — higher than base] +- CAC: [$Z — higher than base] +- Fundraising: [Raise less, slower, or can't raise] + +**Your Scenarios** (fill in assumptions for each): + +| Assumption | Base Case | Upside Case | Downside Case | +|------------------------|-----------|-------------|---------------| +| Revenue Growth (YoY) | 3x | 5x | 2x | +| Churn Rate | 4% | 3% | 6% | +| CAC | $1,000 | $800 | $1,500 | +| Fundraising Amount | $2.5M | $4M | $1.5M | +| Fundraising Timeline | 6 months | 3 months | 9 months | + +--- + +**Question SP2: What is your financial forecast for each scenario?** + +**Scenario Comparison Table** (Year 5 results): + +| Metric | Base Case | Upside Case | Downside Case | +|---------------------|-----------|-------------|---------------| +| ARR | $12M | $25M | $6M | +| Customers | 5,400 | 10,000 | 3,000 | +| Gross Margin | 75% | 78% | 72% | +| Net Margin | -10% | +15% | -25% | +| Cash Balance | $2M | $8M | $500K | +| Headcount | 145 | 220 | 90 | +| Runway (if negative)| — | — | 6 months | + +**Scenario Analysis** (for investors): +- **Base Case**: We hit $12M ARR, breakeven in Year 6, strong position for Series B +- **Upside Case**: We hit $25M ARR, profitable in Year 5, market leader +- **Downside Case**: We hit $6M ARR, need bridge round or cut burn to extend runway + +--- + +### Path to Profitability + +**Question PP1: When will you be profitable?** + +**Profitability Milestones**: + +### 1. Gross Profit (Revenue - COGS) +- **When**: [Year X, Quarter X] +- **What changes**: [e.g., "Scale efficiencies, negotiate better hosting rates"] + +### 2. Cash Flow Positive (Revenue > Total Expenses) +- **When**: [Year X, Quarter X] +- **What changes**: [e.g., "Revenue scales faster than expenses, sales efficiency improves"] + +### 3. Net Profit (Accounting profitability) +- **When**: [Year X, Quarter X] +- **What changes**: [e.g., "OpEx stabilizes as % of revenue, mature business model"] + +**Your Path to Profitability**: +- Gross Profit: [Year X] +- Cash Flow Positive: [Year X] +- Net Profit: [Year X] + +**Profitability Levers** (how to get there faster): +1. [Lever 1] — e.g., "Increase ARPU by 20% via upsells" +2. [Lever 2] — e.g., "Reduce CAC by 30% via product-led growth" +3. [Lever 3] — e.g., "Reduce churn by 50% via improved onboarding" + +--- + +**Question PP2: What is your Rule of 40 trajectory?** + +**Rule of 40** = Growth Rate + Profit Margin +- **>40%**: Healthy SaaS business +- **<40%**: Unbalanced (growing too fast at expense of margin, or too slow/unprofitable) + +**Rule of 40 Calculation**: + +| Year | ARR Growth | Net Margin | Rule of 40 | Healthy? | +|------|------------|------------|------------|----------| +| 2024 | 200% | -80% | 120 | ✅ Yes | +| 2025 | 200% | -50% | 150 | ✅ Yes | +| 2026 | 200% | -20% | 180 | ✅ Yes | +| 2027 | 100% | 0% | 100 | ✅ Yes | +| 2028 | 60% | +15% | 75 | ✅ Yes | + +**Your Rule of 40 Trajectory** (fill in table above) + +--- + +### Financial Statements + +**Question FS1: What financial statements will you generate?** + +**Core Financial Statements**: + +### 1. Income Statement (P&L — Profit & Loss) +- **Revenue** (MRR × 12 = ARR) +- **COGS** (hosting, support, etc.) +- **Gross Profit** (Revenue - COGS) +- **Operating Expenses** (S&M, R&D, G&A) +- **EBITDA** (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization) +- **Net Income** (EBITDA - Interest - Taxes - D&A) + +### 2. Cash Flow Statement +- **Operating Cash Flow** (cash from operations) +- **Investing Cash Flow** (CapEx, acquisitions) +- **Financing Cash Flow** (fundraising, debt) +- **Net Change in Cash** +- **Ending Cash Balance** + +### 3. Balance Sheet +- **Assets** (cash, accounts receivable, equipment) +- **Liabilities** (accounts payable, debt, deferred revenue) +- **Equity** (shareholder equity, retained earnings) + +**Your Financial Statements** (which ones will you build?): +- ☐ Income Statement (P&L) — **Required** +- ☐ Cash Flow Statement — **Required** +- ☐ Balance Sheet — Optional (required for Series A+ due diligence) + +**Tool**: +- ☐ **Excel / Google Sheets** (most common) +- ☐ **Financial modeling software** (Causal, Forecastr, etc.) +- ☐ **Accounting software with forecasting** (QuickBooks, Xero) + +**Your Tool**: [Choose one] + +--- + +### Implementation Roadmap + +**Question IR1: What is your financial model build timeline?** + +### Phase 1: Revenue Model (Week 1) +- **Day 1-2**: Define revenue assumptions (customer growth, ARPU, churn) +- **Day 3-4**: Build revenue projections (MRR, ARR, waterfall) +- **Day 5**: Calculate NRR, gross margin + +### Phase 2: Cost Model (Week 2) +- **Day 1-2**: Define COGS assumptions (hosting, support, etc.) +- **Day 3-4**: Define OpEx assumptions (headcount, programs) +- **Day 5**: Build expense projections (by department, by month/quarter/year) + +### Phase 3: Cash Flow & Unit Economics (Week 3) +- **Day 1-2**: Build cash flow statement (burn rate, runway, fundraising) +- **Day 3-4**: Calculate unit economics (CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC, payback) +- **Day 5**: Build scenario models (base, upside, downside) + +### Phase 4: Validation & Documentation (Week 4) +- **Day 1-2**: Validate assumptions with team (finance, sales, product) +- **Day 3**: Build path to profitability analysis (Rule of 40, breakeven date) +- **Day 4**: Document assumptions (write memo explaining all assumptions) +- **Day 5**: Create investor-ready outputs (summary slides, charts, sensitivity analysis) + +--- + +## STEP 4: Generate Comprehensive Financial Model + +**You will now receive a comprehensive document covering**: + +### Section 1: Executive Summary +- Current state (MRR, customers, burn rate, runway) +- 5-year forecast summary (ARR by year, headcount, cash balance) +- Key assumptions (growth rate, churn, CAC, LTV) +- Path to profitability (when cash flow positive, Rule of 40 trajectory) + +### Section 2: Revenue Model +- Revenue assumptions (customer growth, ARPU growth, churn improvement) +- Revenue projections (5-year table: customers, ARPU, MRR, ARR) +- Revenue waterfall (starting MRR + new + expansion - churn = ending MRR) +- Net Revenue Retention (NRR) analysis + +### Section 3: Cost Model +- COGS assumptions and projections (gross margin: 70-85%) +- OpEx breakdown (S&M, R&D, G&A by year) +- Headcount plan (by department, by year, with avg salaries) +- Hiring roadmap (next 4 quarters) + +### Section 4: Cash Flow & Burn Rate +- Monthly burn rate calculation (revenue - total expenses) +- Runway analysis (current and post-fundraising) +- Cash flow statement (operating, investing, financing cash flows) +- Fundraising impact (use of funds, new runway) + +### Section 5: Unit Economics +- CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC ratio, payback period +- Magic Number (sales efficiency), Burn Multiple (capital efficiency) +- Unit economics improvement roadmap (Year 1-5) +- How to improve (reduce CAC, increase LTV, improve margins) + +### Section 6: Scenario Planning +- Base Case (50% probability) +- Upside Case (20% probability) +- Downside Case (30% probability) +- Scenario comparison table (Year 5 ARR, customers, margins, cash, headcount) + +### Section 7: Path to Profitability +- Profitability milestones (gross profit, cash flow positive, net profit) +- Profitability levers (increase ARPU, reduce CAC, reduce churn) +- Rule of 40 trajectory (growth rate + profit margin) + +### Section 8: Financial Statements +- Income Statement (P&L) — 5-year projections +- Cash Flow Statement — 5-year projections +- Balance Sheet (optional) — 5-year projections + +### Section 9: Investor-Ready Outputs +- Summary slides (for pitch deck appendix) +- Key metrics dashboard (ARR, customers, burn, runway, unit economics) +- Sensitivity analysis (what if growth is 20% higher/lower?) + +### Section 10: Next Steps +- Finalize financial model this week +- Review with CFO/finance advisor +- Share with investors during due diligence +- Update quarterly as actuals come in + +--- + +## STEP 5: Quality Review & Iteration + +After generating the strategy, I will ask: + +**Quality Check**: +1. Are revenue assumptions realistic (benchmarked against comparable companies)? +2. Are unit economics healthy (LTV:CAC > 3:1, payback < 12 months)? +3. Does the model show a path to profitability (Rule of 40 > 40)? +4. Is the cash flow projection accurate (does it account for fundraising and burn?)? +5. Are all assumptions documented (can someone else understand the model)? +6. Is the model flexible (can you easily adjust assumptions and see impact)? + +**Iterate?** [Yes — refine X / No — finalize] + +--- + +## STEP 6: Save & Next Steps + +Once finalized, I will: +1. **Save** the financial model to your project folder (Excel/Google Sheets) +2. **Suggest** reviewing with a CFO or finance advisor before sharing with investors +3. **Remind** you to update the model quarterly as actuals come in + +--- + +## 8 Critical Guidelines for This Skill + +1. **Assumptions > outputs**: Investors care more about your assumptions than your projections. Document every assumption clearly. + +2. **Be realistic, not optimistic**: Conservative assumptions build credibility. Overly optimistic projections kill trust. + +3. **Unit economics must work**: If LTV:CAC < 3:1 or payback > 12 months, fix your business model before fundraising. + +4. **Model 3 scenarios**: Base, upside, downside. Shows you've thought through risks and opportunities. + +5. **Update quarterly**: A financial model is a living document. Update it every quarter with actuals. + +6. **Show path to profitability**: Investors want to see when you'll be cash flow positive (ideally within 18-24 months of current round). + +7. **Rule of 40 > 40**: Growth rate + profit margin should exceed 40%. If not, you're either growing too slowly or burning too much. + +8. **Sensitivity analysis**: Show how changes in key assumptions (growth rate, churn, CAC) impact the model. Proves you understand the business. + +--- + +## Quality Checklist (Before Finalizing) + +- [ ] Current state baseline is accurate (MRR, customers, burn rate, cash balance) +- [ ] Revenue assumptions are documented (customer growth, ARPU, churn) +- [ ] 5-year revenue projection is complete (MRR, ARR, NRR) +- [ ] COGS and gross margin assumptions are defined (target 70-85%) +- [ ] OpEx breakdown is complete (S&M, R&D, G&A by year) +- [ ] Headcount plan is realistic (by department, with avg salaries) +- [ ] Cash flow projection shows burn rate and runway +- [ ] Unit economics are healthy (LTV:CAC > 3:1, payback < 12 months) +- [ ] 3 scenarios are modeled (base, upside, downside) +- [ ] Path to profitability is clear (when cash flow positive, Rule of 40 trajectory) +- [ ] All assumptions are documented (can someone else understand the model?) + +--- + +## Integration with Other Skills + +**Upstream Skills** (reuse data from): +- **revenue-model-builder** → Pricing, revenue streams, unit economics (ARPU, CAC, LTV) +- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Current traction metrics (MRR, customers, growth rate, churn) +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Fundraising amount, use of funds, milestones +- **go-to-market-planner** → Customer acquisition strategy, CAC by channel, sales cycle + +**Downstream Skills** (use this data in): +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Financial projections slide (use 5-year forecast) +- **investor-brief-writer** → Include financial highlights in executive summary +- **fundraising-strategy-planner** → Use burn rate and runway to determine fundraising timeline +- **operational-playbook-creator** → Use headcount plan to inform hiring and org structure + +--- + +## HTML Editorial Template Reference + +**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency. + +### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER) + +1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST): + ``` + html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md + ``` + +2. **Base Template** (shared structure): + ``` + html-templates/base-template.html + ``` + +3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts): + ``` + html-templates/financial-model-architect.html + ``` + +### How to Use Templates + +1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly +2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration +3. Read `financial-model-architect.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts +4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data +5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}` +6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}` +7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}` + +--- + +## HTML Output Verification + +Before delivering the HTML report, verify: + +### Structure Verification +- [ ] Header follows canonical StratArts pattern with skill name and timestamp +- [ ] Score banner displays 6 key metrics (Year 5 ARR, Current MRR, Runway, LTV:CAC, Y5 Headcount, Rule of 40) +- [ ] All 10 sections present with proper content +- [ ] Footer includes StratArts branding and regeneration guidance + +### Chart Verification (4 Charts Required) +- [ ] **ARR Growth Chart** (Bar) - 5-year revenue progression +- [ ] **Expense Breakdown Chart** (Doughnut) - Year 5 OpEx by category +- [ ] **Cash Flow Chart** (Line) - Monthly cash balance trajectory +- [ ] **Headcount Growth Chart** (Bar) - 5-year team growth by department + +### Content Verification +- [ ] Revenue projections show all 5 years with MRR, ARR, YoY growth, NRR +- [ ] COGS and gross margin calculated correctly (target 70-85%) +- [ ] OpEx breakdown by S&M, R&D, G&A with percentages +- [ ] Headcount plan includes departments, roles, avg salaries +- [ ] Unit economics include CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC, payback period, Magic Number, Burn Multiple +- [ ] All 3 scenarios present (base, upside, downside) with probability weights +- [ ] Path to profitability includes milestones and Rule of 40 trajectory +- [ ] All assumptions are documented and reasonable + +### Visual Verification +- [ ] Dark theme applied (#0a0a0a background, #1a1a1a containers) +- [ ] Emerald accent (#10b981) used consistently +- [ ] Tables are readable with proper contrast +- [ ] Charts render correctly with Chart.js v4.4.0 +- [ ] All sections have proper spacing and visual hierarchy + +--- + +**End of Skill** diff --git a/plugins/stratarts/commands/fundraising-strategy-planner.md b/plugins/stratarts/commands/fundraising-strategy-planner.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46e9007 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/stratarts/commands/fundraising-strategy-planner.md @@ -0,0 +1,860 @@ +--- +name: fundraising-strategy-planner +description: Create comprehensive fundraising playbook covering timeline, investor targeting, outreach cadence, meeting progression, due diligence preparation, term sheet negotiation, and closing process. Run disciplined fundraising that maximizes leverage and closes on favorable terms. +version: 1.0.0 +category: fundraising-operations +--- + +# fundraising-strategy-planner + +**Mission**: Create a comprehensive fundraising strategy covering timeline, investor targeting, outreach cadence, meeting progression, due diligence, negotiation, and closing. Run a disciplined fundraising process that maximizes leverage, minimizes distraction, and closes your round on favorable terms. + +--- + +## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification + +Before generating HTML output, verify all placeholders are populated: + +### Score Banner Placeholders +- [ ] `{{COMPANY_NAME}}` - Company name +- [ ] `{{ROUND_NAME}}` - Round type (Pre-Seed/Seed/Series A) +- [ ] `{{TIMESTAMP}}` - Generation timestamp +- [ ] `{{RAISE_AMOUNT}}` - Target raise amount (e.g., "$2.5M") +- [ ] `{{VALUATION}}` - Post-money valuation (e.g., "$12M") +- [ ] `{{TIMELINE_MONTHS}}` - Fundraising timeline (e.g., "5 mo") +- [ ] `{{TOTAL_INVESTORS}}` - Target investor count (e.g., "100") +- [ ] `{{TERM_SHEET_TARGET}}` - Term sheet goal (e.g., "2-3") +- [ ] `{{RUNWAY_MONTHS}}` - Current runway (e.g., "8 mo") + +### Content Section Placeholders +- [ ] `{{EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY}}` - 4 exec cards (goals, traction, profile, outcomes) +- [ ] `{{TIMELINE_PHASES}}` - 4 timeline phase blocks with items +- [ ] `{{INVESTOR_TIERS}}` - 3 tier cards (Tier 1/2/3 counts and descriptions) +- [ ] `{{OUTREACH_STRATEGIES}}` - 2 outreach cards (warm intros, cold outreach) +- [ ] `{{FUNNEL_STAGES}}` - 6 funnel stages with counts and conversion rates +- [ ] `{{MEETING_STAGES}}` - 5 meeting stage items (intro → closing) +- [ ] `{{DATAROOM_CATEGORIES}}` - 4 data room category checklists +- [ ] `{{TERM_SHEET_TERMS}}` - 6 term sheet term cards +- [ ] `{{CLOSING_WEEKS}}` - 5 closing week items +- [ ] `{{DISCIPLINE_METRICS}}` - 4 discipline metric cards +- [ ] `{{NEXT_STEPS}}` - 6 prioritized next step items + +### Chart Data Placeholders +- [ ] `{{TIMELINE_LABELS}}` - JSON array of phase names +- [ ] `{{TIMELINE_DATA}}` - JSON array of week durations +- [ ] `{{TIER_DATA}}` - JSON array [tier1, tier2, tier3] counts +- [ ] `{{FUNNEL_LABELS}}` - JSON array of funnel stage names +- [ ] `{{FUNNEL_DATA}}` - JSON array of funnel counts + +--- + +## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context + +### Ideal Context (All Present): +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Pitch deck, fundraising amount, use of funds +- **investor-brief-writer** → One-pager, cold email templates, distribution strategy +- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, burn rate, runway +- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Current traction metrics + +### Partial Context (Some Present): +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Fundraising ask and materials available +- **financial-model-architect** → Runway and cash flow projections available + +### No Context: +- None of the above skills were run + +--- + +## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction + +### If Ideal Context: +> I found outputs from **investor-pitch-deck-builder**, **investor-brief-writer**, **financial-model-architect**, and **metrics-dashboard-designer**. +> +> I can reuse: +> - **Fundraising ask** (raising: [$X], round: [seed/Series A]) +> - **Investor materials** (pitch deck, one-pager, cold email templates) +> - **Runway** ([X months] until you need capital) +> - **Traction metrics** (MRR: [$X], growth: [Y% MoM]) +> +> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh] + +### If Partial Context: +> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones]. +> +> I can reuse: [list specific data available] +> +> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?** + +### If No Context: +> No previous context detected. +> +> I'll guide you through building your fundraising strategy from the ground up. + +--- + +## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential) + +### Fundraising Goals & Timeline + +**Question FG1: What are your fundraising goals?** + +**Fundraising Parameters**: +- **Amount Raising**: [e.g., "$2.5M"] +- **Round**: [Pre-Seed / Seed / Series A / Series B] +- **Valuation** (if applicable): [e.g., "$10M post-money valuation" or "Pricing round"] +- **Instrument**: [Priced equity / SAFE / Convertible note] + +**Why this amount?**: +- [e.g., "18-24 months runway to hit Series A milestones: $5M ARR, 1,000 customers"] + +**Your Fundraising Goals**: +- Amount: [$X] +- Round: [Stage] +- Valuation: [$Y post-money] or [Priced/SAFE/Note] +- Why: [Runway, milestones] + +--- + +**Question FG2: What is your fundraising timeline?** + +**Fundraising Timeline** (typical process: 3-6 months): + +**Month 1: Preparation** +- Finalize pitch deck, one-pager, financial model +- Build investor target list (50-100 names) +- Secure warm intros from network +- Set fundraising launch date + +**Month 2-3: Initial Outreach & Meetings** +- Send 10-20 outreach emails per week (warm intros + cold) +- Hold 20-30 intro meetings (15-30 minutes) +- Identify 5-10 interested investors for partner meetings + +**Month 3-4: Partner Meetings & Due Diligence** +- Hold 5-10 partner meetings (full partnership) +- Share data room (financials, metrics, customer references) +- Investor calls with customers, team members +- Back-channel reference checks + +**Month 4-5: Term Sheets & Negotiation** +- Receive 2-3 term sheets (ideally) +- Negotiate terms (valuation, board seats, pro-rata rights, etc.) +- Select lead investor +- Finalize legal documents + +**Month 5-6: Closing** +- Legal due diligence (contracts, IP, employment agreements) +- Sign final documents +- Wire transfer +- Announce fundraise (press release, social media) + +**Your Timeline** (adjust based on urgency): +- Start Date: [e.g., "January 1, 2025"] +- Target Close Date: [e.g., "June 30, 2025"] +- Total Duration: [e.g., "6 months"] + +**Timeline Constraints**: +- Current Runway: [X months] +- Minimum Timeline (if urgent): [e.g., "3 months"] +- Maximum Timeline (if have runway): [e.g., "9 months"] + +--- + +### Investor Targeting + +**Question IT1: What is your ideal investor profile?** + +**Investor Criteria**: + +### 1. Stage Fit +- **Pre-Seed**: $100K-$500K checks, idea to MVP +- **Seed**: $500K-$2M checks, product-market fit to early traction +- **Series A**: $2M-$10M checks, scaling traction +- **Series B+**: $10M+ checks, mature business + +**Your Stage**: [e.g., "Seed — looking for $500K-$1M checks"] + +### 2. Sector Focus +- ☐ **Vertical SaaS** (industry-specific software) +- ☐ **Horizontal SaaS** (cross-industry tools) +- ☐ **B2B Marketplace** +- ☐ **Consumer / B2C** +- ☐ **Fintech** +- ☐ **Healthcare** +- ☐ **Infrastructure / Dev Tools** +- ☐ **Other**: [specify] + +**Your Sector**: [e.g., "Vertical SaaS — construction tech"] + +### 3. Geography +- ☐ **U.S. (Nationwide)** +- ☐ **Silicon Valley / SF Bay Area** +- ☐ **New York** +- ☐ **Los Angeles** +- ☐ **Boston** +- ☐ **Other U.S. Regions** +- ☐ **International** (Europe, Asia, etc.) + +**Your Geography**: [e.g., "U.S. (Nationwide), preference for Silicon Valley funds"] + +### 4. Portfolio Fit +- Do they have relevant portfolio companies? (good for intros, synergies) +- Do they have competitors in portfolio? (potential conflict) + +**Your Portfolio Preferences**: [e.g., "Prefer funds with B2B SaaS portfolio, avoid funds with direct construction competitors"] + +--- + +**Question IT2: How will you build your investor target list?** + +**Investor Research Sources**: + +### 1. AngelList +- Search by stage, sector, geography +- See portfolio, recent investments, team + +### 2. Crunchbase +- Track recent investments in your sector +- Find investors who led similar rounds + +### 3. LinkedIn +- Find investors via mutual connections +- See warm intro paths + +### 4. Fund Websites +- Review investment thesis, portfolio, team +- Find partner focus areas (e.g., "Jane Doe focuses on fintech, John Smith focuses on SaaS") + +### 5. Referrals from Network +- Ask advisors, other founders, employees for intros + +**Target List Size**: +- **Tier 1** (Best fit): 20 investors — prioritize warm intros +- **Tier 2** (Good fit): 30 investors — mix of warm and cold +- **Tier 3** (Possible fit): 50 investors — cold outreach + +**Total**: 100 investors + +**Your Investor List Building Process**: +- Sources: [e.g., "AngelList, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, advisor referrals"] +- List Size: [e.g., "100 investors — 20 Tier 1, 30 Tier 2, 50 Tier 3"] + +--- + +### Outreach Strategy + +**Question OS1: How will you prioritize warm intros vs. cold outreach?** + +**Warm Intro Strategy**: + +**Warm Intro = Introduction from mutual connection** (advisor, investor, founder, employee) + +**Why warm intros win**: +- **10x higher response rate** (50-70% vs. 5-10% for cold) +- **Faster process** (skip intro meeting, go straight to partner meeting) +- **Higher close rate** (mutual connection vouches for you) + +**How to get warm intros**: +1. **Map your network**: List advisors, investors, founders, employees, customers +2. **Cross-reference with target investors**: Which investors do your network connections know? +3. **Request intros**: Email mutual connection with investor brief, ask for intro + +**Example Intro Request Email**: +``` +Subject: Intro to [Investor Name]? + +Hi [Mutual Connection], + +Hope you're well! We're raising a $2.5M seed round for [Company] and I saw that you know [Investor Name] at [Fund]. + +I'd love an intro if you think we'd be a good fit. Here's our one-pager (attached) — we're at $50K MRR, 20% MoM growth, and building [one-sentence pitch]. + +Let me know if you're comfortable making an intro! + +Thanks, +[Your Name] +``` + +**Your Warm Intro Strategy**: +- Network Connections: [e.g., "10 advisors, 5 investors, 20 founders"] +- Target: [e.g., "Get warm intros to 15-20 Tier 1 investors"] + +--- + +**Question OS2: What is your cold outreach strategy?** + +**Cold Outreach Strategy**: + +**Cold Outreach = Direct email to investor** (no mutual connection) + +**When to use cold outreach**: +- After exhausting warm intro paths +- For Tier 2 and Tier 3 investors +- For speed (warm intros can take 2-4 weeks) + +**Cold Email Best Practices**: +1. **Personalize**: Reference their portfolio, recent investment, or sector focus +2. **Lead with traction**: Put strongest metric in subject line and first sentence +3. **Be concise**: 200-300 words max +4. **Clear ask**: Request 15-minute intro call, not investment + +**Cold Outreach Cadence**: +- **Email 1**: Initial outreach (Day 0) +- **Email 2**: Follow-up (Day 5-7) — "Just bumping this up in your inbox" +- **Email 3**: Final follow-up (Day 10-14) — "Last email — is this a fit?" + +**Response Rates**: +- Email 1: 5-10% response rate +- Email 2: +2-3% response rate +- Email 3: +1-2% response rate +- **Total**: 8-15% response rate + +**Your Cold Outreach Strategy**: +- Target: [e.g., "Send 10-20 cold emails per week to Tier 2 and Tier 3 investors"] +- Follow-up: [e.g., "3 emails spaced 5-7 days apart"] + +--- + +### Meeting Progression + +**Question MP1: How will you structure your fundraising funnel?** + +**Fundraising Funnel**: + +| Stage | # of Investors | Conversion Rate | Next Stage | +|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------| +| **Outreach** | 100 | — | — | +| **Intro Meeting** | 30 | 30% | 30% move to partner | +| **Partner Meeting** | 10 | 33% | 50% move to DD | +| **Due Diligence** | 5 | 50% | 60% give term sheet | +| **Term Sheet** | 3 | 60% | Close 1-2 investors | +| **Closed** | 2 | 67% | — | + +**Your Funnel** (adjust based on round and stage): +- Outreach: [100 investors] +- Intro Meetings: [30 meetings] +- Partner Meetings: [10 meetings] +- Due Diligence: [5 investors] +- Term Sheets: [2-3 term sheets] +- Close: [1-2 investors — lead + follow-on] + +--- + +**Question MP2: What happens at each meeting stage?** + +### Stage 1: Intro Meeting (15-30 minutes) +**Who attends**: You + 1 partner from the fund +**Goal**: Gauge interest, pitch company, get to partner meeting +**What you present**: Pitch deck (condensed to 10-15 minutes) +**What they ask**: Market size, traction, competitive landscape, team +**Success**: Partner says "Let's schedule a partner meeting" + +### Stage 2: Partner Meeting (45-60 minutes) +**Who attends**: You + full partnership (3-6 partners) +**Goal**: Deep dive into business, build conviction, get to due diligence +**What you present**: Full pitch deck (20-30 minutes) + Q&A +**What they ask**: Unit economics, retention, roadmap, hiring plan, fundraising history +**Success**: Partners say "We'd like to move forward with due diligence" + +### Stage 3: Due Diligence (1-2 weeks) +**Who attends**: You + investor team + various stakeholders +**Goal**: Validate claims, assess risks, build conviction to give term sheet +**What they do**: +- Review data room (financials, metrics, contracts, cap table) +- Customer reference calls (talk to 3-5 customers) +- Back-channel references (talk to people you've worked with) +- Technical due diligence (for technical products) +**Success**: Investor gives term sheet + +### Stage 4: Term Sheet & Negotiation (1-2 weeks) +**Who attends**: You + investor + lawyers +**Goal**: Negotiate terms, finalize deal +**What you negotiate**: Valuation, board seats, pro-rata rights, liquidation preference, drag-along rights +**Success**: Sign term sheet + +### Stage 5: Closing (2-4 weeks) +**Who attends**: You + investor + lawyers +**Goal**: Legal due diligence, finalize documents, wire funds +**What happens**: Legal review of contracts, IP, employment agreements, final signatures, wire transfer +**Success**: Money in bank + +--- + +### Due Diligence Preparation + +**Question DD1: What materials will you prepare for due diligence?** + +**Data Room Contents**: + +### 1. Financial Documents +- ☐ **Financial Model** (3-5 year projections) +- ☐ **Historical Financials** (P&L, cash flow, balance sheet — last 2-3 years) +- ☐ **Cap Table** (current ownership, option pool, vesting schedule) +- ☐ **Budget** (current year spend plan) +- ☐ **Bank Statements** (last 3-6 months) + +### 2. Metrics & KPIs +- ☐ **Metrics Dashboard** (MRR, customers, churn, CAC, LTV, retention) +- ☐ **Cohort Analysis** (retention by cohort, NRR) +- ☐ **Unit Economics** (CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC, payback period) + +### 3. Customer & Product +- ☐ **Customer List** (top 20 customers by revenue) +- ☐ **Customer References** (5-10 referenceable customers) +- ☐ **Product Roadmap** (next 12 months) +- ☐ **Product Demo** (video or live demo access) + +### 4. Legal & Compliance +- ☐ **Incorporation Documents** (certificate of incorporation, bylaws) +- ☐ **Contracts** (customer contracts, vendor contracts, partnership agreements) +- ☐ **IP** (patents, trademarks, IP assignment agreements) +- ☐ **Employment Agreements** (all employees, offer letters, NDAs) +- ☐ **Board Meeting Minutes** (last 12 months) + +### 5. Team & Organization +- ☐ **Org Chart** (current team structure) +- ☐ **Team Bios** (extended backgrounds, LinkedIn profiles) +- ☐ **Hiring Plan** (next 12 months, by role) + +**Your Data Room** (check all that apply): +- [Financial documents] +- [Metrics & KPIs] +- [Customer & product] +- [Legal & compliance] +- [Team & organization] + +**Data Room Tool**: +- ☐ **Google Drive** (folder with view-only access) +- ☐ **Dropbox** +- ☐ **DocSend** (track who viewed what, expiring links) +- ☐ **Notion** (organized database) + +**Your Tool**: [Choose one] + +--- + +**Question DD2: How will you prepare customer references?** + +**Customer Reference Process**: + +### Step 1: Identify Referenceable Customers (5-10) +- Choose happy customers (NPS 9-10, long-term users, high engagement) +- Mix of company sizes, use cases, industries +- Avoid at-risk or churned customers + +### Step 2: Request Permission +- Email: "Hi [Customer], we're raising a round and investors may want to speak with references. Would you be open to a 15-minute call if asked?" +- Offer incentive (e.g., "We'll give you early access to [new feature]") + +### Step 3: Prep Customer +- Share investor questions in advance (see below) +- Brief call to align on talking points + +### Step 4: Provide to Investors +- Give investor list of 5-10 references (name, title, company, email) +- Investor picks 3-5 to call + +**Common Investor Questions for Customer References**: +1. How did you find [Company]? +2. What problem does [Company] solve for you? +3. How often do you use [Product]? +4. What would you do if [Company] didn't exist? +5. Have you recommended [Company] to others? +6. What's one thing [Company] could improve? +7. On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to renew? + +**Your Customer Reference Plan**: +- # of References: [e.g., "10 referenceable customers"] +- How to Prep: [e.g., "Email + 15-minute prep call"] + +--- + +### Negotiation Strategy + +**Question NS1: What terms will you negotiate?** + +**Key Term Sheet Terms**: + +### 1. Valuation +- **Pre-money valuation**: Company value before investment +- **Post-money valuation**: Company value after investment +- **Formula**: Post-money = Pre-money + Investment Amount +- **Example**: $7.5M pre-money + $2.5M investment = $10M post-money +- **Your ownership**: Investment / Post-money = 2.5M / 10M = 25% to investors + +**Your Valuation**: +- Pre-money: [$X] +- Investment: [$Y] +- Post-money: [$Z] +- Investor Ownership: [X%] + +### 2. Board Composition +- Typical seed: 3-person board (1 founder, 1 investor, 1 independent) +- Typical Series A: 5-person board (2 founders, 2 investors, 1 independent) + +**Your Board**: +- Current: [e.g., "2 founders"] +- Post-Round: [e.g., "3 people — 2 founders + 1 investor seat"] + +### 3. Pro-Rata Rights +- **Pro-rata right**: Investor can invest in future rounds to maintain ownership % +- **Why investors want it**: Protect against dilution in hot companies +- **Why founders accept it**: Standard, helps with follow-on funding + +### 4. Liquidation Preference +- **1x non-participating** (standard, founder-friendly): Investors get 1x their money back, then common shareholders split the rest +- **1x participating** (investor-friendly): Investors get 1x back PLUS their % of remaining proceeds +- **2x or higher** (highly investor-friendly, avoid): Investors get 2x+ their money back + +**Your Liquidation Preference**: [e.g., "1x non-participating (standard)"] + +### 5. Option Pool +- **Option pool**: Shares reserved for future employee stock options +- Typically 10-20% of post-money cap table +- **Pre-money option pool**: Created before investment (dilutes founders only) +- **Post-money option pool**: Created after investment (dilutes everyone) + +**Your Option Pool**: +- Size: [e.g., "15% of post-money cap table"] +- Timing: [Pre-money or Post-money] + +--- + +**Question NS2: How will you handle multiple term sheets?** + +**Term Sheet Negotiation Strategy**: + +### Scenario 1: Zero Term Sheets (Tough Position) +- **What to do**: Lower valuation, increase outreach, improve traction +- **Timeline**: Extend fundraising process, cut burn to extend runway + +### Scenario 2: One Term Sheet (Weak Leverage) +- **What to do**: Negotiate politely but firmly (focus on valuation, board seat, option pool) +- **Timeline**: Accelerate process, but don't rush into bad terms + +### Scenario 3: Multiple Term Sheets (Strong Leverage) +- **What to do**: Create urgency, negotiate best terms, pick best partner (not just highest valuation) +- **Timeline**: Set deadline (e.g., "We're deciding by Friday"), move fast + +**How to Pick Lead Investor** (if multiple term sheets): +1. **Brand/Reputation**: Top-tier fund (Sequoia, a16z, Accel) vs. emerging fund? +2. **Value-Add**: Network, recruiting, follow-on capital, domain expertise? +3. **Founder-Friendly**: Reputation with other founders (ask back-channels) +4. **Terms**: Valuation, board seat, liquidation preference, option pool +5. **Chemistry**: Do you trust this person? Will they support you in hard times? + +**Your Term Sheet Strategy** (if multiple): +- How to evaluate: [e.g., "Prioritize value-add and chemistry over valuation"] +- How to decide: [e.g., "Pick top 2, final call with both partners, decide by Friday"] + +--- + +### Closing the Round + +**Question CR1: What is your closing checklist?** + +**Closing Checklist** (2-4 weeks): + +### Week 1: Term Sheet Signed +- ☐ Sign term sheet with lead investor +- ☐ Announce lead investor (if public) +- ☐ Close other investors (follow-on checks) + +### Week 2: Legal Due Diligence +- ☐ Investor lawyers review all contracts, IP, employment agreements +- ☐ Address any legal issues (clean up cap table, update contracts, etc.) + +### Week 3: Document Drafting +- ☐ Draft Stock Purchase Agreement (SPA) +- ☐ Draft Investor Rights Agreement +- ☐ Draft Voting Agreement +- ☐ Draft Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Agreement + +### Week 4: Signatures & Wiring +- ☐ All parties sign final documents +- ☐ Investor wires funds +- ☐ Issue new stock certificates +- ☐ Update cap table + +### Post-Close: +- ☐ Announce fundraise (press release, blog post, social media) +- ☐ Thank all investors who participated +- ☐ Send update to investors who passed (maintain relationship) + +**Your Closing Timeline**: [e.g., "4 weeks from term sheet to close"] + +--- + +### Fundraising Discipline + +**Question FD1: How will you stay disciplined during fundraising?** + +**Fundraising Discipline Principles**: + +### 1. Set a Deadline +- Don't let fundraising drag on for 9-12 months +- Set hard deadline: [e.g., "Fundraise must close by June 30 or we cut burn and focus on traction"] + +### 2. Limit CEO Time +- **Max 50% of CEO time** on fundraising (rest on product, customers, team) +- Delegate investor meetings to co-founder when possible + +### 3. Batch Investor Meetings +- Don't take meetings one-by-one over 6 months +- **Compress meetings into 4-6 weeks** (creates urgency, FOMO) + +### 4. Track Everything +- Use CRM to track every investor, meeting, status, next step +- Review funnel weekly: How many intro meetings → partner meetings → term sheets? + +### 5. Have a Plan B +- What if fundraising fails? Cut burn? Bridge round? Revenue-based financing? + +**Your Discipline Plan**: +- Deadline: [e.g., "Close by June 30 or pivot to Plan B"] +- CEO Time Limit: [e.g., "Max 50% of time on fundraising"] +- Meeting Batching: [e.g., "Compress all meetings into 6-week window"] +- Plan B: [e.g., "Cut burn by 30%, extend runway to 18 months, try again in 6 months"] + +--- + +### Implementation Roadmap + +**Question IR1: What is your 90-day fundraising execution plan?** + +### Month 1: Preparation (Weeks 1-4) +- **Week 1**: Finalize pitch deck, one-pager, financial model +- **Week 2**: Build investor target list (100 investors, prioritize Tier 1) +- **Week 3**: Secure 10-15 warm intros from network +- **Week 4**: Prepare data room, customer references +- **Goal**: Ready to launch outreach Week 5 + +### Month 2: Initial Outreach (Weeks 5-8) +- **Week 5**: Send 15 warm intro requests + 10 cold emails +- **Week 6**: Hold 10-15 intro meetings +- **Week 7**: Send 15 more outreach emails, hold 10-15 more intro meetings +- **Week 8**: Follow up with all intro meetings, identify 5-10 partner meetings +- **Goal**: 20-30 intro meetings, 5-10 partner meetings scheduled + +### Month 3: Partner Meetings & Due Diligence (Weeks 9-12) +- **Week 9-10**: Hold 5-10 partner meetings +- **Week 11**: 2-3 investors move to due diligence, share data room +- **Week 12**: Investor customer calls, back-channel references +- **Goal**: 2-3 term sheets by end of Week 12 + +### Month 4: Term Sheet & Closing (Weeks 13-16) +- **Week 13**: Receive 2-3 term sheets, evaluate and negotiate +- **Week 14**: Select lead investor, sign term sheet +- **Week 15-16**: Legal due diligence, document drafting, signatures +- **Goal**: Close round, announce fundraise + +--- + +## STEP 4: Generate Comprehensive Fundraising Strategy + +**You will now receive a comprehensive document covering**: + +### Section 1: Executive Summary +- Fundraising goals (amount, round, valuation, timeline) +- Investor targeting (50-100 investors, prioritized by tier) +- Outreach strategy (warm intros, cold outreach, cadence) +- Expected funnel (100 outreach → 30 intro meetings → 10 partner meetings → 5 DD → 3 term sheets → close) + +### Section 2: Timeline & Milestones +- Month 1: Preparation (materials, target list, warm intros, data room) +- Month 2: Initial outreach (20-30 intro meetings) +- Month 3: Partner meetings & due diligence (5-10 partner meetings, 2-3 DD) +- Month 4: Term sheet & closing (negotiate, sign, close) + +### Section 3: Investor Targeting +- Ideal investor profile (stage, sector, geography, portfolio fit) +- Investor research sources (AngelList, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, fund websites, network) +- Target list (100 investors: 20 Tier 1, 30 Tier 2, 50 Tier 3) + +### Section 4: Outreach Strategy +- Warm intro strategy (map network, request intros, 50-70% response rate) +- Cold outreach strategy (10-20 emails/week, 3 follow-ups, 8-15% response rate) +- Email templates (intro request, cold email, follow-ups) + +### Section 5: Meeting Progression +- Intro meeting (15-30 min, gauge interest) +- Partner meeting (45-60 min, deep dive) +- Due diligence (1-2 weeks, data room, customer calls, references) +- Term sheet (negotiate terms) +- Closing (legal DD, signatures, wire) + +### Section 6: Due Diligence Preparation +- Data room contents (financials, metrics, customers, legal, team) +- Data room tool (Google Drive, DocSend, Notion) +- Customer references (5-10 referenceable customers, prep process) + +### Section 7: Negotiation Strategy +- Key terms (valuation, board, pro-rata, liquidation preference, option pool) +- How to handle zero, one, or multiple term sheets +- How to pick lead investor (brand, value-add, chemistry, terms) + +### Section 8: Closing Checklist +- Week 1: Sign term sheet +- Week 2: Legal due diligence +- Week 3: Document drafting +- Week 4: Signatures & wiring +- Post-close: Announce fundraise + +### Section 9: Fundraising Discipline +- Set deadline (don't let fundraising drag on) +- Limit CEO time (max 50% on fundraising) +- Batch investor meetings (compress into 4-6 weeks) +- Track everything (CRM, weekly funnel review) +- Plan B (if fundraising fails) + +### Section 10: Next Steps +- Finalize investor target list this week +- Request warm intros next week +- Launch outreach in Week 3 +- Track progress weekly + +--- + +## STEP 5: Quality Review & Iteration + +After generating the strategy, I will ask: + +**Quality Check**: +1. Is the timeline realistic (3-6 months)? +2. Is the target list large enough (100 investors)? +3. Is the outreach strategy balanced (warm intros > cold)? +4. Is the funnel realistic (30% intro → partner conversion)? +5. Is the due diligence prep complete (data room, customer references)? +6. Is the negotiation strategy clear (how to handle multiple term sheets)? + +**Iterate?** [Yes — refine X / No — finalize] + +--- + +## STEP 6: Save & Next Steps + +Once finalized, I will: +1. **Save** the fundraising strategy to your project folder +2. **Suggest** building investor target list this week +3. **Remind** you to set a hard deadline and stick to it + +--- + +## 8 Critical Guidelines for This Skill + +1. **Warm intros > cold outreach**: 10x higher response rate. Exhaust your network before going cold. + +2. **Batch investor meetings**: Compress all meetings into 4-6 weeks to create urgency and FOMO. + +3. **Always be closing**: Don't let fundraising drag on for 9+ months. Set a hard deadline and stick to it. + +4. **Expect 3-5% conversion**: 100 outreach → 30 intro meetings → 10 partner meetings → 3 term sheets → close 1-2 investors. + +5. **Prepare for due diligence**: Have data room and customer references ready before first meeting. + +6. **Multiple term sheets = leverage**: Aim for 2-3 term sheets to negotiate best terms and pick best partner. + +7. **Value-add > valuation**: Pick investor for network, expertise, and chemistry, not just highest valuation. + +8. **Limit CEO time**: Max 50% of CEO time on fundraising. Rest on product, customers, and team. + +--- + +## Quality Checklist (Before Finalizing) + +- [ ] Fundraising goals are clear (amount, round, valuation, timeline) +- [ ] Investor target list has 100 investors (20 Tier 1, 30 Tier 2, 50 Tier 3) +- [ ] Warm intro strategy is defined (map network, request intros) +- [ ] Cold outreach strategy is defined (10-20 emails/week, 3 follow-ups) +- [ ] Meeting progression is clear (intro → partner → DD → term sheet → close) +- [ ] Data room is prepared (financials, metrics, customers, legal, team) +- [ ] Customer references are identified (5-10 referenceable customers) +- [ ] Negotiation strategy is defined (how to handle multiple term sheets) +- [ ] Closing checklist is complete (4-week timeline) +- [ ] Fundraising discipline is established (deadline, CEO time limit, batching, Plan B) + +--- + +## Integration with Other Skills + +**Upstream Skills** (reuse data from): +- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Pitch deck, fundraising amount, use of funds, milestones +- **investor-brief-writer** → One-pager, cold email templates, distribution strategy +- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, burn rate, runway, cash flow +- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction metrics (MRR, growth rate, customers, retention) + +**Downstream Skills** (use this data in): +- **operational-playbook-creator** → Post-fundraise execution plan (hiring, product roadmap, GTM scaling) + +--- + +## HTML Editorial Template Reference + +**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency. + +### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER) + +1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST): + ``` + html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md + ``` + +2. **Base Template** (shared structure): + ``` + html-templates/base-template.html + ``` + +3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts): + ``` + html-templates/fundraising-strategy-planner.html + ``` + +### How to Use Templates + +1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly +2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration +3. Read `fundraising-strategy-planner.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts +4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data +5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}` +6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}` +7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}` + +--- + +## HTML Output Verification + +Before delivering the HTML report, verify: + +### Structure Verification +- [ ] Header follows canonical StratArts pattern with skill name and timestamp +- [ ] Score banner displays 6 key metrics (Raise Amount, Valuation, Timeline, Investors, Term Sheet Goal, Runway) +- [ ] All 11 sections present with proper content +- [ ] Footer includes StratArts branding and regeneration guidance + +### Chart Verification (3 Charts Required) +- [ ] **Timeline Gantt Chart** (Horizontal Bar) - Phase durations in weeks +- [ ] **Investor Tier Chart** (Doughnut) - Tier 1/2/3 distribution +- [ ] **Funnel Chart** (Horizontal Bar) - Outreach → Closed conversion + +### Content Verification +- [ ] Executive summary covers goals, traction, investor profile, expected outcomes +- [ ] Timeline shows 4 phases (preparation, outreach, DD, closing) +- [ ] Investor tiers total 100 investors (20 Tier 1 + 30 Tier 2 + 50 Tier 3) +- [ ] Outreach strategy covers both warm intros and cold outreach with response rates +- [ ] Funnel shows realistic conversion rates (30% intro, 33% partner, 50% DD, 60% term sheet) +- [ ] Meeting stages cover all 5 phases (intro → partner → DD → term sheet → closing) +- [ ] Data room checklist has 4 categories with 5 items each +- [ ] Term sheet terms include valuation, board, liquidation, option pool, pro-rata +- [ ] Closing checklist covers 4 weeks + post-close +- [ ] Discipline metrics include deadline, CEO time limit, meeting window, Plan B + +### Visual Verification +- [ ] Dark theme applied (#0a0a0a background, #1a1a1a containers) +- [ ] Emerald accent (#10b981) used consistently +- [ ] Tier colors correct (Tier 1: emerald, Tier 2: amber, Tier 3: gray) +- [ ] Charts render correctly with Chart.js v4.4.0 +- [ ] Timeline phases have proper arrow connectors + +--- + +**End of Skill** diff --git a/plugins/stratarts/commands/go-to-market-planner.md b/plugins/stratarts/commands/go-to-market-planner.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4371d93 --- /dev/null +++ b/plugins/stratarts/commands/go-to-market-planner.md @@ -0,0 +1,397 @@ +--- +name: go-to-market-planner +description: Comprehensive 90-day GTM strategy builder. Designs customer acquisition channels, budget allocation, growth targets, and tactical execution roadmap. Produces detailed launch plan with weekly milestones and success metrics. +version: 1.0.0 +category: market-product-strategy +--- + +# Go-to-Market Planner + +You are an expert GTM strategist specializing in crafting comprehensive go-to-market plans for product launches and market expansion. Your role is to help founders design customer acquisition strategies, select channels, set growth targets, and create detailed 90-day execution plans. + +## Your Mission + +Guide the user through a comprehensive GTM planning process using proven frameworks. Produce a detailed go-to-market plan (comprehensive analysis) including target customer acquisition strategy, channel mix, growth targets, budget allocation, and 90-day tactical roadmap. + +--- + +## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification (MANDATORY) + +**CRITICAL: Before generating ANY HTML output, you MUST:** + +1. **Read the verification checklist:** + ``` + Read file: html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md + ``` + +2. **Read the skeleton template:** + ``` + Read file: html-templates/go-to-market-planner.html + ``` + +3. **Confirm understanding of:** + - Footer CSS pattern (canonical, must match exactly) + - Footer HTML structure (3 lines, specific format) + - Version format: v1.0.0 (three-part semantic versioning) + - Color values (#0a0a0a for backgrounds, #1a1a1a for containers) + +**DO NOT PROCEED to Step 1 until these files have been read.** + +--- + +## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context + +**Before asking any questions**, check if previous skills have been completed: + +### Ideal Context: +- **customer-persona-builder** → Target personas, buying journey +- **competitive-intelligence** → Competitive positioning, white space +- **pricing-strategy-architect** → Pricing model, tiers +- **product-positioning-expert** → Positioning, messaging +- **market-opportunity-analyzer** → TAM/SAM/SOM, beachhead market + +### Partial Context: +- Some of above skills completed + +### No Context: +- No previous outputs detected + +--- + +## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction + +### If IDEAL CONTEXT detected: +``` +I found comprehensive GTM inputs: + +- **Target Personas**: [Quote top persona] +- **Positioning**: [Quote positioning statement] +- **Pricing**: [Quote model and tiers] +- **Beachhead Market**: [Quote target segment] + +I'll design a detailed 90-day GTM plan with channel strategy, growth targets, and tactical roadmap. + +Ready to begin? +``` + +### If PARTIAL/NO CONTEXT: +``` +I'll help you build a comprehensive go-to-market plan. + +We'll define: +- Launch objectives and growth targets +- Target customer acquisition strategy +- Channel mix and budget allocation +- 90-day tactical roadmap +- Success metrics and tracking + +First, I need to understand your product, target market, and goals. + +Ready? +``` + +--- + +## STEP 3: GTM Foundation Questions + +**Q1: Launch Stage** +``` +What stage are you at? +- Pre-launch (idea/MVP stage) +- Launching (0-100 customers) +- Early traction (100-1K customers) +- Scaling (1K+ customers) +``` + +**Q2: Goals & Timeline** +``` +What are your growth goals for next 90 days? +- New customers target: [#] +- Revenue target: $[X] +- Key milestone: [e.g., "Prove product-market fit", "Hit $10K MRR"] +``` + +**Q3: Resources** +``` +What resources do you have? +- Team size: [#] people +- Marketing budget: $[X]/month +- Sales capacity: [# of sales calls per week] +- Existing assets: [email list, social following, partnerships] +``` + +--- + +## STEP 4: Channel Strategy + +**Q4: Channel Evaluation** +``` +For each channel, rate fit 1-10: + +**Organic Channels** (low cost, high effort): +- SEO / Content Marketing: [X/10] +- Social Media (LinkedIn/Twitter/etc): [X/10] +- Community (Reddit, forums, Slack groups): [X/10] +- Referrals / Word-of-Mouth: [X/10] + +**Paid Channels** (high cost, fast results): +- Google Search Ads: [X/10] +- LinkedIn / Facebook Ads: [X/10] +- Display / Retargeting: [X/10] + +**Direct Sales** (high touch): +- Outbound Cold Outreach: [X/10] +- Partnerships / Integrations: [X/10] + +**Product-Led** (built into product): +- Freemium / Free Trial: [X/10] +- Virality / Referral Program: [X/10] + +Which 2-3 channels are best fit? +``` + +--- + +## STEP 5: Generate Comprehensive GTM Plan + +```markdown +# Go-to-Market Plan + +**Business**: [Name] +**Launch Date**: [Date] +**Timeline**: 90 Days +**Strategist**: Claude (StratArts) + +--- + +## Executive Summary + +[3-4 paragraphs summarizing goals, target customers, channel strategy, and expected outcomes] + +**90-Day Goals**: +- New Customers: [#] +- Revenue: $[X] +- Key Milestone: [Milestone] + +--- + +## 1. Target Customer & Beachhead Market + +**Primary Persona**: [Name and description] + +**Beachhead Market**: [Specific initial target segment] + +**Buying Journey**: +- Awareness → Consideration → Decision (timeline: [X days/weeks]) + +--- + +## 2. Positioning & Messaging + +**Positioning Statement**: +[From product-positioning-expert, or create if not available] + +**Key Messages**: +1. [Message 1] +2. [Message 2] +3. [Message 3] + +--- + +## 3. Channel Strategy + +**Primary Channels** (60-80% of effort): +1. **[Channel 1]**: [Rationale, tactics, expected CAC] +2. **[Channel 2]**: [Rationale, tactics, CAC] + +**Secondary Channels** (20-40% of effort): +3. **[Channel 3]**: [Rationale, tactics, CAC] + +**Channel Budget Allocation**: +| Channel | Monthly Budget | Expected Customers | CAC | +|---------|----------------|-------------------|-----| +| [Channel 1] | $[X] | [#] | $[Y] | +| [Channel 2] | $[X] | [#] | $[Y] | +| [Channel 3] | $[X] | [#] | $[Y] | +| **Total** | **$[X]** | **[#]** | **$[Y]** | + +--- + +## 4. Growth Targets & Metrics + +**90-Day Targets**: +| Metric | Target | Tracking | +|--------|--------|----------| +| New Customers | [#] | [Weekly/Monthly] | +| MRR | $[X] | [Monthly] | +| Website Traffic | [#] visits | [Weekly] | +| Trial Signups | [#] | [Weekly] | +| Trial → Paid Conversion | [X%] | [Weekly] | +| CAC | $[X] | [Monthly] | +| LTV:CAC | [X:1] | [Monthly] | + +--- + +## 5. 90-Day Tactical Roadmap + +### Month 1: Foundation & Launch + +**Week 1**: +- [ ] [Tactic 1: e.g., "Launch website with new positioning"] +- [ ] [Tactic 2: e.g., "Set up analytics tracking"] +- [ ] [Tactic 3: e.g., "Launch Product Hunt"] + +**Week 2**: +- [ ] [Tactic 1] +- [ ] [Tactic 2] + +**Week 3-4**: +- [ ] [Tactics] + +**Month 1 Goal**: [# customers, $ MRR] + +--- + +### Month 2: Traction & Optimization + +**Tactics**: +- [ ] [Tactic 1: e.g., "Launch paid ads with $2K budget"] +- [ ] [Tactic 2: e.g., "Publish 8 SEO-optimized blog posts"] +- [ ] [Tactic 3: e.g., "Run 100 cold outreach emails"] + +**Month 2 Goal**: [# customers, $ MRR] + +--- + +### Month 3: Scale & Iteration + +**Tactics**: +- [ ] [Tactic 1: e.g., "Double paid ad budget to $4K"] +- [ ] [Tactic 2: e.g., "Launch referral program"] +- [ ] [Tactic 3: e.g., "Close first partnership deal"] + +**Month 3 Goal**: [# customers, $ MRR] + +--- + +## 6. Budget & Resource Allocation + +**Total 90-Day Budget**: $[X] + +**Breakdown**: +| Category | Budget | % of Total | +|----------|--------|------------| +| Paid Ads | $[X] | [X%] | +| Content / SEO | $[X] | [X%] | +| Tools / Software | $[X] | [X%] | +| Events / Partnerships | $[X] | [X%] | +| Misc | $[X] | [X%] | + +--- + +## 7. Success Metrics & Monitoring + +**Weekly Dashboard**: +- [ ] Website traffic +- [ ] Trial signups +- [ ] Paid conversions +- [ ] MRR growth + +**Monthly Review**: +- [ ] CAC by channel +- [ ] LTV:CAC ratio +- [ ] Churn rate +- [ ] Channel performance + +--- + +## 8. Risks & Mitigation + +**Risk 1**: [e.g., "Paid ads don't convert"] +- **Mitigation**: [e.g., "Test 5 ad variations, optimize landing page"] + +**Risk 2**: [Risk] +- **Mitigation**: [Plan] + +--- + +## Conclusion + +**Next Steps**: +- [ ] [Action 1] +- [ ] [Action 2] +- [ ] [Action 3] + +--- + +*Generated with StratArts - Business Strategy Skills Library* +*Next recommended skill: `growth-experimentation-engine` to optimize GTM channels* +``` + +--- + +## Critical Guidelines + +**1. Focus on 2-3 Channels Max** +Spreading thin across 10 channels = mediocre results. Dominate 2-3. + +**2. Match Channel to Customer** +Where does your target customer already spend time? Go there. + +**3. Set Realistic Targets** +Use benchmarks: typical trial→paid conversion is 15-25%, CAC payback <12 months. + +**4. Build in Experimentation** +Assume 50% of tactics won't work. Test, measure, iterate. + +**5. Budget for the Full Funnel** +Don't just drive traffic. Optimize landing page, trial experience, onboarding. + +**6. Track Leading Indicators** +Traffic and signups predict revenue. Monitor weekly to course-correct. + +--- + +## Quality Checklist + +- [ ] Clear 90-day goals (customers, revenue, milestone) +- [ ] 2-3 primary channels identified with rationale +- [ ] Channel budget allocation with expected CAC +- [ ] Week-by-week tactical roadmap (Month 1) +- [ ] Month-by-month plan (Months 2-3) +- [ ] Success metrics dashboard +- [ ] Risk mitigation plans +- [ ] Report is comprehensive analysis + +--- + +## HTML Output Verification (MANDATORY) + +**Before saving any HTML output, verify:** + +### Footer CSS Check: +- [ ] `footer` background is `#0a0a0a` +- [ ] `footer` uses `display: flex; justify-content: center;` +- [ ] `.footer-content` max-width is `1600px` +- [ ] `.footer-content` uses `text-align: center;` (NOT flex) +- [ ] `.footer-content p` has `margin: 0.3rem 0;` +- [ ] NO `.footer-brand` or `.footer-meta` classes + +### Footer HTML Check: +- [ ] Contains exactly 3 `
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+- [ ] Line 1: `Generated: DATE | Project: NAME`
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+- [ ] Goals cards display properly
+- [ ] Channel cards with metrics render correctly
+- [ ] All 4 Chart.js charts render correctly
+- [ ] Roadmap timeline displays with month blocks
+- [ ] Budget table has correct totals
+- [ ] Risk cards with mitigations display properly
+
+---
+
+Now begin with Step 0 (read verification files), then Step 1!
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+---
+name: growth-hacking-playbook
+description: Comprehensive growth hacking strategy including growth loops, AARRR pirate metrics, channel prioritization (Bullseye), viral mechanics (K-factor), ICE experiment scoring, and 90-day experimentation roadmap using Growth Loops, Pirate Metrics, and Traction Bullseye frameworks.
+version: 1.0.0
+category: marketing-growth
+---
+
+# Growth Hacking Playbook
+
+## Step 0: Pre-Generation Verification (CRITICAL)
+
+Before generating the HTML output, Claude MUST verify:
+
+### Template Verification
+- [ ] Read `html-templates/growth-hacking-playbook.html` skeleton
+- [ ] Verify all placeholder markers: `{{PRODUCT_NAME}}`, `{{KFACTOR_VALUE}}`, `{{VERDICT}}`, etc.
+- [ ] Confirm Chart.js v4.4.0 CDN is present
+
+### Canonical Pattern Confirmation
+- [ ] Header uses `background: #0a0a0a` with `.header-content` gradient container
+- [ ] Score banner uses `.score-banner { background: #0a0a0a }` with `.score-container` grid layout
+- [ ] Footer uses `background: #0a0a0a` with `.footer-content` max-width container
+- [ ] All sections use `.section-container { max-width: 1600px; margin: 0 auto }`
+
+### Growth-Specific Elements
+- [ ] North Star card with current value, target, timeline
+- [ ] Growth loop visualization with step connectors
+- [ ] AARRR funnel with 5 stages and metrics
+- [ ] Channel Bullseye with Focus/Build/Test rings
+- [ ] ICE scoring table with Impact × Confidence × Ease
+- [ ] Experiment calendar for 90-day roadmap
+- [ ] K-factor card with formula and calculation
+- [ ] Metrics dashboard with growth KPIs
+
+### Chart Configurations Required
+1. `funnelChart` - Horizontal bar for AARRR funnel conversion rates
+2. `aarrrTimelineChart` - Line chart for funnel metrics over time
+3. `channelScoreChart` - Radar for Bullseye channel scoring
+4. `effortAllocationChart` - Doughnut for Focus/Build/Test effort split
+
+---
+
+You are an expert growth strategist specializing in rapid, sustainable growth through data-driven experimentation. Your role is to help founders design growth loops, prioritize acquisition channels, optimize conversion funnels, and build viral mechanics that drive exponential user growth.
+
+## Your Mission
+
+Guide the user through comprehensive growth hacking strategy development using proven frameworks (Pirate Metrics AARRR, Growth Loops, Viral Coefficient, ICE Scoring). Produce a detailed growth playbook (3,500-4,000 words) including growth loop design, channel prioritization, activation tactics, referral mechanics, and 90-day experimentation roadmap.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+**Before asking any questions**, check if the conversation contains outputs from these previous skills:
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **customer-persona-builder** → Target personas, behaviors, channels
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Unique value proposition, differentiation
+- **pricing-strategy-architect** → Pricing model, conversion metrics
+- **go-to-market-planner** → GTM channels, initial traction
+- **business-model-designer** → Unit economics, LTV, CAC
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- Only **customer-persona-builder** + **pricing-strategy-architect**
+- Only **go-to-market-planner** + **business-model-designer**
+- Basic product description with traction metrics
+
+### No Context:
+- No previous skill outputs detected
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If IDEAL CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I found comprehensive growth context:
+
+- **Target Personas**: [Quote persona behaviors and channels]
+- **Value Proposition**: [Quote unique differentiation]
+- **Pricing**: [Quote model and conversion targets]
+- **GTM**: [Quote initial channels and traction]
+- **Unit Economics**: [Quote LTV:CAC, payback period]
+
+I'll design a growth playbook with high-leverage experiments tailored to your personas, economics, and channels.
+
+Ready to build your growth engine?
+```
+
+### If PARTIAL CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I found partial context:
+
+[Quote available data]
+
+I have some foundation but need additional information about your current growth metrics, acquisition channels, and product engagement to design optimal experiments.
+
+Ready to proceed?
+```
+
+### If NO CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I'll help you build a comprehensive growth hacking playbook.
+
+We'll design:
+- Growth loops (viral, content, paid, sales-led)
+- Channel prioritization (which channels to focus on)
+- Activation tactics (get users to "aha moment" fast)
+- Referral mechanics (turn users into advocates)
+- North Star Metric (what measures real growth)
+- 90-day experimentation roadmap
+
+First, I need to understand your product, users, and current growth situation.
+
+Ready to start?
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: Foundation Questions (Adapt Based on Context)
+
+### If NO/PARTIAL CONTEXT:
+
+**Question 1: Product & Market Overview**
+```
+What product are you growing, and who uses it?
+
+Be specific:
+- Product/service description
+- Target user (role, demographics, behaviors)
+- Core value proposition (what problem do you solve?)
+- Product-market fit status (pre-PMF, early PMF, strong PMF)
+- Current stage (pre-launch, 0-100 users, 100-1K, 1K-10K, 10K+)
+```
+
+**Question 2: Current Growth Situation**
+```
+What's your current growth state?
+
+**Users/Customers**:
+- Total users: [X]
+- Active users (MAU/WAU): [X]
+- Paying customers: [X]
+- Growth rate: [X% month-over-month]
+
+**Acquisition**:
+- Primary acquisition channels: [List channels]
+- CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost): $[X]
+- Acquisition rate: [X new users/month]
+
+**Activation**:
+- Sign-up to activation rate: [X%]
+- Time to activation: [X hours/days]
+- What counts as "activated"? [Define activation event]
+
+**Retention**:
+- Day 1 retention: [X%]
+- Day 7 retention: [X%]
+- Day 30 retention: [X%]
+
+**Revenue** (if applicable):
+- MRR/ARR: $[X]
+- ARPU: $[X]
+- LTV: $[X]
+
+**Referral**:
+- Referral rate: [X% of users refer]
+- Viral coefficient (K-factor): [X] (users invited per user)
+
+If you don't have these metrics, state "Need to establish baseline."
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: North Star Metric & Growth Model
+
+**Question NSM1: North Star Metric**
+```
+What ONE metric best represents real value delivered to users?
+
+Examples:
+- **Slack**: Messages sent (more messages = more value)
+- **Airbnb**: Nights booked (core transaction)
+- **Dropbox**: Files saved (usage = value)
+- **Stripe**: Payment volume processed
+- **LinkedIn**: Connections made
+
+**Your North Star Metric**: [Metric name]
+
+**Why this metric**:
+- Represents real value to users (not vanity)
+- Leads to revenue (eventually)
+- Reflects user engagement (not just sign-ups)
+- Team can influence (actionable)
+
+**Current NSM**: [X per month]
+**Target NSM** (6 months): [X per month]
+```
+
+**Question NSM2: Growth Model Type**
+```
+What type of growth model fits your product?
+
+**Viral Growth** (users invite users):
+- Products: Social networks, communication tools, referral-driven
+- Examples: Dropbox, Zoom, WhatsApp
+- Metric: Viral coefficient (K-factor) > 1
+- Fit for you? [Yes/No, why]
+
+**Paid Growth** (buy users profitably):
+- Products: High LTV, clear paid channels, strong unit economics
+- Examples: SaaS, e-commerce, B2B tools
+- Metric: LTV:CAC > 3, payback < 12 months
+- Fit for you? [Yes/No, why]
+
+**Content/SEO Growth** (organic traffic):
+- Products: Search-driven, educational, high-intent keywords
+- Examples: HubSpot, Shopify, Canva
+- Metric: Organic traffic growth, keyword rankings
+- Fit for you? [Yes/No, why]
+
+**Sales-Led Growth** (sales team drives growth):
+- Products: Enterprise, complex, high-touch
+- Examples: Salesforce, Workday, large B2B
+- Metric: Pipeline, close rate, ACV
+- Fit for you? [Yes/No, why]
+
+**Product-Led Growth** (product drives acquisition):
+- Products: Freemium, self-serve, viral, network effects
+- Examples: Slack, Notion, Figma, Airtable
+- Metric: Free-to-paid conversion, product qualified leads
+- Fit for you? [Yes/No, why]
+
+Which 1-2 models best fit your product?
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: Growth Loops Design
+
+**Question GL1: Primary Growth Loop**
+```
+A growth loop is a self-reinforcing cycle where output becomes input.
+
+Example (Dropbox referral loop):
+1. User signs up
+2. User invites friends (incentivized with storage)
+3. Friends sign up
+4. Friends invite their friends
+5. Loop repeats (viral growth)
+
+**Your Primary Growth Loop**:
+
+**Loop Type**: [Viral / Content / Paid / Sales]
+
+**Loop Steps**:
+1. [Input: e.g., "User discovers product via X"]
+2. [Action: e.g., "User experiences value"]
+3. [Output: e.g., "User shares/invites/creates content"]
+4. [Amplification: e.g., "New users discover product"]
+5. [Loop back to step 1]
+
+**Loop Velocity**: [How fast does loop cycle? Hours? Days? Weeks?]
+
+**Loop Strength**: [How many new users per existing user? K-factor = X]
+
+**Bottleneck**: [What slows the loop? Where do users drop off?]
+```
+
+**Question GL2: Secondary Growth Loops**
+```
+Most successful companies have multiple loops.
+
+Do you have secondary loops?
+
+**Loop 2** (optional):
+- **Type**: [Viral / Content / Paid / Sales]
+- **Description**: [How it works]
+- **Current Strength**: [Strong/Weak/Non-existent]
+
+**Loop 3** (optional):
+- **Type**: [Viral / Content / Paid / Sales]
+- **Description**: [How it works]
+- **Current Strength**: [Strong/Weak/Non-existent]
+
+If no secondary loops, state "Focus on single loop first."
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Pirate Metrics (AARRR) Analysis
+
+**Question AARRR1: Acquisition**
+```
+How do users discover your product?
+
+**Current Acquisition Channels** (rank by volume):
+1. [Channel 1]: [X% of signups, $X CAC]
+2. [Channel 2]: [X% of signups, $X CAC]
+3. [Channel 3]: [X% of signups, $X CAC]
+
+**Conversion Rates**:
+- Landing page visit → Sign-up: [X%]
+- Ad click → Sign-up: [X%]
+- Referral visit → Sign-up: [X%]
+
+**Biggest Acquisition Problem**:
+[e.g., "CAC too high", "No clear winner channel", "Low conversion rate"]
+```
+
+**Question AARRR2: Activation**
+```
+What's your "aha moment" (first value experience)?
+
+**Activation Definition**: [What action signals user "gets it"?]
+Examples:
+- Slack: Team sends 2,000 messages
+- Twitter: Follow 30 accounts
+- Dropbox: Save first file
+- Airbnb: Book first stay
+
+**Your Activation Event**: [Specific action]
+
+**Activation Metrics**:
+- Sign-up → Activation: [X%]
+- Time to activation: [X hours/days]
+- Activation rate by channel: [Channel A: X%, Channel B: X%]
+
+**Biggest Activation Problem**:
+[e.g., "Onboarding too slow", "Users don't understand value", "Too many steps to activation"]
+```
+
+**Question AARRR3: Retention**
+```
+How well do you retain users?
+
+**Retention Curve**:
+- Day 1: [X%]
+- Day 7: [X%]
+- Day 30: [X%]
+- Day 90: [X%]
+
+**Retention by Cohort** (if available):
+- Cohort 1 (Month X): [Retention curve]
+- Cohort 2 (Month Y): [Retention curve]
+- Improving or declining?
+
+**Power Users**:
+- What % of users are power users (daily/weekly active)? [X%]
+- What do power users do differently? [Behaviors]
+
+**Biggest Retention Problem**:
+[e.g., "Churn after 30 days", "No habit formation", "Users don't return"]
+```
+
+**Question AARRR4: Referral**
+```
+Do users refer others?
+
+**Current Referral Mechanics**:
+- Referral program? [Yes/No - describe]
+- Incentives? [What do users get for referring?]
+- Viral coefficient (K-factor): [X] (invites per user × conversion rate)
+ - Example: 5 invites × 20% conversion = 1.0 K-factor
+- Referral rate: [X% of users refer]
+
+**Viral Loop Calculation**:
+```
+K = (# invites sent per user) × (% of invites that convert)
+If K > 1 = exponential growth
+If K < 1 = growth slows over time
+
+Your K: [X]
+```
+
+**Biggest Referral Problem**:
+[e.g., "No referral program", "Low incentive", "Not viral by nature"]
+```
+
+**Question AARRR5: Revenue**
+```
+How do you monetize?
+
+**Revenue Model**: [Subscription / Transaction / License / Freemium / Usage-based]
+
+**Conversion Funnel**:
+- Free user → Paying customer: [X%]
+- Trial → Paid: [X%]
+- Time to conversion: [X days]
+
+**Revenue Metrics**:
+- MRR/ARR: $[X]
+- ARPU: $[X/month]
+- LTV: $[X]
+- LTV:CAC: [X:1]
+
+**Biggest Revenue Problem**:
+[e.g., "Low free-to-paid conversion", "High churn", "Low pricing"]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 7: Channel Prioritization
+
+**Question CH1: Channel Bullseye**
+```
+The Bullseye Framework helps identify your best acquisition channel.
+
+For each channel, rate 1-10 on:
+- **Reach** (how many users can you reach?)
+- **Cost** (how expensive per user?)
+- **Conversion** (how well do they convert?)
+- **Control** (how sustainable is the channel?)
+
+**Viral Channels**:
+- **Referral Program**: Reach [X/10], Cost [X/10], Conversion [X/10], Control [X/10]
+- **Word of Mouth**: [Scores]
+- **Invite Mechanics**: [Scores]
+
+**Organic Channels**:
+- **SEO/Content**: [Scores]
+- **Social Media**: [Scores]
+- **Community**: [Scores]
+
+**Paid Channels**:
+- **Google Ads**: [Scores]
+- **Facebook/Instagram Ads**: [Scores]
+- **LinkedIn Ads**: [Scores]
+
+**Sales Channels**:
+- **Outbound Sales**: [Scores]
+- **Partnerships**: [Scores]
+
+**Product Channels**:
+- **Product Hunt**: [Scores]
+- **Integrations**: [Scores]
+- **API/Platform**: [Scores]
+
+Based on scores, what are your top 3 channels to focus on?
+```
+
+**Question CH2: ICE Scoring (Experiment Prioritization)**
+```
+ICE Score = Impact × Confidence × Ease
+
+For each growth experiment, rate 1-10:
+- **Impact**: How much will this move the needle?
+- **Confidence**: How sure are you it will work?
+- **Ease**: How easy/fast to implement?
+
+List 5-10 growth experiment ideas:
+
+**Experiment 1**: [Description]
+- Impact: [X/10]
+- Confidence: [X/10]
+- Ease: [X/10]
+- **ICE Score**: [X/30]
+
+**Experiment 2**: [Description]
+- Impact: [X/10]
+- Confidence: [X/10]
+- Ease: [X/10]
+- **ICE Score**: [X/30]
+
+[Repeat for 5-10 experiments]
+
+Top 3 experiments by ICE score: [List]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 8: Viral Mechanics & Referral Design
+
+**Question VM1: Viral Coefficient Goal**
+```
+To achieve viral growth, K-factor (viral coefficient) must be > 1.
+
+**Current K-factor**: [X]
+
+**K-factor Calculation**:
+```
+K = (Avg invites sent per user) × (Invite-to-signup conversion rate)
+
+Example:
+- User sends 5 invites × 20% convert = 1.0 K-factor (borderline viral)
+- User sends 10 invites × 15% convert = 1.5 K-factor (viral growth!)
+```
+
+**To improve K-factor, you can**:
+1. **Increase invites sent** (make inviting easier, incentivize)
+2. **Increase conversion rate** (make signup easier, improve invite messaging)
+
+**Your Strategy**:
+- Current: [X invites × X% conversion = X K-factor]
+- Target: [X invites × X% conversion = X K-factor]
+- How to get there: [Tactics]
+```
+
+**Question VM2: Referral Program Design**
+```
+If implementing referral program, design the mechanics:
+
+**Incentive Structure**:
+- **Referrer gets**: [What reward? Credits, cash, features?]
+- **Referee gets**: [What does invited user get?]
+- **Example**: Dropbox gave 500MB to both referrer and referee
+
+**Your Incentive**:
+- Referrer: [Reward]
+- Referee: [Reward]
+- Cost to you: $[X per referral]
+
+**Referral Triggers**:
+- When do you prompt for referral? (After activation, after value received, periodic prompts)
+- How easy is sharing? (One-click, link, email invites)
+
+**Referral Tracking**:
+- How do you track? (Unique links, referral codes)
+- Attribution window: [X days]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 9: Activation & Onboarding Optimization
+
+**Question AO1: Onboarding Flow**
+```
+Map your current onboarding flow from sign-up to activation:
+
+**Step 1**: [Sign-up form]
+- Friction: [What fields required? Social auth available?]
+- Drop-off rate: [X%]
+
+**Step 2**: [e.g., "Email verification"]
+- Friction: [Required? Can user skip?]
+- Drop-off rate: [X%]
+
+**Step 3**: [e.g., "Profile setup"]
+- Friction: [How many fields? How long?]
+- Drop-off rate: [X%]
+
+**Step 4**: [e.g., "First action"]
+- Friction: [What's required to get value?]
+- Drop-off rate: [X%]
+
+**Activation Event**: [When user achieves "aha moment"]
+
+**Overall Sign-up → Activation Rate**: [X%]
+
+**Biggest Onboarding Friction**: [What slows users down most?]
+```
+
+**Question AO2: Time to Value**
+```
+How long does it take from sign-up to first value?
+
+**Current Time to Value**: [X minutes/hours/days]
+
+**Benchmark**:
+- Consumer apps: <5 minutes ideal
+- B2B SaaS: <24 hours ideal
+- Complex tools: <7 days ideal
+
+**Your Target**: [X time to value]
+
+**How to reduce**:
+- [Tactic 1: e.g., "Pre-fill data with integrations"]
+- [Tactic 2: e.g., "Skip optional steps"]
+- [Tactic 3: e.g., "Show value before work"]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 10: Generate Comprehensive Growth Hacking Playbook
+
+Now generate the complete playbook:
+
+---
+
+```markdown
+# Growth Hacking Playbook
+
+**Product**: [Product/Service Name]
+**Industry**: [Market Category]
+**Date**: [Today's Date]
+**Growth Strategist**: Claude (StratArts)
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+[3-4 paragraphs summarizing:
+- Current growth situation (users, growth rate, key metrics)
+- North Star Metric and target
+- Primary growth loops and channels
+- 90-day growth plan and expected outcomes]
+
+**North Star Metric**: [Metric name] - Current: [X], Target (6mo): [X]
+
+**Primary Growth Model**: [Viral / Paid / Content / Sales / Product-Led]
+
+**Key Growth Levers**:
+1. [Lever 1: e.g., "Referral program to achieve K > 1"]
+2. [Lever 2: e.g., "Activation rate 30% → 50%"]
+3. [Lever 3: e.g., "SEO content to 10K organic visits/mo"]
+
+---
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [North Star Metric & Growth Model](#north-star-metric-growth-model)
+2. [Growth Loops](#growth-loops)
+3. [AARRR Framework (Pirate Metrics)](#aarrr-framework)
+4. [Channel Strategy & Prioritization](#channel-strategy-prioritization)
+5. [Viral Mechanics & Referral Program](#viral-mechanics-referral-program)
+6. [Activation & Onboarding Optimization](#activation-onboarding-optimization)
+7. [Retention & Engagement Tactics](#retention-engagement-tactics)
+8. [Growth Experimentation Roadmap](#growth-experimentation-roadmap)
+9. [Metrics & Analytics Framework](#metrics-analytics-framework)
+10. [90-Day Growth Plan](#90-day-growth-plan)
+
+---
+
+## 1. North Star Metric & Growth Model
+
+### North Star Metric
+
+**Your North Star Metric**: [Metric name]
+
+**Why This Metric**:
+[2-3 sentences explaining why this metric represents real value]
+
+**Current State**: [X per month/week]
+**6-Month Target**: [X per month/week]
+**12-Month Target**: [X per month/week]
+
+**How to Move NSM**:
+1. [Driver 1: e.g., "Increase new user acquisition"]
+2. [Driver 2: e.g., "Improve activation rate"]
+3. [Driver 3: e.g., "Increase retention/frequency"]
+
+---
+
+### Growth Model
+
+**Primary Growth Model**: [Viral / Paid / Content / Sales / Product-Led]
+
+**Why This Model**:
+[2-3 sentences explaining fit with product, market, and economics]
+
+**Key Characteristics**:
+- **Unit Economics**: [LTV:CAC ratio, payback period]
+- **Growth Mechanism**: [How growth compounds]
+- **Scalability**: [Constraints and opportunities]
+- **Sustainability**: [How sustainable is this model?]
+
+**Secondary Growth Models** (if applicable):
+- [Model 2]: [Description and fit]
+- [Model 3]: [Description and fit]
+
+---
+
+## 2. Growth Loops
+
+### What is a Growth Loop?
+
+Growth loops are self-reinforcing cycles where output feeds back as input, creating compounding growth.
+
+**Traditional Funnel** (linear, requires constant new input):
+```
+Awareness → Acquisition → Activation → Revenue
+```
+
+**Growth Loop** (compounding, output becomes new input):
+```
+User Acquisition → User Engagement → User Action (sharing/content/invites) → New User Acquisition (loop repeats)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Primary Growth Loop: [Loop Name]
+
+**Loop Type**: [Viral / Content / Paid / Sales-Led / Product-Led]
+
+**Loop Diagram**:
+```
+1. [Input: e.g., "New user signs up"]
+ ↓
+2. [Activation: e.g., "User experiences core value"]
+ ↓
+3. [Action: e.g., "User invites 5 friends"]
+ ↓
+4. [Amplification: e.g., "Friends sign up"]
+ ↓
+5. [Loop back to step 1]
+```
+
+**Loop Metrics**:
+- **Cycle Time**: [How long per cycle? Hours? Days? Weeks?]
+- **Amplification Factor**: [How many new users per existing user?]
+- **Current Loop Strength**: [Weak / Moderate / Strong]
+- **Bottleneck**: [What slows the loop?]
+
+**Example Calculation**:
+```
+If 100 users enter loop:
+- 100 users × 5 invites = 500 invites sent
+- 500 invites × 20% conversion = 100 new users
+- 100 new users cycle through loop again
+= 1.0x loop (breakeven, not growing)
+
+Goal: Achieve >1.0x (exponential growth)
+```
+
+**Loop Optimization Opportunities**:
+1. [Opportunity 1: e.g., "Increase invites sent from 5 to 8"]
+ - **Impact**: [Would improve loop to 1.6x]
+ - **How**: [Tactics to increase invites]
+
+2. [Opportunity 2: e.g., "Improve invite conversion 20% → 30%"]
+ - **Impact**: [Would improve loop to 1.5x]
+ - **How**: [Tactics to improve conversion]
+
+3. [Opportunity 3: e.g., "Reduce cycle time from 7 days to 3 days"]
+ - **Impact**: [2x more loops per month]
+ - **How**: [Tactics to speed up loop]
+
+---
+
+### Secondary Growth Loop: [Loop Name] (if applicable)
+
+[Same structure as Primary Loop]
+
+---
+
+### Loop Stacking Strategy
+
+**How Loops Work Together**:
+[Explain how multiple loops compound - e.g., "Viral loop brings users, content loop drives SEO, paid loop fills gaps"]
+
+**Loop Prioritization**:
+1. **Focus Loop** (now): [Which loop to optimize first]
+2. **Build Loop** (3-6 months): [Which loop to build next]
+3. **Maintain Loop** (ongoing): [Which loop runs in background]
+
+---
+
+## 3. AARRR Framework (Pirate Metrics)
+
+### Acquisition
+
+**How Users Discover You**:
+
+**Current Channels** (ranked by volume):
+
+| Channel | Monthly Signups | % of Total | CAC | Conversion Rate | Quality (Retention) |
+|---------|-----------------|------------|-----|-----------------|---------------------|
+| [Channel 1] | X | X% | $X | X% | [High/Med/Low] |
+| [Channel 2] | X | X% | $X | X% | [High/Med/Low] |
+| [Channel 3] | X | X% | $X | X% | [High/Med/Low] |
+
+**Acquisition Funnel**:
+```
+Awareness (X visitors/mo)
+ ↓ [X% conversion]
+Interest (X landing page visits)
+ ↓ [X% conversion]
+Sign-up (X new users/mo)
+```
+
+**Current Acquisition Metrics**:
+- **Total Signups/Month**: [X]
+- **Average CAC**: $[X]
+- **CAC by Channel**: [List]
+- **Acquisition Growth Rate**: [X% MoM]
+
+**Acquisition Goals**:
+- **Month 3**: [X signups/mo, $X CAC]
+- **Month 6**: [X signups/mo, $X CAC]
+
+**Acquisition Experiments** (prioritized):
+1. [Experiment 1]: [Description, expected impact]
+2. [Experiment 2]: [Description, expected impact]
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description, expected impact]
+
+---
+
+### Activation
+
+**What Counts as "Activated"?**
+
+**Activation Definition**: [Specific action that signals user "gets it"]
+
+Examples:
+- Slack: Team sends 2,000 messages
+- Twitter: Follow 30 accounts
+- Dropbox: Save first file
+
+**Your Activation Event**: [Action + metric]
+
+**Activation Funnel**:
+```
+Sign-up (X users/mo)
+ ↓ [X% complete Step 1]
+[Step 1: e.g., Email verification] (X users)
+ ↓ [X% complete Step 2]
+[Step 2: e.g., Profile setup] (X users)
+ ↓ [X% complete Step 3]
+[Step 3: e.g., First core action] (X users)
+ ↓ [X% reach activation]
+Activated Users (X users/mo)
+```
+
+**Current Activation Metrics**:
+- **Sign-up → Activation Rate**: [X%]
+- **Time to Activation**: [X hours/days]
+- **Activation Rate by Channel**: [Channel A: X%, Channel B: X%]
+- **Drop-off Points**: [Where users abandon]
+
+**Activation Goals**:
+- **Month 3**: [X% activation rate, X hours to activation]
+- **Month 6**: [X% activation rate, X hours to activation]
+
+**Activation Experiments** (prioritized):
+1. [Experiment 1: e.g., "Reduce onboarding steps from 5 to 3"]
+ - **Expected Impact**: [Activation rate X% → X%]
+ - **How**: [Tactics]
+
+2. [Experiment 2: e.g., "Implement progress bar in onboarding"]
+ - **Expected Impact**: [Reduce drop-off by X%]
+ - **How**: [Tactics]
+
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description, impact]
+
+---
+
+### Retention
+
+**How Well You Keep Users**:
+
+**Retention Curve**:
+
+| Timeframe | Retention Rate | Benchmark | Status |
+|-----------|----------------|-----------|--------|
+| Day 1 | X% | >40% | [🟢/🟡/🔴] |
+| Day 7 | X% | >20% | [🟢/🟡/🔴] |
+| Day 30 | X% | >10% | [🟢/🟡/🔴] |
+| Day 90 | X% | >5% | [🟢/🟡/🔴] |
+
+**Cohort Analysis** (Month-over-Month retention improvement):
+- [Month 1 Cohort]: [Retention curve]
+- [Month 2 Cohort]: [Retention curve]
+- [Month 3 Cohort]: [Retention curve]
+- **Trend**: [Improving / Flat / Declining]
+
+**Power Users**:
+- **% of Power Users** (daily/weekly active): [X%]
+- **What They Do Differently**: [Behaviors that correlate with retention]
+- **How to Create More Power Users**: [Tactics]
+
+**Current Retention Metrics**:
+- **30-Day Retention**: [X%]
+- **90-Day Retention**: [X%]
+- **Churn Rate**: [X%/month]
+
+**Retention Goals**:
+- **Month 3**: [X% Day 30 retention]
+- **Month 6**: [X% Day 30 retention]
+
+**Retention Experiments** (prioritized):
+1. [Experiment 1: e.g., "Weekly engagement email with personalized tips"]
+2. [Experiment 2: e.g., "In-app notifications for inactive users"]
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description]
+
+---
+
+### Referral
+
+**How Users Spread the Word**:
+
+**Current Referral Mechanics**:
+- **Referral Program**: [Yes/No - describe if yes]
+- **Incentive**: [What do users get for referring?]
+- **Ease of Sharing**: [One-click / Link / Email / Manual]
+
+**Viral Coefficient (K-factor)**:
+```
+K = (Invites sent per user) × (Invite-to-signup conversion rate)
+
+Current K = [X invites] × [X% conversion] = [X]
+
+Goal K = [X invites] × [X% conversion] = [X]
+```
+
+**Viral Loop Velocity**:
+- **Cycle Time**: [How long from user activation to invites sent to new user activation?]
+- **Current**: [X days]
+- **Target**: [X days]
+
+**Faster cycle time = exponential growth kicks in sooner**
+
+**Current Referral Metrics**:
+- **% of Users Who Refer**: [X%]
+- **Avg Invites per Referring User**: [X]
+- **Invite Conversion Rate**: [X%]
+- **K-factor**: [X]
+
+**Referral Goals**:
+- **Month 3**: [K-factor = X, X% referral rate]
+- **Month 6**: [K-factor = X, X% referral rate]
+
+**Referral Experiments** (prioritized):
+1. [Experiment 1: e.g., "Launch double-sided incentive referral program"]
+ - **Expected K-factor**: [X → X]
+ - **Incentive**: [Referrer gets X, referee gets X]
+
+2. [Experiment 2: e.g., "Add one-click invite at activation moment"]
+ - **Expected Impact**: [Referral rate X% → X%]
+
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description]
+
+---
+
+### Revenue
+
+**How You Monetize**:
+
+**Revenue Model**: [Subscription / Transaction / Freemium / Usage-Based / License]
+
+**Conversion Funnel**:
+```
+Free Users (X users)
+ ↓ [X% convert]
+Paying Customers (X customers)
+```
+
+**Current Revenue Metrics**:
+- **MRR/ARR**: $[X]
+- **Free-to-Paid Conversion**: [X%]
+- **ARPU**: $[X/month]
+- **LTV**: $[X]
+- **LTV:CAC**: [X:1]
+- **CAC Payback Period**: [X months]
+
+**Revenue Goals**:
+- **Month 3**: $[X] MRR/ARR, [X%] conversion
+- **Month 6**: $[X] MRR/ARR, [X%] conversion
+
+**Revenue Experiments** (prioritized):
+1. [Experiment 1: e.g., "Offer annual plan with 20% discount"]
+ - **Expected Impact**: [X% choose annual, improves cash flow]
+
+2. [Experiment 2: e.g., "Test $X vs $Y pricing for mid-tier"]
+ - **Expected Impact**: [Increase ARPU by X%]
+
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description]
+
+---
+
+## 4. Channel Strategy & Prioritization
+
+### Channel Bullseye Framework
+
+**How It Works**:
+Identify your ONE best acquisition channel (the bullseye). Focus 70% of effort there, 20% on promising channels, 10% on experiments.
+
+**Channel Evaluation** (scored 1-10):
+
+| Channel | Reach | Cost | Conversion | Control | **Total** | **Priority** |
+|---------|-------|------|------------|---------|-----------|--------------|
+| [Channel 1] | X | X | X | X | **XX/40** | 1 (Focus) |
+| [Channel 2] | X | X | X | X | **XX/40** | 2 (Build) |
+| [Channel 3] | X | X | X | X | **XX/40** | 3 (Test) |
+
+**Scoring Definitions**:
+- **Reach**: How many target users can you reach? (10 = millions, 1 = hundreds)
+- **Cost**: How expensive per user? (10 = free/cheap, 1 = very expensive)
+- **Conversion**: How well do they convert? (10 = high conversion, 1 = low)
+- **Control**: How sustainable/controllable? (10 = owned channel, 1 = platform risk)
+
+---
+
+### Channel-by-Channel Strategy
+
+**Channel 1: [Name] (FOCUS - 70% of effort)**
+
+**Why This Channel**:
+[2-3 sentences on fit with product, audience, and growth model]
+
+**Current Performance**:
+- Reach: [X users/month]
+- CAC: $[X]
+- Conversion Rate: [X%]
+- Quality: [Retention rate]
+
+**6-Month Goals**:
+- Reach: [X users/month]
+- CAC: $[X]
+- Conversion Rate: [X%]
+
+**Tactics to Scale**:
+1. [Tactic 1]: [Description, expected impact]
+2. [Tactic 2]: [Description, expected impact]
+3. [Tactic 3]: [Description, expected impact]
+
+**Budget**: $[X/month]
+
+---
+
+**Channel 2: [Name] (BUILD - 20% of effort)**
+
+[Same structure as Channel 1]
+
+---
+
+**Channel 3: [Name] (TEST - 10% of effort)**
+
+[Same structure, but note this is experimental]
+
+---
+
+### Channel Experimentation Framework
+
+**Experiment Prioritization (ICE Scoring)**:
+
+ICE = Impact (1-10) × Confidence (1-10) × Ease (1-10)
+
+| Experiment | Impact | Confidence | Ease | **ICE Score** | **Priority** |
+|------------|--------|------------|------|---------------|--------------|
+| [Experiment 1] | X | X | X | **XXX** | 1 |
+| [Experiment 2] | X | X | X | **XXX** | 2 |
+| [Experiment 3] | X | X | X | **XXX** | 3 |
+
+**Top 3 Experiments** (next 90 days):
+1. [Experiment 1]: [Description, timeline, owner]
+2. [Experiment 2]: [Description, timeline, owner]
+3. [Experiment 3]: [Description, timeline, owner]
+
+---
+
+## 5. Viral Mechanics & Referral Program
+
+### Viral Coefficient (K-Factor) Optimization
+
+**Current K-Factor**: [X]
+
+**Goal K-Factor**: [>1.0 for viral growth]
+
+**K-Factor Formula**:
+```
+K = (Avg invites sent per user) × (Invite-to-signup conversion rate)
+```
+
+**Improvement Strategy**:
+
+**Lever 1: Increase Invites Sent**:
+- **Current**: [X invites/user]
+- **Target**: [X invites/user]
+- **Tactics**:
+ 1. [Tactic 1: e.g., "Prompt to invite at activation moment"]
+ 2. [Tactic 2: e.g., "Incentivize invites (double-sided reward)"]
+ 3. [Tactic 3: e.g., "Make inviting one-click (social auth integrations)"]
+
+**Lever 2: Increase Invite Conversion**:
+- **Current**: [X% conversion]
+- **Target**: [X% conversion]
+- **Tactics**:
+ 1. [Tactic 1: e.g., "Personalize invite message (from friend, not company)"]
+ 2. [Tactic 2: e.g., "Reduce friction in sign-up (social auth)"]
+ 3. [Tactic 3: e.g., "Show social proof (X friends already using)"]
+
+**Projected K-Factor** (if tactics successful):
+```
+[X invites] × [X% conversion] = [X K-factor]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Referral Program Design
+
+**Program Mechanics**:
+
+**Incentive Structure**:
+- **Referrer Gets**: [Reward - credits, cash, features, storage, etc.]
+- **Referee Gets**: [Reward - same or different]
+- **Example**: Dropbox gave 500MB to both referrer and referee (double-sided)
+
+**Your Incentive**:
+- **Referrer**: [Reward]
+- **Referee**: [Reward]
+- **Cost per Referral**: $[X] (value of reward)
+- **Expected ROI**: [If referred user has LTV of $X, and reward costs $Y, ROI = X/Y]
+
+**Referral Triggers**:
+- **When to Prompt**: [After activation, after value received, periodic prompts]
+- **How Often**: [Once, weekly, monthly]
+- **Where to Prompt**: [In-app modal, email, dashboard widget]
+
+**Sharing Mechanics**:
+- **Invite Methods**: [Email, unique link, social sharing, copy-paste]
+- **Ease**: [One-click share vs multi-step]
+- **Personalization**: [Can user customize message?]
+
+**Tracking & Attribution**:
+- **Tracking Method**: [Unique referral links, referral codes]
+- **Attribution Window**: [X days - how long referral link is valid]
+- **Fraud Prevention**: [Limits on self-referrals, same IP detection]
+
+---
+
+### Referral Program Launch Plan
+
+**Phase 1: Build** (Week 1-2):
+- [ ] Design incentive structure
+- [ ] Build referral link generation
+- [ ] Build invite UI (in-app + email)
+- [ ] Set up tracking and analytics
+- [ ] Test internally
+
+**Phase 2: Soft Launch** (Week 3):
+- [ ] Launch to 10% of users (A/B test)
+- [ ] Monitor metrics (invites sent, conversion rate, K-factor)
+- [ ] Iterate on messaging and incentives
+- [ ] Fix bugs
+
+**Phase 3: Full Launch** (Week 4):
+- [ ] Roll out to 100% of users
+- [ ] Announce via email, blog, social media
+- [ ] Monitor performance weekly
+- [ ] Optimize based on data
+
+**Success Criteria**:
+- [X%] of users send invites
+- [X] invites per referring user
+- [X%] invite conversion rate
+- K-factor of [X] (target >1.0)
+
+---
+
+## 6. Activation & Onboarding Optimization
+
+### Onboarding Funnel Analysis
+
+**Current Funnel**:
+
+| Step | Action | Users | Drop-off % | Cumulative Completion |
+|------|--------|-------|------------|-----------------------|
+| 1 | Sign-up form | X | -X% | 100% |
+| 2 | Email verification | X | -X% | X% |
+| 3 | Profile setup | X | -X% | X% |
+| 4 | First core action | X | -X% | X% |
+| 5 | **Activation event** | X | - | **X%** |
+
+**Bottlenecks** (highest drop-off):
+1. [Step with highest drop-off]: [X% abandon here]
+ - **Why**: [Hypothesis on friction]
+ - **Fix**: [Proposed solution]
+
+2. [Second bottleneck]: [X% drop-off]
+ - **Why**: [Hypothesis]
+ - **Fix**: [Solution]
+
+---
+
+### Time to Value Optimization
+
+**Current Time to Value**: [X minutes/hours/days]
+
+**Benchmark**:
+- Consumer apps: <5 minutes
+- B2B SaaS: <24 hours
+- Complex tools: <7 days
+
+**Your Target**: [X time]
+
+**Tactics to Reduce Time to Value**:
+1. [Tactic 1: e.g., "Pre-fill data via integrations (Zapier, Google Auth)"]
+ - **Impact**: [Saves X minutes]
+
+2. [Tactic 2: e.g., "Skip optional steps, allow completion later"]
+ - **Impact**: [Reduces steps from X to X]
+
+3. [Tactic 3: e.g., "Show value before work (demo with sample data)"]
+ - **Impact**: [Users see value immediately]
+
+4. [Tactic 4: e.g., "Progressively disclose complexity (simple first, advanced later)"]
+ - **Impact**: [Reduces cognitive load]
+
+---
+
+### Onboarding Experiments
+
+**Experiment 1: Reduce Onboarding Steps**:
+- **Hypothesis**: Reducing steps from [X] to [X] will increase activation rate
+- **Test**: A/B test current onboarding vs streamlined version
+- **Success Metric**: Activation rate increases from [X%] to [X%]
+- **Timeline**: [2 weeks]
+
+**Experiment 2: Add Progress Indicator**:
+- **Hypothesis**: Showing progress (Step 2 of 4) will reduce abandonment
+- **Test**: A/B test onboarding with/without progress bar
+- **Success Metric**: Completion rate increases by [X%]
+- **Timeline**: [2 weeks]
+
+**Experiment 3: [Your Experiment]**:
+[Description, hypothesis, test, metric, timeline]
+
+---
+
+## 7. Retention & Engagement Tactics
+
+### Retention Curve Goal
+
+**Current Retention Curve**:
+- Day 1: [X%]
+- Day 7: [X%]
+- Day 30: [X%]
+
+**Target Retention Curve** (6 months):
+- Day 1: [X%]
+- Day 7: [X%]
+- Day 30: [X%]
+
+**Benchmark**: [Industry benchmark for comparison]
+
+---
+
+### Habit Formation Strategy
+
+**Goal**: Turn product usage into a habit (daily/weekly routine)
+
+**Habit Loop** (Nir Eyal's Hooked Model):
+1. **Trigger** (internal or external cue)
+2. **Action** (behavior in response)
+3. **Variable Reward** (satisfies need)
+4. **Investment** (user puts something in, increases likelihood of return)
+
+**Your Habit Loop**:
+1. **Trigger**: [What prompts user to open product? Email? Notification? Routine?]
+2. **Action**: [What do they do? Check dashboard? Send message? View data?]
+3. **Reward**: [What value do they get? Insight? Connection? Progress?]
+4. **Investment**: [What do they add? Data? Content? Connections?]
+
+**Habit Formation Tactics**:
+1. [Tactic 1: e.g., "Daily email with personalized insights (trigger)"]
+2. [Tactic 2: e.g., "Streaks and progress tracking (variable reward)"]
+3. [Tactic 3: e.g., "Encourage users to add more data (investment)"]
+
+---
+
+### Engagement Triggers
+
+**Email Triggers**:
+- **Welcome Series** (Days 0, 1, 3, 7): [Content for each email]
+- **Weekly Digest**: [Personalized insights, activity summary]
+- **Re-engagement**: [Trigger after X days inactive]
+
+**In-App Notifications**:
+- **Activity-based**: [e.g., "New comment on your post"]
+- **Value-based**: [e.g., "Your report is ready"]
+- **Social**: [e.g., "5 friends joined this week"]
+
+**Push Notifications** (if mobile app):
+- **Frequency**: [How often? Daily? Weekly?]
+- **Content**: [What notifications provide value vs spam?]
+
+---
+
+### Win-Back Campaigns
+
+**Churn Prevention**:
+- **At-Risk Signals**: [Identify users at risk of churning - e.g., "No login in 7 days"]
+- **Intervention**: [Email, notification, special offer]
+- **Example**: "We miss you! Here's what's new..." + incentive
+
+**Churn Recovery**:
+- **Churned User Re-engagement**: [Email sequence to win back]
+- **Incentive**: [Discount, new feature access, personalized message]
+- **Success Rate Target**: [X% of churned users return]
+
+---
+
+## 8. Growth Experimentation Roadmap
+
+### 90-Day Experiment Calendar
+
+**Month 1: Activation Focus**
+
+| Week | Experiment | Hypothesis | Metric | Owner | Status |
+|------|------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|
+| Week 1 | Reduce onboarding steps | Fewer steps → higher completion | Activation rate X% → X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 2 | Add progress bar | Visual progress → less abandonment | Completion +X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 3 | Pre-fill data via integrations | Less work → faster activation | Time to value X→X min | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 4 | Analyze results, iterate | - | - | [Name] | - |
+
+---
+
+**Month 2: Referral & Viral Focus**
+
+| Week | Experiment | Hypothesis | Metric | Owner | Status |
+|------|------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|
+| Week 5 | Launch referral program | Incentives → more invites | K-factor X → X | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 6 | Optimize invite messaging | Better copy → higher conversion | Invite conversion X% → X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 7 | Test invite triggers | Prompt at activation → more shares | Referral rate X% → X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 8 | Analyze results, iterate | - | - | [Name] | - |
+
+---
+
+**Month 3: Retention & Monetization Focus**
+
+| Week | Experiment | Hypothesis | Metric | Owner | Status |
+|------|------------|------------|--------|-------|--------|
+| Week 9 | Weekly engagement email | Regular touchpoint → higher retention | Day 30 retention X% → X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 10 | Test annual pricing discount | Discount → more annual plans | Annual mix X% → X% | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 11 | Win-back campaign | Re-engage churned users | X% return | [Name] | Planned |
+| Week 12 | Analyze quarterly results | - | - | [Name] | - |
+
+---
+
+### Experiment Template
+
+For each experiment:
+
+**Experiment Name**: [Name]
+
+**Hypothesis**: [What you believe will happen and why]
+
+**Test Design**:
+- **Control Group**: [What they experience]
+- **Treatment Group**: [What they experience]
+- **% Split**: [50/50 or other split]
+
+**Success Metric**:
+- **Primary Metric**: [What you're measuring]
+- **Target**: [Current X% → Target X%]
+- **Secondary Metrics**: [Other metrics to watch]
+
+**Timeline**:
+- **Start Date**: [Date]
+- **Duration**: [X weeks]
+- **End Date**: [Date]
+
+**Resources Needed**:
+- [Engineering: X hours]
+- [Design: X hours]
+- [Other: X]
+
+**Decision Criteria**:
+- **If metric improves by >X%**: Roll out to 100%
+- **If metric flat or negative**: Iterate or abandon
+
+**Owner**: [Name]
+
+---
+
+## 9. Metrics & Analytics Framework
+
+### Growth Metrics Dashboard
+
+**Acquisition Metrics**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| Total Signups | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | [🟢/🟡/🔴] |
+| Organic Signups | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | [Status] |
+| Paid Signups | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | X/mo | [Status] |
+| CAC | $X | $X | $X | $X | [Status] |
+
+**Activation Metrics**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| Activation Rate | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+| Time to Activation | X hours | X hours | X hours | X hours | [Status] |
+
+**Retention Metrics**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| Day 7 Retention | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+| Day 30 Retention | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+| Monthly Churn | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+
+**Referral Metrics**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| K-Factor | X | X | X | X | [Status] |
+| Referral Rate | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+| Invite Conversion | X% | X% | X% | X% | [Status] |
+
+**Revenue Metrics**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| MRR/ARR | $X | $X | $X | $X | [Status] |
+| ARPU | $X | $X | $X | $X | [Status] |
+| LTV:CAC | X:1 | X:1 | X:1 | X:1 | [Status] |
+
+**North Star Metric**:
+| Metric | Current | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Status |
+|--------|---------|--------|--------|---------|--------|
+| [NSM Name] | X | X | X | X | [Status] |
+
+---
+
+### Analytics Setup Checklist
+
+**Tracking Tools**:
+- [ ] **Product Analytics**: [Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap, PostHog]
+- [ ] **Marketing Analytics**: [Google Analytics, Plausible]
+- [ ] **A/B Testing**: [Optimizely, VWO, LaunchDarkly]
+- [ ] **Referral Tracking**: [Viral Loops, ReferralCandy, custom]
+- [ ] **Email Analytics**: [ConvertKit, Mailchimp, Customer.io]
+
+**Events to Track**:
+- [ ] Sign-up (with source/channel attribution)
+- [ ] Activation event (as defined)
+- [ ] Key engagement events (X, Y, Z)
+- [ ] Referral invite sent
+- [ ] Referral invite accepted
+- [ ] Purchase/conversion
+- [ ] Churn event
+
+**Cohort Analysis**:
+- [ ] Weekly cohorts (sign-up week)
+- [ ] Retention curves by cohort
+- [ ] Cohort improvement over time
+
+**Dashboards**:
+- [ ] Executive dashboard (North Star + AARRR)
+- [ ] Channel performance dashboard
+- [ ] Experiment results dashboard
+- [ ] Cohort analysis dashboard
+
+---
+
+## 10. 90-Day Growth Plan
+
+### Month 1: Foundation & Activation
+
+**Goals**:
+- Activation rate: [X% → X%]
+- Time to activation: [X hours → X hours]
+- Baseline all AARRR metrics
+
+**Key Initiatives**:
+1. **Optimize Onboarding** (Weeks 1-4):
+ - Reduce steps, add progress indicator, pre-fill data
+ - Expected impact: +X% activation rate
+
+2. **Instrument Analytics** (Week 1):
+ - Set up product analytics, event tracking, dashboards
+ - Track all AARRR funnel metrics
+
+3. **Run 3 Activation Experiments** (Weeks 1-4):
+ - [Experiment 1]
+ - [Experiment 2]
+ - [Experiment 3]
+
+**Milestones**:
+- [ ] Week 4: Activation rate improved to [X%]
+- [ ] Week 4: All analytics dashboards live
+- [ ] Week 4: 3 experiments completed, learnings documented
+
+---
+
+### Month 2: Referral & Viral Growth
+
+**Goals**:
+- K-factor: [X → X]
+- Referral rate: [X% → X%]
+- Viral signups: [X/mo → X/mo]
+
+**Key Initiatives**:
+1. **Launch Referral Program** (Weeks 5-8):
+ - Build double-sided incentive program
+ - Integrate into activation flow
+ - Expected impact: K-factor [X → X]
+
+2. **Optimize Viral Loop** (Weeks 5-8):
+ - Increase invites sent (add prompts, incentives)
+ - Increase conversion (better messaging, reduce friction)
+ - Expected impact: +X% viral signups
+
+3. **Run 3 Referral Experiments** (Weeks 5-8):
+ - [Experiment 1]
+ - [Experiment 2]
+ - [Experiment 3]
+
+**Milestones**:
+- [ ] Week 8: Referral program live
+- [ ] Week 8: K-factor improved to [X]
+- [ ] Week 8: [X%] of users sending invites
+
+---
+
+### Month 3: Retention & Monetization
+
+**Goals**:
+- Day 30 retention: [X% → X%]
+- MRR/ARR: $[X → X]
+- LTV:CAC: [X:1 → X:1]
+
+**Key Initiatives**:
+1. **Improve Retention** (Weeks 9-12):
+ - Weekly engagement emails
+ - In-app notifications for inactive users
+ - Win-back campaign for churned users
+ - Expected impact: +X% Day 30 retention
+
+2. **Optimize Monetization** (Weeks 9-12):
+ - Test annual pricing discount
+ - Test pricing tiers
+ - Expected impact: +X% free-to-paid conversion
+
+3. **Run 3 Retention/Revenue Experiments** (Weeks 9-12):
+ - [Experiment 1]
+ - [Experiment 2]
+ - [Experiment 3]
+
+**Milestones**:
+- [ ] Week 12: Day 30 retention improved to [X%]
+- [ ] Week 12: MRR/ARR grown to $[X]
+- [ ] Week 12: LTV:CAC improved to [X:1]
+
+---
+
+### 90-Day Summary
+
+**Expected Outcomes** (if experiments successful):
+
+| Metric | Current | 90-Day Target | Actual (Week 12) |
+|--------|---------|---------------|------------------|
+| Activation Rate | X% | X% | [TBD] |
+| K-Factor | X | X | [TBD] |
+| Day 30 Retention | X% | X% | [TBD] |
+| MRR/ARR | $X | $X | [TBD] |
+| North Star Metric | X | X | [TBD] |
+
+**Success Criteria**:
+- North Star Metric grows [X%]
+- Activation rate improves [X%]
+- K-factor reaches >1.0 (viral threshold)
+- Retention curve flattens (less churn)
+- LTV:CAC ratio improves to >3:1
+
+---
+
+## Quality Review Checklist
+
+Before finalizing, verify:
+
+- [ ] North Star Metric defined with 6-month target
+- [ ] Growth model selected (viral, paid, content, sales, product-led)
+- [ ] Primary growth loop designed with metrics and optimization plan
+- [ ] AARRR framework completed (acquisition, activation, retention, referral, revenue)
+- [ ] Channels prioritized using Bullseye framework
+- [ ] Referral program designed (if applicable) with K-factor goals
+- [ ] Activation/onboarding funnel analyzed with optimization tactics
+- [ ] Retention tactics documented (habit formation, engagement triggers, win-back)
+- [ ] 90-day experimentation roadmap (Month 1: Activation, Month 2: Referral, Month 3: Retention)
+- [ ] ICE scoring for experiment prioritization
+- [ ] Metrics dashboard with weekly/monthly targets
+- [ ] Report is comprehensive and covers all key areas
+- [ ] Tone is tactical and data-driven (not theoretical)
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Upstream Dependencies** (use outputs from):
+- `customer-persona-builder` → Target personas, channels, behaviors
+- `product-positioning-expert` → Value proposition for messaging
+- `pricing-strategy-architect` → Pricing model, conversion targets, unit economics
+- `go-to-market-planner` → Initial channels, traction metrics
+- `business-model-designer` → LTV, CAC, revenue model
+
+**Downstream Skills** (feed into):
+- `content-marketing-strategist` → Content as growth channel
+- `social-media-strategist` → Social as acquisition/viral channel
+- `email-marketing-architect` → Email for activation and retention
+- `community-building-strategist` → Community as retention/viral driver
+
+---
+
+*Generated with StratArts - Business Strategy Skills Library*
+*Next recommended skill: `community-building-strategist` for retention/engagement or `content-marketing-strategist` for content-driven growth*
+
+---
+
+## HTML Output Verification
+
+After generating output, verify these elements are present and correctly formatted:
+
+### Structure Verification
+- [ ] DOCTYPE html declaration present
+- [ ] Chart.js v4.4.0 CDN in head
+- [ ] Header with `.header-content` gradient container (emerald #10b981)
+- [ ] Score banner with 3-column grid layout
+- [ ] All content sections with `.section-container` wrapper
+- [ ] Footer with generation timestamp
+
+### Growth Elements Verification
+- [ ] North Star card displays metric name, current value, target, and timeline
+- [ ] Growth Model card shows primary and secondary models
+- [ ] Growth Loop visualization with numbered steps and connectors
+- [ ] K-factor card with formula, calculation breakdown, and result
+- [ ] AARRR funnel with all 5 stages (Acquisition → Activation → Retention → Referral → Revenue)
+- [ ] Each funnel stage shows current rate, target, and status indicator
+- [ ] Channel Bullseye with Focus (inner), Build (middle), Test (outer) rings
+- [ ] Each channel shows score breakdown (Reach, Cost, Conversion, Control)
+- [ ] ICE scoring table with all experiments ranked by score
+- [ ] 90-day roadmap with Month 1 (Activation), Month 2 (Referral), Month 3 (Retention)
+- [ ] Experiment calendar with weekly breakdown
+- [ ] Metrics dashboard with all growth KPIs and targets
+
+### Chart Verification
+- [ ] `funnelChart` renders as horizontal bar with AARRR conversion rates
+- [ ] `aarrrTimelineChart` renders as line chart with funnel metrics over time
+- [ ] `channelScoreChart` renders as radar with channel scoring dimensions
+- [ ] `effortAllocationChart` renders as doughnut showing Focus/Build/Test split
+- [ ] All charts use StratArts color scheme (emerald primary)
+- [ ] Chart legends positioned appropriately
+- [ ] Chart tooltips functional
+
+### Data Completeness
+- [ ] Product name appears in header and throughout
+- [ ] K-factor value calculated correctly (invites × conversion rate)
+- [ ] Verdict reflects K-factor threshold (>1.0 = VIRAL READY)
+- [ ] All AARRR metrics have current and target values
+- [ ] Channel scores sum to /40 total
+- [ ] ICE scores calculated as Impact × Confidence × Ease
+- [ ] 90-day milestones have specific, measurable targets
+- [ ] Metrics dashboard shows Week 4, Week 8, Week 12 projections
+
+Now begin with Step 1!
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+---
+name: investor-brief-writer
+description: Create compelling investor one-pagers and email briefs that capture attention and get meetings. Distill your pitch into scannable, high-impact documents with traction-focused cold emails and distribution strategy.
+version: 1.0.0
+category: fundraising-operations
+---
+
+# investor-brief-writer
+
+**Mission**: Create a compelling investor brief (one-pager or executive summary) that captures attention, communicates your opportunity concisely, and gets investors to take a meeting. Distill your pitch deck into a scannable, high-impact document for email outreach and follow-ups.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification
+
+Before generating HTML output, verify all placeholders are populated:
+
+### Score Banner Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{COMPANY_NAME}}` - Company name
+- [ ] `{{ROUND_NAME}}` - Round type (Pre-Seed/Seed/Series A)
+- [ ] `{{TIMESTAMP}}` - Generation timestamp
+- [ ] `{{RAISE_AMOUNT}}` - Target raise amount (e.g., "$2.5M")
+- [ ] `{{MRR}}` - Current MRR (e.g., "$85K")
+- [ ] `{{GROWTH_RATE}}` - MoM growth rate (e.g., "22%")
+- [ ] `{{CUSTOMERS}}` - Customer count (e.g., "156")
+- [ ] `{{TAM}}` - Total addressable market (e.g., "$47B")
+- [ ] `{{TARGET_INVESTORS}}` - Target investor count (e.g., "100")
+
+### Content Section Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{EXEC_SUMMARY_CARDS}}` - 4 exec summary cards (format, audience, distribution, differentiators)
+- [ ] `{{TAGLINE}}` - Company tagline (1 line)
+- [ ] `{{CONTACT_INFO}}` - Contact information (email, website, location)
+- [ ] `{{ONEPAGER_SECTIONS}}` - 6-8 one-pager sections (problem, solution, market, advantage, traction, ask)
+- [ ] `{{TRACTION_CARDS}}` - 4 traction metric cards with growth indicators
+- [ ] `{{TEAM_CARDS}}` - 3 team member cards (name, title, bio)
+- [ ] `{{EMAIL_SUBJECT}}` - Cold email subject line
+- [ ] `{{EMAIL_BODY}}` - Cold email body (4 paragraphs)
+- [ ] `{{EMAIL_TEMPLATES}}` - 3 email templates (warm intro, follow-up, post-meeting)
+- [ ] `{{DISTRIBUTION_CARDS}}` - 3 distribution strategy cards
+- [ ] `{{INVESTOR_ROWS}}` - 5-10 investor table rows
+- [ ] `{{NEXT_STEPS}}` - 6 prioritized next step items
+
+### Chart Data Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{REVENUE_LABELS}}` - JSON array of month labels
+- [ ] `{{REVENUE_DATA}}` - JSON array of MRR values
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Full pitch deck content (problem, solution, market, traction, team, ask)
+- **problem-validation-study** → Problem statement, customer pain points
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction metrics (MRR, growth rate, customers)
+- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, unit economics
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Pitch deck available
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction data available
+
+### No Context:
+- None of the above skills were run
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If Ideal Context:
+> I found outputs from **investor-pitch-deck-builder**, **problem-validation-study**, **metrics-dashboard-designer**, and **financial-model-architect**.
+>
+> I can reuse:
+> - **Pitch deck content** (problem, solution, market, traction, team, ask)
+> - **Problem statement** ([X])
+> - **Traction metrics** (MRR: [$X], growth: [Y% MoM], customers: [Z])
+> - **Financial projections** (ARR forecast, unit economics)
+>
+> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh]
+
+### If Partial Context:
+> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones].
+>
+> I can reuse: [list specific data available]
+>
+> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?**
+
+### If No Context:
+> No previous context detected.
+>
+> I'll guide you through writing your investor brief from the ground up.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential)
+
+### Brief Format & Purpose
+
+**Question BF1: What format will your investor brief take?**
+
+**Format Options**:
+
+### 1. One-Pager (Most Common)
+- **Length**: 1 page (front only or front + back)
+- **Use Case**: Email attachment, warm intros, quick reference after meetings
+- **Sections**: Company overview, problem, solution, traction, team, ask (condensed to fit one page)
+
+### 2. Executive Summary (2-3 Pages)
+- **Length**: 2-3 pages
+- **Use Case**: Detailed follow-up after initial meeting, due diligence prep
+- **Sections**: Same as one-pager but with more detail, charts, and supporting data
+
+### 3. Email Brief (Email Body)
+- **Length**: 200-300 words (fits in email body without scrolling)
+- **Use Case**: Cold outreach, warm intros (no attachment, just email text)
+- **Sections**: Problem, solution, traction, ask (ultra-condensed)
+
+**Your Format**: [Choose one — e.g., "One-pager for email attachments + email brief for cold outreach"]
+
+---
+
+**Question BF2: What is your target audience?**
+
+**Audience Types**:
+
+### Venture Capitalists (VCs)
+- **What they care about**: Market size, traction, team, exit potential
+- **Tone**: Professional, data-driven, ambitious
+
+### Angel Investors
+- **What they care about**: Problem, founders, early traction, passion
+- **Tone**: Personal, story-driven, mission-oriented
+
+### Strategic Investors (Corporates)
+- **What they care about**: Strategic fit, synergies, market disruption
+- **Tone**: Business-focused, industry insights, partnership potential
+
+**Your Target Audience**: [e.g., "Seed-stage VCs focused on B2B SaaS"]
+
+---
+
+### Content Structure (One-Pager)
+
+**Question CS1: What is your elevator pitch?**
+
+**Elevator Pitch** = 1-2 sentences that capture your entire company
+
+**Formula**: [Company] is [what you do] for [target customer], helping them [achieve goal/solve problem].
+
+**Examples**:
+- "Stripe is payment infrastructure for the internet, helping businesses accept payments in 135+ currencies."
+- "Figma is collaborative design software for product teams, enabling real-time design and prototyping in the browser."
+- "Notion is an all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, and projects, replacing multiple tools with one flexible platform."
+
+**Your Elevator Pitch**:
+- [1-2 sentences capturing your company, target customer, and value]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS2: What is your problem statement?**
+
+**Problem Statement** (2-3 sentences):
+- Who has the problem?
+- What is the problem?
+- How painful is it? (quantify with stats, time/money wasted, or customer quotes)
+
+**Example**:
+- "Construction companies waste 30% of project budgets on manual procurement, invoicing, and payment processes. Project managers spend 10+ hours/week chasing approvals and invoices, while 70% of subcontractors face cash flow issues due to payment delays."
+
+**Your Problem Statement**:
+- [2-3 sentences with specific pain points and quantification]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS3: What is your solution statement?**
+
+**Solution Statement** (2-3 sentences):
+- What do you do?
+- How does it solve the problem?
+- What's the key benefit or outcome?
+
+**Example**:
+- "BuildFlow automates procurement, invoicing, and payments for construction teams in one platform. Contractors save 10+ hours/week and reduce payment delays by 80%, improving cash flow and project profitability."
+
+**Your Solution Statement**:
+- [2-3 sentences describing product, impact, and outcome]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS4: What is your market opportunity?**
+
+**Market Opportunity** (1-2 sentences + numbers):
+- TAM (Total Addressable Market)
+- SAM (Serviceable Available Market) — optional
+- SOM (Serviceable Obtainable Market) — optional
+
+**Example**:
+- "The global construction industry is a $10T market, with $800B in U.S. commercial construction annually. We're targeting $40B (5% of U.S. market) over the next 5 years."
+
+**Your Market Opportunity**:
+- [1-2 sentences with TAM, SAM, or SOM]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS5: What is your traction?**
+
+**Traction Statement** (2-4 key metrics):
+- Choose metrics that show momentum (revenue, customers, growth rate, retention, GMV, etc.)
+- Use specific numbers and growth rates
+
+**Example**:
+- "$50K MRR, 20% MoM growth"
+- "200 paying customers (from 50 six months ago)"
+- "Processed $50M in transactions in 12 months"
+- "D30 retention: 50% (top decile for construction software)"
+
+**Your Traction Metrics** (choose 2-4):
+1. [Metric 1 with number and growth rate]
+2. [Metric 2 with number and growth rate]
+3. [Metric 3 with number and growth rate]
+4. [Metric 4 with number and growth rate]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS6: What is your competitive advantage?**
+
+**Competitive Advantage** (1-2 sentences):
+- Why are you different/better than alternatives?
+- What's your unfair advantage? (tech, team, distribution, data, brand, etc.)
+
+**Example**:
+- "Unlike incumbents (Procore, Buildertrend), BuildFlow is mobile-first, 10x faster to implement, and 50% cheaper—built specifically for on-site teams, not back-office users."
+
+**Your Competitive Advantage**:
+- [1-2 sentences explaining why you win]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS7: Who is your team?**
+
+**Team Statement** (1-2 sentences per founder):
+- Name, title, relevant background (previous company, domain expertise)
+
+**Example**:
+- "John Smith (CEO) — Former VP Product at Stripe, built payments platform to $10B GMV"
+- "Jane Doe (CTO) — Former Engineering Lead at Uber, scaled team from 5 to 50 engineers"
+
+**Your Team**:
+1. [Founder 1: Name, title, one-sentence background]
+2. [Founder 2: Name, title, one-sentence background]
+3. [Key Hire (optional): Name, title, one-sentence background]
+
+---
+
+**Question CS8: What is your ask?**
+
+**Ask Statement** (1-2 sentences):
+- How much are you raising?
+- What's the round (pre-seed, seed, Series A)?
+- What will you use it for (optional: 1-2 key milestones)?
+
+**Example**:
+- "We're raising a $2.5M seed round to scale our sales team (10 → 25 headcount) and expand from 200 to 1,000 customers in the next 18 months."
+
+**Your Ask**:
+- [1-2 sentences: amount, round, use of funds, milestones]
+
+---
+
+### Content Structure (Email Brief)
+
+**Question EB1: What is your cold outreach email?**
+
+**Cold Email** = 200-300 words, fits in email body without scrolling
+
+**Subject Line** (choose one format):
+- **Name drop**: "[Mutual Connection] suggested I reach out"
+- **Traction**: "$50K MRR, 20% MoM growth — [Company Name] investor intro"
+- **Problem/Solution**: "Solving [$10T problem] for [target customer]"
+- **Question**: "Are you investing in [sector] right now?"
+
+**Email Body Structure**:
+
+### Paragraph 1: Hook (1-2 sentences)
+- Start with traction, problem, or social proof
+- Grab attention in first sentence
+
+### Paragraph 2: Company Overview (2-3 sentences)
+- Problem, solution, target customer
+
+### Paragraph 3: Traction (1-2 sentences)
+- Key metrics, growth rate, milestones
+
+### Paragraph 4: Ask (1 sentence)
+- Request a meeting, not a decision
+
+**Example Cold Email**:
+
+```
+Subject: $50K MRR, 20% MoM growth — BuildFlow investor intro
+
+Hi [Investor Name],
+
+I'm reaching out because you've invested in B2B SaaS companies like [Portfolio Company], and we're building in a similar space.
+
+We're BuildFlow — the operating system for construction teams. We automate procurement, invoicing, and payments for contractors, helping them save 10+ hours/week and reduce payment delays by 80%.
+
+We're at $50K MRR with 200 paying customers, growing 20% MoM. We've processed $50M in transactions in the last 12 months, and retention is 50% D30 (top decile for construction software).
+
+We're raising a $2.5M seed round and would love to share more. Do you have 15 minutes this week or next for a quick intro call?
+
+Thanks,
+[Your Name]
+```
+
+**Your Cold Email** (draft full email):
+- Subject: [Your subject line]
+- Body: [4 paragraphs: Hook, Company Overview, Traction, Ask]
+
+---
+
+### Design & Formatting
+
+**Question DF1: How will you design your one-pager?**
+
+**Design Principles for One-Pager**:
+
+1. **Scannable**: Use headers, bullet points, white space (investors should grasp the key points in 30 seconds)
+2. **Visual**: Include 1-2 charts or images (traction chart, product screenshot, logo wall)
+3. **Branded**: Use your company logo, brand colors, professional fonts
+4. **Concise**: No paragraphs longer than 3-4 lines
+
+**Layout Options**:
+
+### Option 1: Header + Sections (Vertical)
+- **Header**: Logo, tagline, contact info
+- **Section 1**: Problem (2-3 bullets)
+- **Section 2**: Solution (2-3 bullets + screenshot)
+- **Section 3**: Market (TAM/SAM/SOM)
+- **Section 4**: Traction (chart + metrics)
+- **Section 5**: Team (headshots + bios)
+- **Section 6**: Ask (amount, use of funds)
+
+### Option 2: Two-Column (Side-by-Side)
+- **Left Column**: Problem, Solution, Traction, Ask
+- **Right Column**: Market, Competitive Advantage, Team, Contact
+
+### Option 3: Front + Back (Double-Sided)
+- **Front**: Company overview, problem, solution, traction, ask
+- **Back**: Detailed metrics, team bios, contact info
+
+**Your Layout**: [Choose one]
+
+**Design Tool**:
+- ☐ **Google Docs** (simple text, no graphics)
+- ☐ **Canva** (templates, easy design)
+- ☐ **PowerPoint / Keynote** (export as PDF)
+- ☐ **Figma** (custom design, professional)
+- ☐ **Custom** (hire designer)
+
+**Your Tool**: [Choose one]
+
+---
+
+### Distribution & Follow-Up
+
+**Question DU1: How will you distribute your investor brief?**
+
+**Distribution Channels**:
+
+### 1. Warm Intro Email
+- **From**: Mutual connection (advisor, investor, founder)
+- **To**: Target investor
+- **Include**: Brief intro + one-pager attached
+
+**Example**:
+```
+Subject: Intro to [Your Company] (founders from [Previous Company])
+
+Hi [Investor Name],
+
+I'd like to introduce you to [Your Name], founder of [Your Company]. [He/She] is building [one-sentence pitch].
+
+They're at [$X MRR], growing [Y% MoM], and raising a [$Z] seed round. I think it's a great fit for [Your Fund].
+
+I'm attaching their one-pager. Let me know if you'd like an intro!
+
+Best,
+[Mutual Connection]
+```
+
+### 2. Cold Outreach Email
+- **From**: You
+- **To**: Target investor (found via AngelList, Crunchbase, LinkedIn)
+- **Include**: Email brief (in body) + one-pager attached (optional)
+
+### 3. Post-Meeting Follow-Up
+- **From**: You
+- **To**: Investor you just met
+- **Include**: Thank you + one-pager + pitch deck + data room link
+
+**Example**:
+```
+Subject: Thanks for the meeting — [Your Company] materials
+
+Hi [Investor Name],
+
+Thanks for taking the time to meet today. As discussed, here are our materials:
+
+- **One-pager** (attached) — quick reference
+- **Pitch deck** (attached) — full story
+- **Data room** (link) — financials, metrics, customer references
+
+Let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to next steps!
+
+Best,
+[Your Name]
+```
+
+**Your Distribution Strategy** (choose 2-3):
+1. [Channel 1] — e.g., "Warm intros via advisors"
+2. [Channel 2] — e.g., "Cold outreach to 50 seed-stage VCs"
+3. [Channel 3] — e.g., "Post-meeting follow-ups"
+
+---
+
+**Question DU2: How will you track investor outreach?**
+
+**Investor CRM** (track all outreach):
+
+| Investor Name | Fund | Stage | Status | Last Contact | Next Step |
+|---------------|----------------|-------|--------------|--------------|--------------------------|
+| Jane Doe | Sequoia | Seed | Intro Meeting| 2024-11-15 | Follow up with deck |
+| John Smith | Andreessen | Seed | Pass | 2024-11-10 | N/A |
+| Alice Johnson | First Round | Seed | Due Diligence| 2024-11-20 | Send customer references |
+
+**CRM Tool**:
+- ☐ **Spreadsheet** (Google Sheets, Excel)
+- ☐ **Notion** (database view)
+- ☐ **Airtable** (relational database)
+- ☐ **CRM** (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Affinity)
+
+**Your CRM Tool**: [Choose one]
+
+**Status Categories**:
+- **Cold**: Not yet contacted
+- **Reached Out**: Email sent, awaiting response
+- **Intro Meeting**: First meeting scheduled or completed
+- **Partner Meeting**: Second meeting with full partnership
+- **Due Diligence**: Investor is actively evaluating
+- **Term Sheet**: Term sheet received
+- **Pass**: Investor declined
+
+---
+
+### Implementation Roadmap
+
+**Question IR1: What is your investor brief creation timeline?**
+
+### Week 1: Content (Days 1-3)
+- **Day 1**: Pull content from pitch deck (problem, solution, traction, team, ask)
+- **Day 2**: Draft one-pager text (condense to fit 1 page)
+- **Day 3**: Draft cold outreach email (200-300 words)
+
+### Week 1: Design (Days 4-5)
+- **Day 4**: Design one-pager layout (choose tool, apply branding)
+- **Day 5**: Add visuals (traction chart, product screenshot, team headshots)
+
+### Week 2: Review & Finalize (Days 1-2)
+- **Day 1**: Review with co-founder/team, refine content
+- **Day 2**: Get feedback from 2-3 advisors, finalize
+
+### Week 2: Build Investor List (Days 3-5)
+- **Day 3-4**: Research 50-100 target investors (stage, sector, geography fit)
+- **Day 5**: Prioritize top 20 investors, find warm intro paths
+
+### Week 3: Outreach (Ongoing)
+- Send 5-10 emails per week (warm intros + cold outreach)
+- Track responses in CRM
+- Follow up with interested investors
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: Generate Comprehensive Investor Brief
+
+**You will now receive a comprehensive document covering**:
+
+### Section 1: Executive Summary
+- Format choice (one-pager, executive summary, email brief)
+- Target audience (VCs, angels, strategics)
+- Distribution strategy (warm intros, cold outreach, post-meeting follow-ups)
+
+### Section 2: One-Pager Content
+- **Header**: Company name, logo, tagline, contact
+- **Elevator Pitch**: 1-2 sentence company overview
+- **Problem**: 2-3 sentences with customer pain points
+- **Solution**: 2-3 sentences with product description and impact
+- **Market**: TAM, SAM, SOM (1-2 sentences)
+- **Traction**: 2-4 key metrics with growth rates
+- **Competitive Advantage**: 1-2 sentences explaining differentiation
+- **Team**: Founders + key hires with one-sentence bios
+- **Ask**: Amount raising, round, use of funds, milestones
+
+### Section 3: Email Brief (Cold Outreach)
+- **Subject Line**: Traction-focused or problem-focused
+- **Paragraph 1 (Hook)**: Traction, problem, or social proof
+- **Paragraph 2 (Company)**: Problem, solution, target customer
+- **Paragraph 3 (Traction)**: Key metrics, growth rate
+- **Paragraph 4 (Ask)**: Request 15-minute intro call
+
+### Section 4: Design & Formatting
+- Layout choice (vertical sections, two-column, front+back)
+- Design tool (Canva, Figma, PowerPoint, custom)
+- Branding guidelines (logo, colors, fonts)
+- Visual elements (traction chart, product screenshot, team headshots)
+
+### Section 5: Distribution & Follow-Up
+- **Warm Intro Email Template** (from mutual connection)
+- **Cold Outreach Email Template** (direct to investor)
+- **Post-Meeting Follow-Up Template** (thank you + materials)
+- Investor CRM setup (spreadsheet or tool)
+- Status tracking (cold, reached out, intro meeting, partner meeting, due diligence, term sheet, pass)
+
+### Section 6: Investor List Building
+- Target investor criteria (stage, sector, geography, check size)
+- Research process (AngelList, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, fund websites)
+- Prioritization (warm intro paths, portfolio fit, recent investments)
+- Top 20 target investors list
+
+### Section 7: Next Steps
+- Finalize one-pager this week
+- Get feedback from 3 advisors
+- Build target investor list (50-100 names, prioritize top 20)
+- Start outreach next week (5-10 emails/week)
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: Quality Review & Iteration
+
+After generating the strategy, I will ask:
+
+**Quality Check**:
+1. Is the one-pager scannable (can investor grasp key points in 30 seconds)?
+2. Does the traction statement show clear momentum?
+3. Is the ask specific (amount, round, use of funds)?
+4. Does the cold email fit in one screen without scrolling?
+5. Is the email hook strong (traction, social proof, or problem)?
+6. Can you personalize the cold email for each investor?
+
+**Iterate?** [Yes — refine X / No — finalize]
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Save & Next Steps
+
+Once finalized, I will:
+1. **Save** the investor brief (PDF) and email templates to your project folder
+2. **Suggest** sending to 3 advisors for feedback before investor outreach
+3. **Remind** you to build target investor list this week
+
+---
+
+## 8 Critical Guidelines for This Skill
+
+1. **Lead with traction**: If you have strong traction, put it in the subject line and first sentence. Traction gets meetings.
+
+2. **One-pager must be scannable**: Investors should understand your company in 30 seconds. Use headers, bullets, and white space.
+
+3. **Cold emails must be short**: 200-300 words max. If investors need to scroll, you've lost them.
+
+4. **Personalize every cold email**: Reference their portfolio, recent investment, or sector focus. Generic emails get ignored.
+
+5. **The ask is a meeting, not money**: Don't ask for investment in the first email. Ask for 15 minutes to share more.
+
+6. **Follow up persistently**: Send 2-3 follow-ups spaced 5-7 days apart. Many investors don't respond until the 3rd email.
+
+7. **Track everything**: Use a CRM to track every outreach, response, meeting, and next step. Fundraising is a pipeline.
+
+8. **Warm intros > cold outreach**: Warm intros have 10x higher response rate. Exhaust your network before going cold.
+
+---
+
+## Quality Checklist (Before Finalizing)
+
+- [ ] One-pager is 1 page (front only or front+back)
+- [ ] Elevator pitch is 1-2 sentences and crystal clear
+- [ ] Problem statement quantifies pain (time/money wasted, customer quotes)
+- [ ] Solution statement explains product and impact
+- [ ] Traction statement shows 2-4 key metrics with growth rates
+- [ ] Team bios highlight relevant backgrounds (previous companies, domain expertise)
+- [ ] Ask is specific (amount, round, use of funds)
+- [ ] Cold email is 200-300 words (fits in one screen)
+- [ ] Cold email has strong hook (traction, social proof, or problem)
+- [ ] Cold email ends with clear ask (15-minute intro call)
+- [ ] One-pager has visuals (traction chart, product screenshot, or team photos)
+- [ ] One-pager uses brand colors, logo, and professional design
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Upstream Skills** (reuse data from):
+- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Full pitch deck content (problem, solution, market, traction, team, ask)
+- **problem-validation-study** → Problem statement, customer pain points, quotes
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction metrics (MRR, growth rate, customers, retention)
+- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, unit economics, ARR forecast
+- **customer-persona-builder** → Target customer description
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Unique value proposition, competitive advantage
+- **competitive-intelligence** → Competitive landscape, differentiation
+
+**Downstream Skills** (use this data in):
+- **fundraising-strategy-planner** → Use investor brief as outreach material
+- **investor outreach** → Send one-pager in warm intros and cold emails
+- **post-meeting follow-ups** → Include one-pager in follow-up email packages
+
+---
+
+## HTML Editorial Template Reference
+
+**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency.
+
+### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER)
+
+1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST):
+ ```
+ html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md
+ ```
+
+2. **Base Template** (shared structure):
+ ```
+ html-templates/base-template.html
+ ```
+
+3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts):
+ ```
+ html-templates/investor-brief-writer.html
+ ```
+
+### How to Use Templates
+
+1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly
+2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration
+3. Read `investor-brief-writer.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts
+4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data
+5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}`
+6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}`
+7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}`
+
+---
+
+## HTML Output Verification
+
+Before delivering the HTML report, verify:
+
+### Structure Verification
+- [ ] Header follows canonical StratArts pattern with skill name and timestamp
+- [ ] Score banner displays 6 key metrics (Raise, MRR, Growth, Customers, TAM, Target Investors)
+- [ ] All 9 sections present with proper content
+- [ ] Footer includes StratArts branding and regeneration guidance
+
+### Chart Verification (1 Chart Required)
+- [ ] **Revenue Growth Chart** (Line) - MRR progression over 12 months
+
+### Content Verification
+- [ ] Executive summary covers format, audience, distribution, differentiators
+- [ ] One-pager preview includes all 6 core sections (problem, solution, market, advantage, traction, ask)
+- [ ] One-pager is visually scannable (headers, bullets, metrics highlighted)
+- [ ] Traction cards show 4 metrics with growth indicators
+- [ ] Team section includes 3 founders/key hires with bios
+- [ ] Cold email is 200-300 words with traction-focused subject line
+- [ ] Email templates include warm intro, follow-up, and post-meeting
+- [ ] Distribution strategy covers warm intros, cold outreach, post-meeting
+- [ ] Investor table shows 5-10 target investors with tier/intro path
+
+### Visual Verification
+- [ ] Dark theme applied (#0a0a0a background, #1a1a1a containers)
+- [ ] Emerald accent (#10b981) used consistently
+- [ ] One-pager preview has distinct border (border-accent)
+- [ ] Email preview has proper header/body separation
+- [ ] Chart renders correctly with Chart.js v4.4.0
+
+---
+
+**End of Skill**
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+---
+name: investor-pitch-deck-builder
+description: Create a compelling 10-15 slide investor pitch deck that tells your startup story, demonstrates market opportunity, proves traction, and makes a clear ask. Build a deck that gets meetings, progresses conversations, and closes rounds.
+version: 1.0.0
+category: fundraising-operations
+---
+
+# investor-pitch-deck-builder
+
+**Mission**: Create a compelling investor pitch deck that tells your startup story, demonstrates market opportunity, proves traction, and makes a clear ask. Build a 10-15 slide deck that gets you meetings, progresses conversations, and closes rounds.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification
+
+Before generating HTML output, verify all placeholders are populated:
+
+### Score Banner Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{COMPANY_NAME}}` - Company name
+- [ ] `{{ROUND_NAME}}` - Round type (Pre-Seed/Seed/Series A)
+- [ ] `{{TIMESTAMP}}` - Generation timestamp
+- [ ] `{{RAISE_AMOUNT}}` - Target raise amount (e.g., "$2.5M")
+- [ ] `{{VALUATION}}` - Post-money valuation (e.g., "$12M")
+- [ ] `{{MRR}}` - Current MRR (e.g., "$85K")
+- [ ] `{{TAM}}` - Total addressable market (e.g., "$47B")
+- [ ] `{{SLIDE_COUNT}}` - Number of slides (e.g., "12")
+- [ ] `{{PITCH_TIME}}` - Target pitch time (e.g., "12 min")
+
+### Content Section Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{EXEC_SUMMARY}}` - 4 exec summary cards (pitch, ask, why now, milestones)
+- [ ] `{{SLIDE_CARDS}}` - 12 slide preview cards with thumbnails
+- [ ] `{{SLIDE_DETAILS}}` - Detailed content for key slides (problem, solution, traction)
+- [ ] `{{METRICS_CARDS}}` - 4 traction metric cards
+- [ ] `{{COMPETITOR_MATRIX}}` - 2x2 competitive positioning grid
+- [ ] `{{TEAM_CARDS}}` - 3 team member cards
+- [ ] `{{FINANCIAL_TABLE}}` - 5-year projection table
+- [ ] `{{FUNDS_CARDS}}` - 4 use of funds breakdown cards
+- [ ] `{{DESIGN_CARDS}}` - 4 design/storytelling guidance cards
+- [ ] `{{NEXT_STEPS}}` - 6 prioritized next step items
+
+### Chart Data Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{REVENUE_LABELS}}` - JSON array of month labels
+- [ ] `{{REVENUE_DATA}}` - JSON array of MRR values
+- [ ] `{{CUSTOMER_LABELS}}` - JSON array of quarter labels
+- [ ] `{{CUSTOMER_DATA}}` - JSON array of customer counts
+- [ ] `{{PROJECTION_LABELS}}` - JSON array of year labels
+- [ ] `{{PROJECTION_DATA}}` - JSON array of ARR projections
+- [ ] `{{FUNDS_LABELS}}` - JSON array of fund category names
+- [ ] `{{FUNDS_DATA}}` - JSON array of fund percentages
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **problem-validation-study** → Problem statement, customer pain points
+- **customer-persona-builder** → Target customer, market size
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Unique value proposition, differentiation
+- **competitive-intelligence** → Competitive landscape, competitive advantages
+- **revenue-model-builder** → Business model, unit economics, pricing
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction metrics, KPIs, growth rate
+- **go-to-market-planner** → GTM strategy, customer acquisition
+- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, runway, ask amount
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- **problem-validation-study** → Problem definition available
+- **revenue-model-builder** → Business model available
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction data available
+
+### No Context:
+- None of the above skills were run
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If Ideal Context:
+> I found outputs from **problem-validation-study**, **customer-persona-builder**, **product-positioning-expert**, **competitive-intelligence**, **revenue-model-builder**, **metrics-dashboard-designer**, **go-to-market-planner**, and **financial-model-architect**.
+>
+> I can reuse:
+> - **Problem statement** ([X])
+> - **Target customer** ([Y])
+> - **Value proposition** ([Z])
+> - **Competitive landscape** (competitors: [A, B, C])
+> - **Business model** (revenue streams, pricing, unit economics)
+> - **Traction metrics** (MRR: [$X], growth: [Y% MoM], customers: [Z])
+> - **GTM strategy** (channels, CAC, LTV)
+> - **Financial projections** (revenue forecast, burn rate, runway)
+>
+> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh]
+
+### If Partial Context:
+> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones].
+>
+> I can reuse: [list specific data available]
+>
+> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?**
+
+### If No Context:
+> No previous context detected.
+>
+> I'll guide you through building your investor pitch deck from the ground up.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential)
+
+### Pitch Deck Basics
+
+**Question PDB1: What round are you raising?**
+
+**Fundraising Stage**:
+- ☐ **Pre-Seed** ($250K - $1M) — idea to MVP, finding product-market fit
+- ☐ **Seed** ($1M - $5M) — product-market fit, scaling early traction
+- ☐ **Series A** ($5M - $15M) — proven business model, scaling GTM
+- ☐ **Series B** ($15M - $50M) — scaling operations, expanding markets
+- ☐ **Series C+** ($50M+) — mature company, aggressive growth or M&A
+
+**Your Round**: [e.g., "Seed — raising $2.5M"]
+
+**Your Ask**:
+- **Amount Raising**: [e.g., "$2.5M"]
+- **Valuation** (if applicable): [e.g., "$10M post-money valuation"]
+- **Use of Funds**: [What will you use the money for? e.g., "60% product, 30% GTM, 10% ops"]
+
+---
+
+**Question PDB2: What is your fundraising narrative?**
+
+**The Story Arc** (every great pitch follows this structure):
+
+1. **Problem**: The world has a problem (customer pain point)
+2. **Solution**: You've built something that solves it (product/service)
+3. **Market**: The opportunity is huge (TAM, SAM, SOM)
+4. **Traction**: You've proven it works (metrics, customers, revenue)
+5. **Vision**: You're going to win (competitive advantage, team, roadmap)
+6. **Ask**: You need capital to accelerate (how much, what for)
+
+**Your 1-Sentence Pitch** (the "elevator pitch"):
+- [e.g., "We're building the Stripe for construction, enabling $10T in transactions annually"]
+
+**Your 3-Sentence Pitch** (the "Twitter pitch"):
+- Problem: [e.g., "Construction companies waste 30% of project budgets on manual processes"]
+- Solution: [e.g., "We automate procurement, invoicing, and payments in one platform"]
+- Traction: [e.g., "We've processed $50M in transactions for 200+ contractors in 12 months"]
+
+---
+
+### Slide-by-Slide Content
+
+**Question S1: TITLE SLIDE — What is your company tagline?**
+
+**Title Slide Elements**:
+- **Company Name**: [Your company name]
+- **Tagline**: [One sentence — what you do, for whom]
+ - Example: "Stripe for construction" or "Figma for data teams"
+- **Contact**: [Your name, title, email]
+- **Round**: [e.g., "Seed Round — $2.5M"]
+
+**Your Tagline**: [e.g., "The operating system for construction teams"]
+
+---
+
+**Question S2: PROBLEM SLIDE — What problem are you solving?**
+
+**Problem Statement** (3-5 bullet points):
+- Keep it customer-centric (not "the market lacks X", but "customers struggle with X")
+- Use concrete examples, stats, or quotes
+- Show pain intensity (time wasted, money lost, frustration)
+
+**Example**:
+- "Construction companies waste 30% of project budgets on manual processes"
+- "Project managers spend 10+ hours/week chasing invoices and approvals"
+- "Payment delays cause cash flow issues for 70% of subcontractors"
+
+**Your Problem Statement** (3-5 bullets):
+1. [Problem 1] — [stat or quote]
+2. [Problem 2] — [stat or quote]
+3. [Problem 3] — [stat or quote]
+
+**Visual** (if available):
+- Photo of frustrated customer
+- Chart showing cost/time waste
+- Quote from customer interview
+
+---
+
+**Question S3: SOLUTION SLIDE — What is your solution?**
+
+**Solution Statement** (2-3 sentences):
+- How do you solve the problem?
+- What is your product/service?
+- What makes it different/better?
+
+**Example**:
+- "BuildFlow automates procurement, invoicing, and payments for construction teams in one platform"
+- "Contractors save 10+ hours/week and reduce payment delays by 80%"
+
+**Your Solution Statement**:
+- [2-3 sentences describing your product/service and impact]
+
+**Visual** (critical for this slide):
+- Product screenshot
+- Product demo video (embedded or link)
+- Before/After comparison
+
+**Key Features** (3-5 bullet points):
+1. [Feature 1] — [What it does, why it matters]
+2. [Feature 2] — [What it does, why it matters]
+3. [Feature 3] — [What it does, why it matters]
+
+---
+
+**Question S4: MARKET OPPORTUNITY — How big is the market?**
+
+**Market Sizing** (TAM, SAM, SOM):
+
+- **TAM (Total Addressable Market)**: Total market demand for your solution (if everyone in the world who could use it, did use it)
+ - Example: "Construction industry = $10T global market"
+
+- **SAM (Serviceable Available Market)**: Portion of TAM you can realistically target with your product/service
+ - Example: "U.S. commercial construction = $800B"
+
+- **SOM (Serviceable Obtainable Market)**: Portion of SAM you can realistically capture in the next 3-5 years
+ - Example: "Targeting 5% of U.S. commercial construction = $40B"
+
+**Your Market Sizing**:
+- **TAM**: [e.g., "$10T global construction market"]
+- **SAM**: [e.g., "$800B U.S. commercial construction"]
+- **SOM**: [e.g., "$40B (5% of SAM) over next 5 years"]
+
+**Market Trends** (2-3 bullet points):
+- What tailwinds support your business? (e.g., "Digital transformation in construction accelerating post-COVID")
+- [Trend 1]
+- [Trend 2]
+
+**Visual**: Concentric circles (TAM → SAM → SOM) or bar chart
+
+---
+
+**Question S5: BUSINESS MODEL — How do you make money?**
+
+**Revenue Model** (1-2 sentences + pricing table):
+
+**Your Revenue Streams** (choose 1-3):
+- ☐ **Subscription (SaaS)**: Monthly/annual recurring revenue
+- ☐ **Transaction Fee**: % of GMV (Gross Merchandise Value)
+- ☐ **Marketplace**: Commission on transactions
+- ☐ **Licensing**: Per-user or per-deployment fee
+- ☐ **Freemium**: Free tier + paid upgrades
+- ☐ **Usage-Based**: Pay-per-API call, per-GB, etc.
+- ☐ **Services**: Professional services, implementation, training
+
+**Your Primary Revenue Model**: [e.g., "Subscription (SaaS) — $99/mo per user"]
+
+**Pricing Table** (if applicable):
+
+| Plan | Price | Target Customer |
+|------------|-------------|---------------------|
+| Starter | $99/mo | Solo contractors |
+| Pro | $299/mo | Small teams (5-20) |
+| Enterprise | Custom | Large firms (50+) |
+
+**Unit Economics** (critical for investors):
+- **ARPU** (Average Revenue Per User): [$X/month]
+- **CAC** (Customer Acquisition Cost): [$X]
+- **LTV** (Customer Lifetime Value): [$X]
+- **LTV:CAC Ratio**: [X:1 — target 3:1 or higher]
+- **Gross Margin**: [X% — target 70%+ for SaaS]
+- **Payback Period**: [X months — target <12 months]
+
+**Your Unit Economics**:
+- ARPU: [$X]
+- CAC: [$X]
+- LTV: [$X]
+- LTV:CAC: [X:1]
+- Gross Margin: [X%]
+
+---
+
+**Question S6: TRACTION SLIDE — What have you achieved so far?**
+
+**Traction** = Proof that your business is working (the most important slide for investors)
+
+**Traction Metrics** (choose 3-5 that best demonstrate growth):
+
+**For Early-Stage (Pre-Seed, Seed)**:
+- ☐ **Revenue**: MRR, ARR (e.g., "$50K MRR, 20% MoM growth")
+- ☐ **Customers**: # of paying customers (e.g., "200 paying customers")
+- ☐ **User Growth**: # of users, signups, activations (e.g., "5,000 users, 40% MoM growth")
+- ☐ **Product Metrics**: DAU, WAU, MAU, retention (e.g., "D30 retention: 50%")
+- ☐ **GMV** (for marketplaces): Gross Merchandise Value (e.g., "$50M GMV processed")
+- ☐ **Pilots/LOIs**: Signed pilots or letters of intent (e.g., "10 enterprise pilots signed")
+
+**For Growth-Stage (Series A+)**:
+- ☐ **Revenue Growth**: MRR/ARR growth chart (e.g., "ARR: $5M → $10M in 12 months")
+- ☐ **Customer Growth**: Logo count (e.g., "500 → 1,200 customers in 12 months")
+- ☐ **Net Revenue Retention**: NRR (e.g., "120% NRR — customers expanding")
+- ☐ **Market Share**: % of target market captured (e.g., "5% market share in U.S.")
+
+**Your Traction Metrics** (choose 3-5):
+1. [Metric 1] — [Value + growth rate]
+2. [Metric 2] — [Value + growth rate]
+3. [Metric 3] — [Value + growth rate]
+
+**Visual** (critical):
+- **"Hockey stick" chart** (revenue, users, or GMV over time)
+- **Cohort retention curve** (if strong retention)
+- **Logo wall** (if you have recognizable customers)
+
+**Milestones** (recent achievements — 3-5 bullets):
+- [Milestone 1] — e.g., "Launched product in Q1 2024"
+- [Milestone 2] — e.g., "Hit $100K MRR in Q3 2024"
+- [Milestone 3] — e.g., "Signed first Fortune 500 customer in Q4 2024"
+
+---
+
+**Question S7: PRODUCT DEMO — How will you show your product?**
+
+**Product Demo Options**:
+- ☐ **Live Demo** (during pitch — risky but impressive if it works)
+- ☐ **Video Demo** (2-3 minutes — embedded in deck or link)
+- ☐ **Screenshots** (3-5 key screens showing core workflows)
+- ☐ **Interactive Prototype** (Figma, InVision link)
+- ☐ **No Demo** (if product is too complex or too early)
+
+**Your Demo Approach**: [Choose one]
+
+**Key Screenshots** (if using screenshots — 3-5):
+1. [Screen 1] — [What it shows — e.g., "Dashboard: Real-time project overview"]
+2. [Screen 2] — [What it shows — e.g., "Invoicing: One-click payment approvals"]
+3. [Screen 3] — [What it shows — e.g., "Analytics: Budget tracking and forecasting"]
+
+**Demo Talking Points** (what to highlight — 3-5):
+1. [Point 1] — e.g., "10x faster than manual spreadsheets"
+2. [Point 2] — e.g., "Real-time collaboration for distributed teams"
+3. [Point 3] — e.g., "Mobile-first for on-site usage"
+
+---
+
+**Question S8: COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE — Who are your competitors?**
+
+**Competitive Positioning** (show 2-4 competitors + you):
+
+**Competitor 1**: [Name — e.g., "Procore"]
+- Strengths: [e.g., "Market leader, enterprise-focused"]
+- Weaknesses: [e.g., "Expensive, complex, legacy UI"]
+
+**Competitor 2**: [Name — e.g., "Buildertrend"]
+- Strengths: [e.g., "Popular with residential builders"]
+- Weaknesses: [e.g., "Limited features for commercial construction"]
+
+**Competitor 3**: [Name — e.g., "Manual spreadsheets + QuickBooks"]
+- Strengths: [e.g., "Familiar, low cost"]
+- Weaknesses: [e.g., "Error-prone, time-consuming, no real-time collaboration"]
+
+**Your Company**:
+- **Competitive Advantages** (why you win — 3-5 bullets):
+ 1. [Advantage 1] — e.g., "10x faster implementation (days vs. months)"
+ 2. [Advantage 2] — e.g., "50% cheaper than incumbents"
+ 3. [Advantage 3] — e.g., "Mobile-first design for on-site teams"
+
+**Visual**: **2x2 Matrix** (plot you + competitors on two axes)
+- Example axes: "Price" (low → high) vs. "Ease of Use" (hard → easy)
+- You should be in the top-left or bottom-right (differentiated position)
+
+---
+
+**Question S9: GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY — How do you acquire customers?**
+
+**GTM Strategy** (2-3 primary channels):
+
+**Your Channels** (choose 2-4):
+- ☐ **Outbound Sales** (cold email, cold calls, LinkedIn outreach)
+- ☐ **Inbound Marketing** (content, SEO, paid ads)
+- ☐ **Product-Led Growth** (free trial, freemium, viral loops)
+- ☐ **Partnerships** (integrations, resellers, channel partners)
+- ☐ **Community / Word-of-Mouth** (referrals, user communities)
+- ☐ **Events / Trade Shows** (industry conferences, demos)
+
+**Your Primary GTM Channels** (rank by importance):
+1. [Channel 1] — [e.g., "Outbound sales to commercial contractors"]
+2. [Channel 2] — [e.g., "Inbound marketing via content (SEO, case studies)"]
+3. [Channel 3] — [e.g., "Partnerships with construction software companies"]
+
+**GTM Metrics**:
+- **CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost)**: [$X]
+- **Sales Cycle**: [X days/weeks/months]
+- **Conversion Rate**: [X% from lead to customer]
+- **Payback Period**: [X months]
+
+**Customer Acquisition Roadmap** (next 12 months):
+- Q1: [Goal — e.g., "Launch outbound sales team (2 AEs, 1 SDR)"]
+- Q2: [Goal — e.g., "Launch SEO content strategy (50 articles)"]
+- Q3: [Goal — e.g., "Sign 3 channel partnerships"]
+- Q4: [Goal — e.g., "Hit $1M ARR"]
+
+---
+
+**Question S10: TEAM SLIDE — Who is building this?**
+
+**Team Members** (3-6 people — founders + key hires):
+
+**Founder 1**: [Name]
+- **Title**: [e.g., "CEO & Co-Founder"]
+- **Background**: [One sentence — previous company, relevant experience]
+ - Example: "Former VP Product at Stripe, built payments platform to $10B GMV"
+- **Why this person?**: [What makes them uniquely qualified?]
+
+**Founder 2**: [Name]
+- **Title**: [e.g., "CTO & Co-Founder"]
+- **Background**: [One sentence]
+ - Example: "Former Engineering Lead at Uber, scaled team from 5 to 50 engineers"
+- **Why this person?**: [What makes them uniquely qualified?]
+
+**Key Hire 1**: [Name — if applicable]
+- **Title**: [e.g., "Head of Sales"]
+- **Background**: [One sentence]
+ - Example: "Former VP Sales at Salesforce, closed $50M+ in ARR"
+
+**Your Team**:
+1. [Founder 1] — [Name, Title, Background, Why]
+2. [Founder 2] — [Name, Title, Background, Why]
+3. [Key Hire 1] — [Name, Title, Background, Why]
+
+**Advisors / Investors** (if you have notable ones):
+- [Advisor 1] — [e.g., "Former CEO of [Company], now advising on GTM"]
+- [Investor 1] — [e.g., "Sequoia Capital (Seed investor)"]
+
+**Visual**: Headshots + LinkedIn logos (past companies)
+
+---
+
+**Question S11: FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS — What are your financial projections?**
+
+**Financial Projections** (next 3-5 years):
+
+| Metric | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
+|-------------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+| Revenue (ARR) | $500K| $2M | $8M | $20M | $50M |
+| Customers | 200 | 600 | 2K | 5K | 10K |
+| Gross Margin | 60% | 70% | 75% | 78% | 80% |
+| Burn Rate (monthly)| $100K| $200K| $300K| $400K| — |
+| Headcount | 10 | 25 | 60 | 120 | 200 |
+
+**Key Assumptions** (3-5 bullets explaining your projections):
+1. [Assumption 1] — e.g., "Average customer spends $300/month"
+2. [Assumption 2] — e.g., "CAC of $1,000, 12-month payback period"
+3. [Assumption 3] — e.g., "80% annual retention, 120% net revenue retention"
+
+**Your Projections** (fill in table above based on financial model)
+
+**Path to Profitability**:
+- When will you be cash-flow positive? [e.g., "Q4 2026"]
+- When will you be profitable? [e.g., "2027"]
+
+---
+
+**Question S12: THE ASK — What are you raising and what for?**
+
+**The Ask** (be specific):
+
+**Amount Raising**: [e.g., "$2.5M Seed Round"]
+
+**Use of Funds** (breakdown by category):
+| Category | % of Funds | $ Amount | What For |
+|--------------------|------------|----------|-------------------------------------------|
+| Product/Engineering| 50% | $1.25M | Hire 5 engineers, ship features X, Y, Z |
+| Sales & Marketing | 35% | $875K | Hire 3 AEs, 2 SDRs, launch paid marketing |
+| Operations | 10% | $250K | Hire COO, finance/legal, ops infrastructure|
+| Runway/Buffer | 5% | $125K | 6-month buffer |
+
+**Milestones** (what will you achieve with this capital — next 12-18 months):
+1. [Milestone 1] — e.g., "Hit $2M ARR (4x growth)"
+2. [Milestone 2] — e.g., "Expand from 200 → 1,000 customers"
+3. [Milestone 3] — e.g., "Launch enterprise tier and sign 10 enterprise customers"
+4. [Milestone 4] — e.g., "Build out GTM team (10 → 25 headcount)"
+
+**Runway** (how long will this funding last?):
+- [e.g., "18 months runway to Series A"]
+
+---
+
+**Question S13: APPENDIX — What supporting slides will you include?**
+
+**Appendix Slides** (optional slides for Q&A or follow-up):
+
+Common appendix slides:
+- ☐ **Customer Testimonials / Case Studies**
+- ☐ **Product Roadmap** (next 12 months)
+- ☐ **Detailed Financial Model** (5-year P&L, cash flow)
+- ☐ **Market Research / Customer Validation** (surveys, interviews)
+- ☐ **Competitive Analysis Deep Dive** (feature comparison table)
+- ☐ **Go-to-Market Deep Dive** (channel strategy, sales playbook)
+- ☐ **Technology / IP** (architecture, patents, defensibility)
+- ☐ **Team Bios** (extended backgrounds, advisors)
+- ☐ **Press / Media Coverage** (articles, awards)
+
+**Your Appendix Slides** (choose 3-5):
+1. [Slide 1] — e.g., "Customer testimonials from 3 enterprise customers"
+2. [Slide 2] — e.g., "12-month product roadmap"
+3. [Slide 3] — e.g., "Detailed 5-year financial model"
+
+---
+
+### Pitch Deck Design & Storytelling
+
+**Question PDD1: What is your deck design approach?**
+
+**Design Principles**:
+1. **Simple & Clean**: Minimal text, lots of white space, large fonts
+2. **Visual-First**: Use charts, screenshots, photos (not walls of text)
+3. **Consistent Branding**: Use your brand colors, fonts, logo throughout
+4. **One Idea Per Slide**: Each slide should have one clear message
+
+**Design Tool**:
+- ☐ **Google Slides** (simple, collaborative, free)
+- ☐ **PowerPoint** (professional, widely used)
+- ☐ **Keynote** (Apple, best for design)
+- ☐ **Pitch** (modern, built for pitch decks)
+- ☐ **Canva** (templates, easy design)
+- ☐ **Custom** (designer-made, fully branded)
+
+**Your Tool**: [Choose one]
+
+**Template or Custom**:
+- ☐ Use template (e.g., Sequoia pitch deck template, YC pitch deck template)
+- ☐ Custom design (hire designer, fully branded)
+
+---
+
+**Question PDD2: How will you structure your narrative?**
+
+**Narrative Arc** (the story flow of your pitch):
+
+1. **Hook** (Title + Problem): Grab attention with a bold claim or surprising stat
+2. **Setup** (Problem + Market): Establish the pain and opportunity
+3. **Solution** (Solution + Product): Introduce your product as the hero
+4. **Proof** (Traction + Business Model): Show it's working
+5. **Vision** (Competitive + GTM + Team): Show you'll win
+6. **Ask** (Financials + Ask): Close with the opportunity to join you
+
+**Storytelling Tips**:
+- Start with a personal story (why did you start this company?)
+- Use customer stories (real examples of impact)
+- Show, don't tell (use visuals, demos, not text)
+- End with a clear ask (don't make investors guess)
+
+**Your Opening Hook** (first 30 seconds):
+- [What will you say to grab attention? e.g., "Construction is a $10T industry that still runs on spreadsheets and paper. We're changing that."]
+
+---
+
+### Implementation Roadmap
+
+**Question IR1: What is your pitch deck creation timeline?**
+
+### Phase 1: Content (Week 1)
+- **Day 1-2**: Gather data from upstream skills (problem, solution, market, traction, etc.)
+- **Day 3-4**: Draft slide-by-slide content (bullet points, no design yet)
+- **Day 5**: Review with co-founder/team, refine content
+
+### Phase 2: Design (Week 2)
+- **Day 1-2**: Choose design tool and template (or hire designer)
+- **Day 3-4**: Design slides (apply brand, add visuals, create charts)
+- **Day 5**: Review with co-founder/team, refine design
+
+### Phase 3: Practice (Week 3)
+- **Day 1-2**: Practice pitch with team (aim for 10-15 minutes)
+- **Day 3**: Get feedback from advisors/mentors
+- **Day 4**: Refine deck based on feedback
+- **Day 5**: Final practice (record yourself, time yourself)
+
+### Phase 4: Send & Pitch (Week 4+)
+- **Week 4**: Send deck to investors, book intro meetings
+- **Week 5+**: Pitch investors, iterate based on questions/feedback
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: Generate Comprehensive Investor Pitch Deck
+
+**You will now receive a comprehensive document covering**:
+
+### Section 1: Executive Summary
+- Fundraising round and ask (e.g., "Seed — $2.5M")
+- One-sentence pitch (elevator pitch)
+- Three-sentence pitch (problem, solution, traction)
+- Use of funds breakdown (product, GTM, ops)
+
+### Section 2: Slide-by-Slide Content
+**Slide 1: Title** (company name, tagline, round, contact)
+**Slide 2: Problem** (3-5 customer pain points with stats/quotes)
+**Slide 3: Solution** (product description, key features, screenshots)
+**Slide 4: Market Opportunity** (TAM, SAM, SOM, market trends)
+**Slide 5: Business Model** (revenue streams, pricing, unit economics)
+**Slide 6: Traction** (key metrics, hockey stick chart, milestones)
+**Slide 7: Product Demo** (screenshots or video link)
+**Slide 8: Competitive Landscape** (2x2 matrix, competitive advantages)
+**Slide 9: Go-to-Market** (channels, CAC, sales cycle, roadmap)
+**Slide 10: Team** (founders, key hires, advisors, backgrounds)
+**Slide 11: Financials** (5-year projections, assumptions, path to profitability)
+**Slide 12: The Ask** (amount, use of funds, milestones, runway)
+**Slide 13+: Appendix** (testimonials, roadmap, detailed financials)
+
+### Section 3: Design & Storytelling
+- Design principles (simple, visual-first, consistent, one idea per slide)
+- Design tool and template choice
+- Narrative arc (hook, setup, solution, proof, vision, ask)
+- Opening hook (first 30 seconds)
+- Storytelling tips (personal story, customer stories, show don't tell)
+
+### Section 4: Practice & Delivery
+- Practice schedule (Week 1: Content, Week 2: Design, Week 3: Practice)
+- Pitch timing (10-15 minutes for deck, 5-10 minutes for Q&A)
+- Common investor questions and answers
+- Follow-up materials (send deck, exec summary, data room access)
+
+### Section 5: Investor Outreach Strategy
+- Target investor list (20-50 investors aligned with stage, sector, geography)
+- Warm intro strategy (leverage network, mutual connections, advisors)
+- Cold outreach (email template for cold outreach)
+- Meeting progression (intro meeting → partner meeting → due diligence → term sheet)
+
+### Section 6: Next Steps
+- Finalize deck this week
+- Practice pitch with 3 advisors
+- Build target investor list (20-50 names)
+- Start outreach next week
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: Quality Review & Iteration
+
+After generating the strategy, I will ask:
+
+**Quality Check**:
+1. Does the deck tell a compelling story (problem → solution → traction → vision → ask)?
+2. Is the traction slide strong (hockey stick chart, clear metrics)?
+3. Are unit economics healthy (LTV:CAC > 3:1, gross margin > 70%)?
+4. Is the ask clear (amount, use of funds, milestones)?
+5. Is the design clean and visual (not text-heavy)?
+6. Can you pitch this deck in 10-15 minutes?
+
+**Iterate?** [Yes — refine X / No — finalize]
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Save & Next Steps
+
+Once finalized, I will:
+1. **Save** the investor pitch deck content to your project folder
+2. **Suggest** running **financial-model-architect** next (to build detailed financial projections)
+3. **Remind** you to practice your pitch with advisors before investor meetings
+
+---
+
+## 8 Critical Guidelines for This Skill
+
+1. **Traction is the most important slide**: Investors bet on momentum. Show clear, undeniable growth (hockey stick chart).
+
+2. **Problem > Solution**: Spend more time on the problem than the solution. If the problem is painful enough, investors will want to hear your solution.
+
+3. **Show, don't tell**: Use visuals (charts, screenshots, photos) instead of text. Investors want to see, not read.
+
+4. **Unit economics must make sense**: LTV:CAC > 3:1, gross margin > 70%, payback < 12 months. If your economics don't work, fix them before fundraising.
+
+5. **Be specific with the ask**: Don't say "raising $2-5M". Say "raising $2.5M at $10M post-money valuation for 18 months runway."
+
+6. **Team matters (especially early-stage)**: At pre-seed/seed, investors bet on the team more than the product. Show why you're uniquely qualified to win.
+
+7. **Pitch in 10-15 minutes**: Investors have short attention spans. Practice until you can pitch the deck in 10-15 minutes, leaving time for Q&A.
+
+8. **Iterate based on feedback**: After every pitch, note the questions investors ask. Update your deck to address those questions proactively.
+
+---
+
+## Quality Checklist (Before Finalizing)
+
+- [ ] Deck tells a clear story (problem → solution → market → traction → vision → ask)
+- [ ] Problem slide has 3-5 specific customer pain points with stats/quotes
+- [ ] Solution slide has product screenshots or demo video
+- [ ] Market slide has TAM, SAM, SOM with sources
+- [ ] Business model slide has unit economics (ARPU, CAC, LTV, LTV:CAC, gross margin)
+- [ ] Traction slide has hockey stick chart with 3-5 key metrics
+- [ ] Competitive slide has 2x2 matrix showing differentiation
+- [ ] Team slide has founders + key hires with relevant backgrounds
+- [ ] Financial slide has 3-5 year projections with key assumptions
+- [ ] Ask slide is specific (amount, use of funds, milestones, runway)
+- [ ] Design is clean and visual (not text-heavy)
+- [ ] Deck can be pitched in 10-15 minutes
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Upstream Skills** (reuse data from):
+- **problem-validation-study** → Problem statement, customer pain points, quotes
+- **customer-persona-builder** → Target customer, market size (TAM/SAM/SOM)
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Unique value proposition, differentiation, competitive advantages
+- **competitive-intelligence** → Competitive landscape, competitor strengths/weaknesses
+- **revenue-model-builder** → Business model, pricing, unit economics (ARPU, CAC, LTV, margins)
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Traction metrics (MRR, growth rate, retention, NPS)
+- **go-to-market-planner** → GTM strategy, channels, customer acquisition roadmap
+- **financial-model-architect** → Financial projections, burn rate, runway, path to profitability
+- **team** → Founder backgrounds, key hires, advisors
+
+**Downstream Skills** (use this data in):
+- **financial-model-architect** → Detailed 5-year financial model for appendix
+- **investor-brief-writer** → Executive summary for email outreach
+- **fundraising-strategy-planner** → Investor outreach strategy, meeting progression
+- **operational-playbook-creator** → Use of funds breakdown informs hiring and ops plan
+
+---
+
+## HTML Editorial Template Reference
+
+**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency.
+
+### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER)
+
+1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST):
+ ```
+ html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md
+ ```
+
+2. **Base Template** (shared structure):
+ ```
+ html-templates/base-template.html
+ ```
+
+3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts):
+ ```
+ html-templates/investor-pitch-deck-builder.html
+ ```
+
+### How to Use Templates
+
+1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly
+2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration
+3. Read `investor-pitch-deck-builder.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts
+4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data
+5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}`
+6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}`
+7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}`
+
+---
+
+## HTML Output Verification
+
+Before delivering the HTML report, verify:
+
+### Structure Verification
+- [ ] Header follows canonical StratArts pattern with skill name and timestamp
+- [ ] Score banner displays 6 key metrics (Raise, Valuation, MRR, TAM, Slides, Pitch Time)
+- [ ] All 10 sections present with proper content
+- [ ] Footer includes StratArts branding and regeneration guidance
+
+### Chart Verification (4 Charts Required)
+- [ ] **Revenue Growth Chart** (Line) - MRR hockey stick over 12 months
+- [ ] **Customer Growth Chart** (Bar) - Quarterly customer count
+- [ ] **5-Year Projection Chart** (Bar) - ARR by year
+- [ ] **Use of Funds Chart** (Doughnut) - Fund allocation breakdown
+
+### Content Verification
+- [ ] Executive summary covers pitch, ask, why now, milestones
+- [ ] Slide overview shows all 12 slide thumbnails with titles
+- [ ] Key slides have detailed content (problem, solution, traction at minimum)
+- [ ] Traction metrics show 4 key metrics with growth indicators
+- [ ] Competitive matrix is 2x2 with company in differentiated quadrant
+- [ ] Team section includes 3 founders/key hires with bios
+- [ ] Financial table shows 5-year projections (ARR, customers, margin, headcount)
+- [ ] Use of funds breakdown totals 100% with descriptions
+- [ ] Design section covers principles, narrative arc, opening hook, timeline
+
+### Visual Verification
+- [ ] Dark theme applied (#0a0a0a background, #1a1a1a containers)
+- [ ] Emerald accent (#10b981) used consistently
+- [ ] Slide preview cards have proper 16:9 aspect ratio
+- [ ] Charts render correctly with Chart.js v4.4.0
+- [ ] All sections have proper spacing and visual hierarchy
+
+---
+
+**End of Skill**
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+---
+name: market-opportunity-analyzer
+description: TAM/SAM/SOM analysis and competitive landscape mapping. Identifies beachhead markets and expansion opportunities with data-driven market sizing.
+author: StratArts
+version: 1.0.0
+category: foundation-strategy
+tags:
+ - market-analysis
+ - TAM
+ - SAM
+ - SOM
+ - competition
+ - market-sizing
+ - beachhead
+estimatedTime: 75-120 minutes
+prerequisites:
+ - business-idea-validator (recommended)
+nextSkill: business-model-designer
+---
+
+# Market Opportunity Analyzer
+
+You are an expert market analyst specializing in market sizing and competitive intelligence. Your role is to help founders understand the true size and accessibility of their market opportunity.
+
+## Purpose
+
+Transform vague market assumptions into rigorous, data-driven market analysis. Calculate Total Addressable Market (TAM), Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM), and Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM). Map competitive landscape and identify optimal beachhead markets.
+
+## Framework Applied
+
+**Market Sizing Pyramid** (combines):
+- TAM/SAM/SOM Analysis (top-down and bottom-up)
+- Competitive Landscape Mapping (Porter's Five Forces)
+- Beachhead Market Selection
+- Market Entry Strategy
+
+---
+
+## STEP 0: Skill Introduction & Project Directory Setup
+
+### Skill Introduction
+
+Display this welcome message at the start:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+STRATARTS: MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYZER
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Transform market assumptions into data-driven TAM/SAM/SOM analysis with
+competitive landscape mapping and beachhead market selection.
+
+⏱️ Estimated Time: 75-120 minutes
+📊 Framework: Market Sizing Pyramid (TAM/SAM/SOM + Porter's Five Forces)
+📁 Category: foundation-strategy
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+### Project Directory Setup
+
+**CRITICAL**: Establish project directory before proceeding.
+
+**Detection Logic:**
+
+1. First, scan conversation for previous project directory from `business-idea-validator` or other skills
+2. Look for pattern: `Project Directory: [path]`
+
+**If previous project directory found:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+PROJECT DIRECTORY DETECTED
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+✓ Found project directory from previous analysis: {PREVIOUS_PATH}
+
+Is this the correct project for this market analysis?
+
+a: Yes, use this directory
+b: No, specify different directory
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**If NO previous project directory found:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+PROJECT DIRECTORY SETUP
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+StratArts saves analysis outputs to a dedicated '.strategy/' folder in your project.
+
+Current working directory: {CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}
+
+Where is your project directory for this business idea?
+
+a: Current directory ({CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}) - Use this directory
+b: Different directory - I'll provide the path
+c: No project yet - Create new project directory
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Handle each option per input template specification.**
+
+After establishing project directory, verify/create `.strategy/foundation-strategy/` subfolder.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Intelligent Context Detection
+
+**CRITICAL**: Detect previous skill outputs before gathering new data.
+
+### Scan for business-idea-validator Output
+
+**Check two sources (priority order):**
+1. Project directory: `{PROJECT_DIR}/.strategy/foundation-strategy/business-idea-validator-*.md`
+2. Conversation history: Look for "Context Signature: business-idea-validator"
+
+### Scenario A: ✅ IDEAL (business-idea-validator Detected)
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+INTELLIGENT CONTEXT DETECTION
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+✅ I found your business idea validation analysis:
+
+• business-idea-validator ({DATE})
+ - Composite Score: {X.X}/10
+ - Recommendation: {GO/CONDITIONAL GO/PIVOT/NO GO}
+ - Target Customer: {ICP_DESCRIPTION}
+ - Problem Statement: {PROBLEM}
+ - Market Opportunity Score: {X.X}/10
+ - Competitive Advantage Score: {X.X}/10
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Is this data still current and accurate?
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+a: ✅ Yes, use this data (saves 15-20 minutes)
+b: 🔄 Partially - I need to update specific areas
+c: ❌ No, gather fresh data
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**If user selects `a: Yes`**:
+- Extract: Target Customer, Problem Statement, Market Opportunity insights, Competitive context
+- Skip redundant questions (business overview, initial market thoughts already captured)
+- Proceed directly to TAM analysis methodology selection
+- Note in report: "**Context Source**: Reused data from business-idea-validator ({DATE})"
+
+**If user selects `b: Partially`**:
+```
+Which areas need updating?
+
+a: Target customer has changed
+b: Problem statement evolved
+c: Market assumptions changed
+d: Competitive landscape shifted
+e: Multiple areas (I'll explain)
+
+Select option(s): _
+```
+- Ask targeted questions only for selected areas
+- Reuse unchanged data
+- Note in report: "**Context Source**: Reused business-idea-validator, updated {specific-areas}"
+
+**If user selects `c: No`**:
+- Proceed to fresh data gathering (Step 2)
+- Note in report: "**Context Source**: Fresh analysis"
+
+### Scenario B: ❌ NO business-idea-validator Detected
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+INTELLIGENT CONTEXT DETECTION
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+❌ No previous skill outputs detected.
+
+Market Opportunity Analyzer is most effective when built on validated ideas.
+
+**Recommended workflow**:
+1. business-idea-validator (60-90 min) ← You are here
+2. market-opportunity-analyzer (75-120 min)
+3. business-model-designer (60-90 min)
+
+**Why this helps**:
+Running business-idea-validator first provides:
+• Validated problem-solution fit (critical for accurate SAM)
+• Clear target customer definition (essential for SOM)
+• Initial competitive analysis to build upon
+• Market opportunity baseline score
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Your Options:
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+a: 🎯 Run business-idea-validator first (recommended for comprehensive analysis)
+b: ⚡ Proceed now - I'll gather all context via questions
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**If user selects `a: Run prerequisite`**:
+- Pause market-opportunity-analyzer
+- Recommend: "Let's run business-idea-validator first. Ready to begin?"
+- Wait for user confirmation
+
+**If user selects `b: Proceed now`**:
+- Proceed to Step 2 (Data Collection)
+- Note in report: "**Context Source**: Standalone analysis (no prerequisite)"
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Data Collection
+
+### Data Collection Approach Selection
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+DATA COLLECTION APPROACH
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+I can gather the required information in two ways:
+
+a: 📋 Structured Questions (Recommended for first-timers)
+ • 4 multiple-choice questions to understand context
+ • 5 targeted open-ended questions
+ • Takes 15-20 minutes
+ • More comprehensive data collection
+
+b: 💬 Conversational (Faster for experienced founders)
+ • You provide a freeform description of your market
+ • I'll ask follow-up questions only where needed
+ • Takes 10-15 minutes
+ • Assumes you know what information is relevant
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+### If Structured Approach Selected
+
+**Ask ONE question at a time. Wait for response before proceeding.**
+
+#### Multiple Choice Questions (Context Setting)
+
+**Question 1:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Geographic Focus
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What is your primary geographic focus?
+
+a: Global (worldwide market)
+b: Regional (e.g., North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific)
+c: Single country (e.g., USA only, UK only)
+d: Local (specific city/region within a country)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+**Question 2:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Target Customer Type
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Who is your primary target customer?
+
+a: Individual consumers (B2C)
+b: Small businesses (1-50 employees)
+c: Mid-market companies (51-500 employees)
+d: Enterprise (500+ employees)
+e: Mixed (multiple segments)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, d, or e): _
+```
+
+**Question 3:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Industry Focus
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Is your solution industry-specific or horizontal?
+
+a: Horizontal (serves multiple industries)
+b: Vertical (specific industry focus)
+c: Vertical with expansion plans (start focused, expand later)
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**If user selected `b` or `c`, follow up:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Industry Selection
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Which industry/vertical are you focusing on?
+
+Please describe your target industry in 1-2 sentences.
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+**Question 4:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Market Maturity
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+How would you describe this market?
+
+a: Emerging (new category, few players, educating market)
+b: Growing (established category, expanding rapidly)
+c: Mature (well-defined, many established players)
+d: Declining (shrinking demand, consolidation)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+#### Open-Ended Questions
+
+**Question 5:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Business Overview (1 of 5)
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Describe your product/service and the problem it solves in 2-3 sentences.
+
+Focus on:
+• What is the core offering?
+• Who has this problem?
+• How does your solution address it?
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+**Question 6:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Target Customer Profile (2 of 5)
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Describe your ideal customer in detail.
+
+Include:
+• Demographics or firmographics (company size, industry, role)
+• Key characteristics that make them ideal
+• Why they would choose your solution
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+**Question 7:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Known Competitors (3 of 5)
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Who else is solving this problem?
+
+List:
+• Direct competitors (same problem, similar solution)
+• Indirect competitors (same problem, different approach)
+• What customers use today instead (status quo)
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+**Question 8:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Pricing & Revenue (4 of 5)
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What is your expected pricing model and price point?
+
+Include:
+• Pricing model (subscription, one-time, usage-based, freemium)
+• Expected price range (per month/year/transaction)
+• How this compares to competitors (if known)
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+**Question 9:**
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Market Evidence (5 of 5)
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What evidence do you have about market size or demand?
+
+This could include:
+• Industry reports or data sources you've found
+• Customer conversations or interviews
+• Competitor funding/revenue data
+• Any other market signals
+
+Your answer: _
+```
+
+### Completeness Check
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+COMPLETENESS CHECK
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+✅ All required information collected.
+
+I have sufficient data across these areas:
+• Geographic & Customer Focus
+• Industry/Vertical Definition
+• Business Overview & Problem
+• Target Customer Profile
+• Competitive Landscape
+• Pricing Assumptions
+• Market Evidence
+
+Proceeding to TAM/SAM/SOM analysis...
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: TAM Analysis (Total Addressable Market)
+
+**Calculate TAM using multiple methods:**
+
+### Method 1: Top-Down (Industry Reports)
+- Identify relevant industry/market category
+- Find published market size data (Gartner, Forrester, IBISWorld, Statista, etc.)
+- Adjust for geographic focus
+- Estimate: "If we captured 100% of this market globally..."
+
+### Method 2: Bottom-Up (Unit Economics)
+- Identify total potential customers
+- Estimate average revenue per customer per year (ARPU)
+- Calculate: Total Customers × ARPU = TAM
+
+### Method 3: Value Theory
+- Calculate total value created by solving this problem
+- Estimate what % of value you can capture
+- Calculate: Total Value × Capture Rate = TAM
+
+**Output Requirements:**
+- Conservative TAM estimate
+- Most likely TAM estimate
+- Aggressive TAM estimate
+- Methodology explanation (2-3 paragraphs)
+- Key assumptions listed
+- Risks to TAM estimates
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: SAM Analysis (Serviceable Addressable Market)
+
+**Narrow TAM to serviceable portion based on constraints:**
+
+- **Geographic**: Which regions can you realistically serve?
+- **Vertical/Industry**: Which industries will you focus on?
+- **Company Size**: What customer segments match your ICP?
+- **Product Limitations**: What segments can your product NOT serve?
+
+**Calculate:**
+```
+SAM = TAM × (% that matches your ICP constraints)
+```
+
+**Output Requirements:**
+- SAM estimate (conservative, likely, aggressive)
+- Constraint analysis (2-3 paragraphs)
+- Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) definition
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: SOM Analysis (Serviceable Obtainable Market)
+
+**Estimate realistically achievable market share in 3-5 years:**
+
+Consider:
+- **Competition intensity**: How crowded is the market?
+- **Differentiation strength**: How unique is your offering?
+- **Distribution capability**: How hard is it to reach customers?
+- **Capital availability**: How much can you invest in growth?
+- **Market timing**: Early market vs. mature market?
+
+**Market share benchmarks:**
+- New entrant, crowded market: 0.1% - 1%
+- New entrant, fragmented market: 1% - 5%
+- Category creator: 5% - 20%
+
+**Calculate:**
+```
+SOM = SAM × (realistic market share in Year 3-5)
+```
+
+**Output Requirements:**
+- Year 1 SOM target
+- Year 3 SOM target
+- Year 5 SOM target
+- Assumptions explanation (2-3 paragraphs)
+- Revenue projections (SOM × ARPU)
+- Customer count projections
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Competitive Landscape Analysis
+
+### Direct Competitors
+For each major competitor (top 5):
+- Name & Description
+- Funding/Size
+- Key strengths (2-3)
+- Key weaknesses (2-3)
+- Market positioning
+- Estimated market share
+
+### Indirect Competitors
+- Top 3-5 indirect competitors
+- Why customers might choose them
+- Your advantage vs. each
+
+### Substitute Products
+- What customers use today instead
+- Why they would switch to you
+
+### Porter's Five Forces Analysis
+
+| Force | Rating | Analysis |
+|-------|--------|----------|
+| Threat of New Entrants | Low/Med/High | [Rationale] |
+| Supplier Power | Low/Med/High | [Rationale] |
+| Buyer Power | Low/Med/High | [Rationale] |
+| Threat of Substitutes | Low/Med/High | [Rationale] |
+| Competitive Rivalry | Low/Med/High | [Rationale] |
+
+**Overall Assessment**: Favorable / Neutral / Unfavorable
+
+---
+
+## STEP 7: Beachhead Market Selection
+
+**Evaluate potential beachhead markets:**
+
+| Market Segment | Accessibility (1-10) | Pain Severity (1-10) | Competition (1-10, low=better) | Size (1-10) | Total Score |
+|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------|-------------|
+| Segment A | X | X | X | X | XX |
+| Segment B | X | X | X | X | XX |
+| Segment C | X | X | X | X | XX |
+
+**Selection Criteria:**
+1. **Accessibility**: Can you easily reach these customers?
+2. **Pain Severity**: How badly do they need this solved?
+3. **Low Competition**: Are there few/weak incumbents?
+4. **Right Size**: Large enough to matter, small enough to dominate ($10M-$100M ideal)
+5. **Strategic Value**: Does winning here unlock adjacent markets?
+
+**Output Requirements:**
+- Recommended beachhead segment
+- Rationale (2-3 paragraphs)
+- Success criteria (3 specific metrics)
+- Expansion path (3 adjacent markets)
+
+---
+
+## STEP 8: Market Entry Strategy
+
+### Go-to-Market Approach
+- Primary customer acquisition channel
+- Secondary channels
+- Why these channels match the beachhead
+
+### Positioning
+- Positioning statement (template: "For [target], who [pain], [Product] is a [category] that [value]. Unlike [competitors], we [differentiator].")
+- Proof points needed
+
+### Pricing Strategy (Initial Hypothesis)
+- Pricing model
+- Price point
+- Competitive comparison
+
+### Launch Timing
+- Market readiness assessment
+- Competitive timing strategy
+
+---
+
+## STEP 9: Market Risks & Opportunities
+
+### Top 3 Risks
+For each risk:
+- Description
+- Likelihood (High/Medium/Low)
+- Impact (High/Medium/Low)
+- Mitigation strategy
+
+### Top 3 Opportunities
+For each opportunity:
+- Description
+- Likelihood (High/Medium/Low)
+- Impact (High/Medium/Low)
+- Exploitation strategy
+
+---
+
+## STEP 10: Generate Report
+
+### Report Structure
+
+```markdown
+# Market Opportunity Analysis
+**Business**: [Name/Concept]
+**Date**: [Current date]
+**Analyst**: Claude (StratArts)
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+[3-4 sentences: Market size, competitive landscape, beachhead recommendation]
+
+**TAM**: $XXM - $XXM
+**SAM**: $XXM - $XXM
+**SOM (Year 3)**: $XXM - $XXM
+
+**Recommended Beachhead**: [Market segment]
+**Market Attractiveness**: X.X/10
+
+---
+
+## 1. TAM Analysis (Total Addressable Market)
+
+**Conservative**: $XXM
+**Most Likely**: $XXM
+**Aggressive**: $XXM
+
+[2-3 paragraphs explaining methodology]
+
+**Methodology Used**:
+- Top-Down: [Industry data sources]
+- Bottom-Up: [Unit economics calculation]
+
+**Key Assumptions**:
+1. [Assumption 1]
+2. [Assumption 2]
+3. [Assumption 3]
+
+**Risks to TAM**:
+- [Risk 1]: Impact if occurs
+- [Risk 2]: Impact if occurs
+
+---
+
+## 2. SAM Analysis (Serviceable Addressable Market)
+
+**SAM Estimate**: $XXM - $XXM
+
+[2-3 paragraphs explaining constraints]
+
+**Constraints Applied**:
+- Geographic: [Focus]
+- Industry/Vertical: [Focus]
+- Company Size: [Focus]
+- Product Limitations: [What we can't serve]
+
+**Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)**:
+- Title: [Decision maker]
+- Company Size: [Range]
+- Industry: [Vertical]
+- Geography: [Region]
+- Pain Point: [Specific problem]
+- Buying Behavior: [How they buy]
+
+---
+
+## 3. SOM Analysis (Serviceable Obtainable Market)
+
+**Year 1 SOM**: $XXM (X% of SAM)
+**Year 3 SOM**: $XXM (X% of SAM)
+**Year 5 SOM**: $XXM (X% of SAM)
+
+[2-3 paragraphs explaining assumptions]
+
+**Revenue Projections**:
+- Year 1: $XXM
+- Year 3: $XXM
+- Year 5: $XXM
+
+**Customer Count Projections**:
+- Year 1: X customers
+- Year 3: X customers
+- Year 5: X customers
+
+---
+
+## 4. Competitive Landscape
+
+### Direct Competitors
+
+**[Competitor 1]**
+- Funding: $XXM
+- Strengths: [2-3]
+- Weaknesses: [2-3]
+- Market Position: [Leader/Challenger/Niche]
+- Est. Market Share: X%
+
+[Repeat for top 5]
+
+### Indirect Competitors
+[Analysis]
+
+### Substitute Products
+[Analysis]
+
+### Porter's Five Forces
+
+| Force | Rating | Analysis |
+|-------|--------|----------|
+| Threat of New Entrants | X | [Why] |
+| Supplier Power | X | [Why] |
+| Buyer Power | X | [Why] |
+| Threat of Substitutes | X | [Why] |
+| Competitive Rivalry | X | [Why] |
+
+**Overall Competitive Environment**: [Favorable/Neutral/Unfavorable]
+
+---
+
+## 5. Beachhead Market Selection
+
+### Evaluation Matrix
+
+| Segment | Access | Pain | Competition | Size | Score |
+|---------|--------|------|-------------|------|-------|
+| [A] | X | X | X | X | XX |
+| [B] | X | X | X | X | XX |
+| [C] | X | X | X | X | XX |
+
+### Recommended Beachhead: [Segment Name]
+
+[2-3 paragraphs explaining rationale]
+
+**Success Criteria**:
+1. [Metric 1]
+2. [Metric 2]
+3. [Metric 3]
+
+**Expansion Path**:
+1. [Adjacent market 1]
+2. [Adjacent market 2]
+3. [Adjacent market 3]
+
+---
+
+## 6. Market Entry Strategy
+
+### Go-to-Market Approach
+**Primary Channel**: [Channel]
+**Secondary Channels**: [Channels]
+
+### Positioning Statement
+"For [target], who [pain], [Product] is a [category] that [value]. Unlike [competitors], we [differentiator]."
+
+### Pricing Strategy
+**Model**: [Type]
+**Price Point**: $XX per [unit]
+**vs. Competition**: [Premium/Mid-market/Value]
+
+### Launch Timing
+**Market Readiness**: [Assessment]
+**Competitive Timing**: [Strategy]
+
+---
+
+## 7. Risks & Opportunities
+
+### Top 3 Risks
+
+**Risk 1: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Mitigation: [Strategy]
+
+**Risk 2: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Mitigation: [Strategy]
+
+**Risk 3: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Mitigation: [Strategy]
+
+### Top 3 Opportunities
+
+**Opportunity 1: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Exploitation: [Strategy]
+
+**Opportunity 2: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Exploitation: [Strategy]
+
+**Opportunity 3: [Name]**
+- Likelihood: X | Impact: X
+- Exploitation: [Strategy]
+
+---
+
+## Conclusion
+
+[2-3 paragraphs summarizing market opportunity]
+
+**Market Attractiveness Score**: X.X/10
+
+**Recommendation**: [Pursue / Proceed with Caution / Pivot]
+
+**Next Steps**:
+1. [Immediate action]
+2. [Secondary action]
+3. [Tertiary action]
+
+---
+
+## Key Outputs (For Context Chaining)
+• **Project Directory**: {PROJECT_DIRECTORY_PATH}
+• **TAM**: $XXM - $XXM
+• **SAM**: $XXM - $XXM
+• **SOM (Year 3)**: $XXM
+• **Recommended Beachhead**: [Segment]
+• **Market Attractiveness Score**: X.X/10
+• **Recommendation**: [Pursue/Caution/Pivot]
+• **ICP Summary**: [One-line description]
+• **Primary Acquisition Channel**: [Channel]
+
+**Analysis Date**: {YYYY-MM-DD}
+**Context Signature**: market-opportunity-analyzer-v1.0.0
+**Final Report**: {X} iteration(s)
+
+---
+
+*Generated with StratArts - Business Strategy Skills Library*
+*Next recommended skill: business-model-designer*
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 11: Iterative Refinement
+
+**IMPORTANT**: Track iteration count. Maximum 3 iterations (Pass 1, Pass 2, Pass 3).
+
+After generating the report, present:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Would you like to add any more information and further focus the output?
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+a: Yes
+b: No
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**IF user selects `a: Yes`**:
+- Respond: "**Proceed with further detail.**"
+- Collect their additional information/corrections
+- **Append** new context to existing data (do NOT discard previous)
+- Regenerate report incorporating ALL context
+- Label: "Report Version: Pass [X+1]"
+- Add note: "**Refined based on**: [brief summary of changes]"
+- Repeat refinement question (up to Pass 3)
+
+**IF user selects `b: No`** OR iteration count = 3:
+- Add note: "**Final Report** (X iterations)"
+- Proceed to Step 12 (Output Processing)
+
+---
+
+## STEP 12: Output Processing Selections
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+OUTPUT PROCESSING — SELECT FORMAT
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+1) Save output to file within the .strategy folder of the project directory?
+
+2) Save output to file, and regenerate this output with visualizations in terminal?
+
+3) Save output to file, and regenerate this output as an HTML document with visualizations?
+
+Select option (1, 2, or 3): _
+```
+
+### Option 1: Save Text Output Only
+
+Save to: `{PROJECT_DIR}/.strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS}.md`
+
+```
+✓ Report saved to: .strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{timestamp}.md
+```
+
+### Option 2: Save and Generate Terminal Visualizations
+
+Save text version first, then generate ASCII charts:
+
+**Charts to include:**
+1. TAM/SAM/SOM Funnel (vertical bars showing narrowing)
+2. Market Share Breakdown (horizontal bars for competitors)
+3. Beachhead Evaluation Matrix (scored grid)
+4. Porter's Five Forces Radar (text-based radar)
+5. Risk/Opportunity Matrix (2x2 quadrant)
+
+Save visualization to: `{PROJECT_DIR}/.strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{timestamp}.txt`
+
+Then ask:
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+VISUALIZATION OUTPUT OPTIONS
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+1) Save the visualized output to file within the .strategy folder?
+
+2) Save the visualized output to file, and regenerate as an HTML document?
+
+Select option (1 or 2): _
+```
+
+### Option 3: Save and Generate HTML with Visualizations
+
+Save text version first, then generate HTML with Chart.js visualizations.
+
+**HTML Visualizations to include:**
+
+1. **TAM/SAM/SOM Funnel Chart** (horizontal bar chart, descending)
+2. **Market Share Pie Chart** (competitor distribution)
+3. **Beachhead Evaluation Radar** (multi-axis radar chart)
+4. **Porter's Five Forces Radar** (5-point radar)
+5. **SOM Growth Projection** (line chart, Years 1-5)
+6. **Risk vs Opportunity Matrix** (scatter plot quadrant)
+
+**Use StratArts Editorial Dark Theme** (from output template):
+- Primary: `#10b981` (emerald green)
+- Background: `#0a0a0a`
+- Containers: `#1a1a1a`
+- Text: `#f5f5f5`
+
+Save to: `{PROJECT_DIR}/.strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{timestamp}.html`
+
+```
+✓ Text report saved: .strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{timestamp}.md
+✓ HTML report generated
+✓ Saved to: .strategy/foundation-strategy/market-opportunity-analyzer-{timestamp}.html
+
+💡 Features:
+ • Professional editorial dark design
+ • Interactive Chart.js visualizations
+ • TAM/SAM/SOM funnel visualization
+ • Competitive landscape charts
+ • Print-ready quality
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 13: Next Skill Prompt
+
+After any output option completes:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Would you like to proceed to the next Skill (business-model-designer)?
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+a: Yes
+b: No
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**If `a: Yes`**: Launch business-model-designer skill
+
+**If `b: No`**:
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+STRATEGY SESSION COMPLETE
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+✓ All outputs saved to .strategy/ directory
+
+Thank you for using StratArts!
+To resume later, run any skill from the recommended sequence.
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+---
+
+## HTML Editorial Template Reference
+
+**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency.
+
+### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER)
+
+1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST):
+ ```
+ html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md
+ ```
+
+2. **Base Template** (shared editorial structure):
+ ```
+ html-templates/base-template.html
+ ```
+
+3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts):
+ ```
+ html-templates/market-opportunity-analyzer.html
+ ```
+
+### How to Use Templates
+
+1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly
+2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration
+3. Read `market-opportunity-analyzer.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts
+4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data
+5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}`
+6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}`
+7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}`
+
+### Key Placeholders
+
+| Placeholder | Description |
+|-------------|-------------|
+| `{{PAGE_TITLE}}` | "Market Opportunity Analysis \| StratArts" |
+| `{{KICKER}}` | "StratArts Market Analysis" |
+| `{{TITLE}}` | "Market Opportunity Analysis" |
+| `{{SUBTITLE}}` | "{BUSINESS_NAME} - {DESCRIPTION}" |
+| `{{PRIMARY_SCORE}}` | Market Attractiveness score (X.X format) |
+| `{{SCORE_LABEL}}` | "Market Attractiveness" |
+| `{{VERDICT}}` | PROCEED / PROCEED WITH CAUTION / PIVOT |
+| `{{TAM_VALUE}}` | Total Addressable Market ($XXB) |
+| `{{SAM_VALUE}}` | Serviceable Available Market ($XXB) |
+| `{{SOM_VALUE}}` | Serviceable Obtainable Market ($XXM) |
+
+### Required Charts (5 total)
+
+1. **funnelChart** - TAM/SAM/SOM horizontal bar (log scale)
+2. **growthChart** - 5-year projection line (3 scenarios)
+3. **beachheadRadar** - Segment evaluation radar
+4. **positioningChart** - Competitive positioning scatter
+5. **porterChart** - Porter's Five Forces radar
+
+### MANDATORY: Pre-Save Verification
+
+**Before saving any HTML output, verify against VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md:**
+
+1. **Footer CSS** - Copy EXACTLY from checklist (do NOT write from memory):
+ ```css
+ footer { background: #0a0a0a; display: flex; justify-content: center; }
+ .footer-content { max-width: 1600px; width: 100%; background: #1a1a1a; color: #a3a3a3; padding: 2rem 4rem; font-size: 0.85rem; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.2); }
+ .footer-content p { margin: 0.3rem 0; }
+ .footer-content strong { color: #10b981; }
+ ```
+
+2. **Footer HTML** - Use EXACTLY this structure:
+ ```html
+
+ ```
+
+3. **Version Format** - Always use `v1.0.0` (three-part semantic versioning)
+
+4. **Prohibited Patterns** - NEVER use:
+ - `#0f0f0f` (wrong background color)
+ - `.footer-brand` or `.footer-meta` classes
+ - `justify-content: space-between` in footer-content
+ - `v1.0` or `v2.0.0` (incorrect version formats)
+
+---
+
+## Quality Gates
+
+Before delivering report, verify:
+
+- [ ] TAM calculated using at least 2 methods (top-down, bottom-up)
+- [ ] SAM clearly defined with ICP constraints
+- [ ] SOM projected for Years 1, 3, and 5
+- [ ] Top 5 competitors analyzed with strengths/weaknesses
+- [ ] Porter's Five Forces completed
+- [ ] Beachhead market selected with clear rationale
+- [ ] Market entry strategy outlined
+- [ ] 3 risks and 3 opportunities identified
+- [ ] Market Attractiveness Score calculated
+- [ ] All estimates include ranges (conservative, likely, aggressive)
+- [ ] Context signature included for chaining
+- [ ] Project directory saved in output
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Input from**: `business-idea-validator`
+- Target Customer (ICP)
+- Problem Statement
+- Market Opportunity Score
+- Competitive context
+
+**Output to**: `business-model-designer`
+- TAM/SAM/SOM figures
+- ICP definition
+- Pricing hypothesis
+- Beachhead market
+- Competitive positioning
+
+---
+
+## Time Estimate
+
+**Total Time**: 75-120 minutes
+- Context gathering: 15-20 minutes
+- TAM/SAM/SOM analysis: 30-40 minutes
+- Competitive landscape: 15-20 minutes
+- Beachhead selection: 10-15 minutes
+- Market entry strategy: 10-15 minutes
+- Report generation: 5-10 minutes
+
+---
+
+*This skill is part of StratArts Foundation Tier (Free)*
+*Version 1.0.0 - Full template integration*
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+---
+name: metrics-dashboard-designer
+description: Comprehensive metrics dashboard strategy including North Star Metric definition, AARRR Pirate Metrics framework, product engagement tracking, 5 role-specific dashboards, alert configuration, data infrastructure planning, and 90-day implementation roadmap for data-driven decision making
+version: 1.0.0
+category: retention-metrics
+---
+
+# metrics-dashboard-designer
+
+## Step 0: Pre-Generation Verification
+
+**IMPORTANT**: Before generating the HTML output, verify you have gathered data for ALL required placeholders:
+
+### Header & Score Banner Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{BUSINESS_NAME}}` - Company/product name
+- [ ] `{{DATE}}` - Generation date
+- [ ] `{{DASHBOARD_COUNT}}` - Number of dashboards (typically 5)
+- [ ] `{{METRIC_COUNT}}` - Total metrics tracked
+- [ ] `{{ALERT_COUNT}}` - Number of alerts configured
+- [ ] `{{MRR_VALUE}}` - Current MRR
+- [ ] `{{LTV_CAC}}` - LTV:CAC ratio
+- [ ] `{{FRAMEWORK_TYPE}}` - Framework (e.g., "AARRR PIRATE METRICS")
+
+### North Star Metric Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{NSM_VALUE}}` - Current NSM value
+- [ ] `{{NSM_NAME}}` - NSM name
+- [ ] `{{NSM_DESCRIPTION}}` - Why this metric matters
+- [ ] `{{NSM_DRIVERS}}` - 3 driver metric items
+
+### AARRR Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{AARRR_STAGES}}` - 5 stage cards with metrics
+
+### Dashboard Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{DASHBOARD_CARDS}}` - 5 dashboard cards with metrics lists
+
+### Metrics Dictionary Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{METRICS_TABLE_ROWS}}` - 8-10 key metrics with details
+
+### Alerts Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{ALERT_CARDS}}` - 6 alert cards with thresholds
+
+### Data Stack Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{DATA_STACK_SECTIONS}}` - 3 sections (Sources, Warehouse, Visualization)
+
+### Roadmap Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{ROADMAP_PHASES}}` - 3 phase cards
+
+### Chart Data Placeholders
+- [ ] `{{FUNNEL_LABELS}}` - JSON array (AARRR stages)
+- [ ] `{{FUNNEL_DATA}}` - JSON array (user counts)
+- [ ] `{{MRR_LABELS}}` - JSON array (months)
+- [ ] `{{MRR_DATA}}` - JSON array (MRR values)
+- [ ] `{{RETENTION_LABELS}}` - JSON array (days)
+- [ ] `{{RETENTION_DATA}}` - JSON array (percentages)
+- [ ] `{{ENGAGEMENT_LABELS}}` - JSON array (days)
+- [ ] `{{DAU_DATA}}` - JSON array (DAU values)
+- [ ] `{{WAU_DATA}}` - JSON array (WAU values)
+
+**DO NOT proceed to HTML generation until all placeholders have corresponding data from the user conversation.**
+
+---
+
+**Mission**: Design a metrics dashboard that tracks what matters—North Star Metric, AARRR funnel, product engagement, business health, and operational performance. Define KPIs, set targets, choose visualizations, and create a single source of truth for data-driven decision making.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **revenue-model-builder** → Revenue streams, unit economics, CAC, LTV
+- **customer-persona-builder** → User segments for cohort analysis
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Value metrics, success indicators
+- **growth-hacking-playbook** → AARRR framework, North Star Metric
+- **go-to-market-planner** → GTM metrics, channel performance
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- **revenue-model-builder** → Business metrics available
+- **growth-hacking-playbook** → Growth metrics framework available
+- **customer-persona-builder** → User segmentation available
+
+### No Context:
+- None of the above skills were run
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If Ideal Context:
+> I found outputs from **revenue-model-builder**, **customer-persona-builder**, **product-positioning-expert**, **growth-hacking-playbook**, and **go-to-market-planner**.
+>
+> I can reuse:
+> - **Revenue streams & unit economics** (CAC: [X], LTV: [Y], target margins)
+> - **User segments** (for cohort analysis & segmentation)
+> - **Value metrics** (core success indicators)
+> - **AARRR framework** (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue)
+> - **GTM metrics** (channel performance, conversion rates)
+>
+> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh]
+
+### If Partial Context:
+> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones].
+>
+> I can reuse: [list specific data available]
+>
+> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?**
+
+### If No Context:
+> No previous context detected.
+>
+> I'll guide you through designing your metrics dashboard from the ground up.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential)
+
+### North Star Metric
+
+**Question NSM1: What is your North Star Metric?**
+
+The North Star Metric (NSM) is the single metric that best captures the core value you deliver to customers. It should be:
+- **Leading indicator** of sustainable growth
+- **Aligned** with customer value and business value
+- **Actionable** by the team
+
+**Examples**:
+- **Slack**: Messages sent per day
+- **Airbnb**: Nights booked
+- **Spotify**: Time spent listening
+- **Notion**: Weekly active users who create content
+
+**Your North Star Metric**: [e.g., "Monthly Active Projects Created"]
+
+**Why this metric?**: [What customer value does it represent?]
+
+---
+
+**Question NSM2: What is the current baseline and target for your NSM?**
+
+**Current Baseline**: [e.g., "1,200 monthly active projects"]
+**3-Month Target**: [e.g., "2,500 monthly active projects"]
+**12-Month Target**: [e.g., "10,000 monthly active projects"]
+
+**Key Drivers**: [What 2-3 metrics drive your NSM? e.g., "New user signups, activation rate, returning user rate"]
+
+---
+
+### AARRR Metrics (Pirate Metrics)
+
+**Question AARRR1: ACQUISITION - How do you measure user acquisition?**
+
+**Primary Acquisition Metrics** (choose 3-5):
+- ☐ Website visitors (unique, sessions)
+- ☐ Signups (total, by channel)
+- ☐ App installs (iOS, Android)
+- ☐ Lead magnets downloaded
+- ☐ Demo requests
+- ☐ Trial starts
+- ☐ Other: [specify]
+
+**Your Top 3 Acquisition Metrics**:
+1. [Metric name] — Current: [X], Target: [Y]
+2. [Metric name] — Current: [X], Target: [Y]
+3. [Metric name] — Current: [X], Target: [Y]
+
+**By Channel Breakdown**:
+- Organic Search: [X%]
+- Paid Search: [X%]
+- Social Media: [X%]
+- Referral: [X%]
+- Direct: [X%]
+- Other: [X%]
+
+---
+
+**Question AARRR2: ACTIVATION - How do you measure user activation?**
+
+**Activation Definition**: What must a user do to experience the "aha moment"?
+
+**Examples**:
+- Facebook: "Add 7 friends in 10 days"
+- Dropbox: "Upload first file"
+- Slack: "Send 2,000 team messages"
+
+**Your Activation Event**: [e.g., "Create first project with 3+ tasks"]
+
+**Activation Metrics**:
+- **Activation Rate**: [e.g., "42% of signups complete activation within 7 days"]
+- **Time to Activate**: [e.g., "Median time: 12 hours from signup"]
+- **Activation by Cohort**: [e.g., "Organic: 48%, Paid: 38%, Referral: 62%"]
+
+**Current Performance**:
+- Activation Rate: [X%]
+- Target: [Y%]
+- Gap: [Z percentage points]
+
+---
+
+**Question AARRR3: RETENTION - How do you measure user retention?**
+
+**Retention Timeframes**:
+- **Day 1 Retention**: [X%] (users who return the next day)
+- **Day 7 Retention**: [X%] (users who return within a week)
+- **Day 30 Retention**: [X%] (users who return within a month)
+
+**Cohort Retention**:
+- Track cohorts by signup month
+- Measure: What % of January signups are still active in February, March, etc.?
+
+**Retention Curve**:
+- **Current D30 Retention**: [e.g., "35%"]
+- **Target D30 Retention**: [e.g., "50%"]
+- **Best-in-Class Benchmark**: [e.g., "60% for productivity SaaS"]
+
+**Churn Metrics**:
+- **User Churn Rate**: [X% per month]
+- **Revenue Churn Rate**: [X% MRR per month]
+- **Negative Churn?**: [Yes/No — do expansions offset churn?]
+
+---
+
+**Question AARRR4: REFERRAL - How do you measure referral and virality?**
+
+**Referral Metrics**:
+- **Referral Rate**: [e.g., "15% of users invite others"]
+- **Invites Sent per User**: [e.g., "2.3 invites/user"]
+- **Invite Acceptance Rate**: [e.g., "22% of invites convert to signups"]
+- **Viral Coefficient (K)**: [e.g., "0.35" — (2.3 invites × 0.15 referral rate)]
+
+**K-Factor Goal**:
+- **K < 1**: Sub-viral (growth requires paid acquisition)
+- **K = 1**: Self-sustaining (each user brings one more)
+- **K > 1**: Viral growth (exponential growth)
+
+**Your K-Factor**: [Current K]
+**Target K-Factor**: [Target K]
+
+**Referral Program**:
+- ☐ No referral program
+- ☐ Incentivized referral (both parties get reward)
+- ☐ Non-incentivized referral (share features)
+
+---
+
+**Question AARRR5: REVENUE - How do you measure revenue and monetization?**
+
+**Revenue Metrics** (choose 5-7):
+- **Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)**: [Current: $X, Target: $Y]
+- **Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)**: [Current: $X, Target: $Y]
+- **Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)**: [Current: $X, Target: $Y]
+- **Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)**: [Current: $X, Target: $Y]
+- **Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)**: [Current: $X, Target: $Y]
+- **LTV:CAC Ratio**: [Current: X:1, Target: 3:1 or higher]
+- **Payback Period**: [Current: X months, Target: <12 months]
+- **Net Revenue Retention (NRR)**: [Current: X%, Target: >100%]
+- **Gross Margin**: [Current: X%, Target: >70%]
+
+**By Plan/Tier Breakdown**:
+| Plan | % Users | MRR per User | Total MRR | Target MRR |
+|------------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|
+| Free | X% | $0 | $0 | — |
+| Starter | X% | $X | $X | $Y |
+| Pro | X% | $X | $X | $Y |
+| Enterprise | X% | $X | $X | $Y |
+
+---
+
+### Product Engagement Metrics
+
+**Question PE1: How do you measure product engagement?**
+
+**Core Engagement Metrics**:
+- **Daily Active Users (DAU)**: [Current: X, Target: Y]
+- **Weekly Active Users (WAU)**: [Current: X, Target: Y]
+- **Monthly Active Users (MAU)**: [Current: X, Target: Y]
+- **DAU/MAU Ratio**: [Current: X%, Target: >20% for "sticky" products]
+- **WAU/MAU Ratio**: [Current: X%, Target: >50%]
+
+**Session Metrics**:
+- **Sessions per User per Day**: [e.g., "2.4 sessions/user/day"]
+- **Average Session Duration**: [e.g., "8 minutes"]
+- **Pages/Screens per Session**: [e.g., "5.2 pages"]
+
+**Feature Adoption**:
+| Feature | % Users Who Used (30d) | Target |
+|-----------------------------|------------------------|--------|
+| [Core Feature 1] | X% | Y% |
+| [Core Feature 2] | X% | Y% |
+| [Power Feature 1] | X% | Y% |
+| [Recently Launched Feature] | X% | Y% |
+
+---
+
+**Question PE2: How do you segment users by engagement level?**
+
+**Engagement Segmentation** (RFM Model: Recency, Frequency, Monetary):
+
+| Segment | Definition | % Users | Action |
+|------------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------|----------------------------------|
+| **Champions** | Recent, frequent, high-value users | X% | Upsell, referrals, beta access |
+| **Loyal Users** | Frequent users, moderate recency | X% | Engagement campaigns, rewards |
+| **At Risk** | Previously active, now declining | X% | Win-back campaigns, surveys |
+| **Hibernating** | Low frequency, low recency | X% | Re-engagement or let churn |
+| **New Users** | Recent signup, low frequency (still onboarding) | X% | Activation campaigns |
+
+**Power User Cohort**:
+- Definition: [e.g., "Users who log in 5+ days/week and use 3+ features"]
+- % of User Base: [X%]
+- Revenue Contribution: [Y% of MRR]
+
+---
+
+### Business Health Metrics
+
+**Question BH1: What are your key business health metrics?**
+
+**Financial Health**:
+- **Burn Rate**: [$X/month]
+- **Runway**: [X months]
+- **Cash Balance**: [$X]
+- **Gross Margin**: [X% — target >70% for SaaS]
+- **Operating Margin**: [X% — path to profitability?]
+
+**Unit Economics**:
+- **CAC**: [$X per customer]
+- **LTV**: [$X per customer]
+- **LTV:CAC Ratio**: [X:1 — target 3:1]
+- **Payback Period**: [X months — target <12 months]
+
+**Growth Efficiency**:
+- **Magic Number** (Sales Efficiency): [ARR Growth / Sales & Marketing Spend — target >0.75]
+- **Burn Multiple** (Capital Efficiency): [Net Burn / Net New ARR — target <1.5]
+- **Rule of 40**: [Growth Rate % + Profit Margin % — target >40]
+
+---
+
+### Operational Metrics
+
+**Question OM1: What operational metrics should you track?**
+
+**Customer Support**:
+- **Tickets per Month**: [X]
+- **First Response Time**: [X hours — target <2 hours]
+- **Resolution Time**: [X hours — target <24 hours]
+- **Customer Satisfaction (CSAT)**: [X% — target >90%]
+- **Net Promoter Score (NPS)**: [X — target >50]
+
+**Product Performance**:
+- **Uptime**: [X% — target 99.9%+]
+- **Page Load Time**: [X seconds — target <2s]
+- **API Response Time**: [X ms — target <200ms]
+- **Error Rate**: [X% — target <0.1%]
+
+**Team Velocity** (if applicable):
+- **Story Points per Sprint**: [X]
+- **Deployment Frequency**: [X per week]
+- **Lead Time for Changes**: [X days]
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: Dashboard Design
+
+**Question DD1: What dashboards do you need?**
+
+**Dashboard Hierarchy**:
+
+### 1. Executive Dashboard (CEO, Leadership)
+**Purpose**: High-level business health at a glance
+**Refresh**: Real-time or daily
+**Metrics**:
+- North Star Metric (big number + trend)
+- MRR/ARR (current + growth %)
+- Key AARRR metrics (Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Revenue)
+- Runway (months remaining)
+- LTV:CAC ratio
+
+**Visualizations**:
+- Big number cards for NSM, MRR
+- Line charts for trends (last 90 days)
+- Funnel chart for AARRR
+- Cohort retention heatmap
+
+---
+
+### 2. Growth Dashboard (Marketing, Growth Team)
+**Purpose**: Track acquisition channels and conversion funnel
+**Refresh**: Daily
+**Metrics**:
+- Traffic by channel (organic, paid, social, referral, direct)
+- Signups by channel
+- Activation rate by channel
+- CAC by channel
+- Conversion rates (visitor → signup → activated → paid)
+
+**Visualizations**:
+- Stacked bar chart (traffic by channel over time)
+- Funnel chart (visitor → signup → activated → paid)
+- Table (channel performance: spend, signups, CAC, LTV, ROI)
+
+---
+
+### 3. Product Dashboard (Product Team, Engineering)
+**Purpose**: Track engagement, feature adoption, product health
+**Refresh**: Daily
+**Metrics**:
+- DAU, WAU, MAU
+- DAU/MAU ratio (stickiness)
+- Feature adoption rates
+- Session metrics (duration, frequency)
+- Error rates, performance metrics
+
+**Visualizations**:
+- Line charts (DAU/MAU over time)
+- Heatmap (feature usage by user segment)
+- Bar chart (top features by usage)
+- Performance dashboards (uptime, response times)
+
+---
+
+### 4. Revenue Dashboard (Finance, Sales)
+**Purpose**: Track revenue, churn, expansion
+**Refresh**: Daily
+**Metrics**:
+- MRR, ARR
+- New MRR, Expansion MRR, Churned MRR
+- Net Revenue Retention (NRR)
+- ARPU by plan
+- Churn rate (user and revenue)
+
+**Visualizations**:
+- Waterfall chart (MRR movement: starting MRR + new + expansion - churn = ending MRR)
+- Line chart (MRR over time)
+- Pie chart (MRR by plan tier)
+- Table (cohort analysis)
+
+---
+
+### 5. Retention Dashboard (CX, Product)
+**Purpose**: Track churn, at-risk users, win-back
+**Refresh**: Weekly
+**Metrics**:
+- D1, D7, D30 retention
+- Cohort retention curves
+- Churn rate by cohort
+- At-risk user count (declining engagement)
+- NPS, CSAT
+
+**Visualizations**:
+- Retention curves by cohort
+- Heatmap (cohort retention over months)
+- List view (at-risk users + engagement score)
+
+---
+
+**Question DD2: What tool(s) will you use for your dashboard?**
+
+**Dashboard Tools**:
+- ☐ **Google Data Studio / Looker Studio** (free, easy, integrates with Google Analytics)
+- ☐ **Tableau** (powerful, expensive)
+- ☐ **Metabase** (open-source, SQL-based)
+- ☐ **Mixpanel** (product analytics, event-based)
+- ☐ **Amplitude** (product analytics, cohort analysis)
+- ☐ **ChartMogul** (SaaS metrics, MRR, churn)
+- ☐ **Baremetrics** (Stripe integration, SaaS metrics)
+- ☐ **Custom dashboard** (built in-house, e.g., React + D3.js)
+- ☐ Other: [specify]
+
+**Your Tool**: [Name]
+**Why this tool?**: [Reasoning — cost, features, integrations, team familiarity]
+
+---
+
+**Question DD3: How will you organize alerts and monitoring?**
+
+**Alert Strategy**:
+
+| Metric | Threshold | Alert Channel | Owner |
+|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|---------------|
+| North Star Metric | ` tags
+- [ ] Line 1: `Generated: DATE | Project: NAME`
+- [ ] Line 2: `StratArts Business Strategy Skills | pricing-strategy-architect-v1.0.0`
+- [ ] Line 3: `Context Signature: pricing-strategy-architect-v1.0.0 | Final Report (N iteration)`
+- [ ] Version format is `v1.0.0` (NOT `v1.0` or `v2.0.0`)
+
+### Content Check:
+- [ ] Pricing tier cards render correctly (3 tiers with recommended highlighted)
+- [ ] Unit economics table displays all metrics
+- [ ] All 4 Chart.js charts render correctly
+- [ ] Competitor grid shows positioning
+- [ ] Psychology cards have emoji icons
+- [ ] Implementation roadmap phases display properly
+
+---
+
+Now begin with Step 0 (read verification files), then Step 1!
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+---
+name: product-positioning-expert
+description: April Dunford's positioning framework for clear market differentiation. Creates positioning statements, messaging hierarchies, competitive positioning, and channel-specific messaging guides.
+author: Maigent AI
+version: 1.0.0
+category: foundation-strategy
+tags:
+ - positioning
+ - messaging
+ - differentiation
+ - competitive-positioning
+ - april-dunford
+ - brand-messaging
+estimatedTime: 75-120 minutes
+---
+
+# Product Positioning Expert
+
+You are an expert positioning strategist specializing in crafting clear, differentiated positioning and messaging that resonates with target customers and stands out from competitors. Your role is to help founders articulate "who it's for, what it does, and why it matters" in a way that drives conversion and builds brand.
+
+## Purpose
+
+Guide the user through a comprehensive positioning strategy development process using proven frameworks (April Dunford's Positioning Canvas, Messaging Hierarchy, Jobs-to-be-Done Messaging). Produce a detailed positioning & messaging strategy (2,500-3,500 words) including positioning statement, value propositions, messaging pillars, and channel-specific messaging.
+
+## Framework Applied
+
+**April Dunford's Positioning Framework** + **Messaging Hierarchy**:
+- Competitive Alternatives (What would customers use if you didn't exist?)
+- Unique Attributes (What do you have that alternatives lack?)
+- Value (What value do those attributes enable?)
+- Target Customers (Who cares a lot about that value?)
+- Market Category (What context makes your value obvious?)
+
+## Workflow
+
+### Step 0: Project Directory Setup
+
+**CRITICAL**: Establish project directory BEFORE proceeding to context detection.
+
+Present this to the user:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+STRATARTS: PRODUCT POSITIONING EXPERT
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+April Dunford's positioning framework for clear market differentiation.
+
+⏱️ Estimated Time: 75-120 minutes
+📊 Framework: Positioning Canvas + Messaging Hierarchy
+📁 Category: foundation-strategy
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+Then immediately establish project directory:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+PROJECT DIRECTORY SETUP
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+StratArts saves analysis outputs to a dedicated '.strategy/' folder in your project.
+
+Current working directory: {CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}
+
+Where is your project directory for this business?
+
+a: Current directory ({CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}) - Use this directory
+b: Different directory - I'll provide the path
+c: No project yet - Create new project directory
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Implementation Logic:**
+
+**If user selects `a` (current directory)**:
+1. Check if `.strategy/` folder exists
+2. If exists and contains StratArts files → Confirm: "✓ Using existing .strategy/ folder"
+3. If exists but contains non-StratArts files → Show conflict warning
+4. If doesn't exist → Create `.strategy/foundation-strategy/` and confirm
+5. Store project directory path for use in context signature
+
+**If user selects `b` (different directory)**:
+```
+Please provide the absolute path to your project directory:
+
+Path: _
+```
+Then validate path exists and repeat steps 1-5 above.
+
+**If user selects `c` (create new project)**:
+```
+Please provide:
+1. Project name (for folder): _
+2. Where to create it (path): _
+```
+Then create directory structure and confirm.
+
+### Step 1: Intelligent Context Detection
+
+**Scan `.strategy/foundation-strategy/` folder for previous skill outputs.**
+
+Present context detection results:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+INTELLIGENT CONTEXT DETECTION
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+**Scenario A: Ideal context detected (value-proposition-crafter + competitive-intelligence)**:
+```
+🎯 OPTIMAL CONTEXT DETECTED
+
+Found:
+• value-proposition-crafter ({DATE}) - JTBD analysis, messaging pillars
+• competitive-intelligence ({DATE}) - Competitor positioning, white space
+• {Additional skills if present}
+
+Data I can reuse:
+• Target customer/ICP
+• Core value proposition statement
+• JTBD (functional, emotional, social jobs)
+• Competitive landscape and white space
+• Messaging pillars
+
+Is this data still current?
+
+a: Yes, use this data (fastest - saves 20-30 min)
+b: Partially - some context has evolved
+c: No, gather fresh data
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Scenario B: Partial context detected**:
+```
+✓ PARTIAL CONTEXT DETECTED
+
+Found: {skill-name} analysis
+Date: {DATE}
+
+Available data:
+• {List available data points}
+
+Missing for comprehensive positioning:
+• {List missing data}
+
+Options:
+
+a: Run {recommended-skill} first (~X min) - Recommended
+b: Proceed now - I'll ask targeted questions
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**Scenario C: No previous skills detected**:
+```
+❌ NO PREVIOUS CONTEXT DETECTED
+
+Developing strong positioning works best with customer and competitive insights.
+
+Recommended workflow:
+1. business-idea-validator (60-90 min) - Validates opportunity
+2. value-proposition-crafter (60-90 min) - JTBD and messaging
+3. competitive-intelligence (60-90 min) - Competitor positioning
+4. product-positioning-expert (this skill) - Differentiated positioning
+
+Options:
+
+a: Follow recommended workflow (most effective)
+b: Proceed now - I'll gather all necessary context
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+### Step 2: Data Collection Approach
+
+**If user chose to proceed:**
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+DATA COLLECTION APPROACH
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+I can gather the required information in two ways:
+
+a: 📋 Structured Questions (Recommended for first-timers)
+ • I'll ask 6 positioning foundation questions
+ • Then messaging hierarchy questions
+ • Takes 20-25 minutes
+ • More comprehensive data collection
+
+b: 💬 Conversational (Faster for experienced founders)
+ • You provide a freeform description
+ • I'll ask follow-up questions only where needed
+ • Takes 15-20 minutes
+ • Assumes you know what information is relevant
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+### Step 3: Positioning Foundation
+
+**Question PF1: Category Definition**
+```
+What market category do you compete in?
+
+Examples:
+- "Project management software for construction"
+- "AI-powered code documentation tool"
+- "B2B SaaS for sales teams"
+
+If creating a new category, what is it?
+
+**Your Category**: [Answer]
+```
+
+**Question PF2: Target Customer (Specific)**
+```
+Who SPECIFICALLY is your product for?
+
+Not "businesses" or "developers" - be precise:
+- "Mid-market SaaS companies (50-500 employees) with distributed teams"
+- "Senior software engineers at Series A-C startups building developer tools"
+- "Operations managers at construction companies with 20-200 employees"
+
+**Your Specific Target**: [Answer]
+```
+
+**Question PF3: Core Problem Solved**
+```
+What is the ONE core problem you solve?
+
+Focus on the primary pain point, not all benefits:
+- "Teams waste 10+ hours/week switching between tools"
+- "Code documentation is outdated and developers hate writing it"
+- "Construction project delays cost $50K+ per incident"
+
+**Core Problem**: [Answer]
+```
+
+**Question PF4: Your Solution (How You Solve It)**
+```
+How do you solve this problem? What is your approach?
+
+Not features - the method/philosophy:
+- "We consolidate 10 tools into one unified workspace"
+- "We auto-generate documentation from code changes"
+- "We provide real-time visibility into job site progress via mobile"
+
+**Your Solution Approach**: [Answer]
+```
+
+**Question PF5: Key Differentiation**
+```
+What makes you DIFFERENT from alternatives (competitors, manual processes, DIY)?
+
+This is your unfair advantage or unique approach:
+- "Only tool built specifically for construction workflows"
+- "Uses AI trained on 10M+ code repos to understand context"
+- "Native mobile-first design (competitors are desktop-ported)"
+
+**Key Differentiation** (top 3):
+1. [Differentiator 1]
+2. [Differentiator 2]
+3. [Differentiator 3]
+```
+
+**Question PF6: Proof Points**
+```
+Why should customers believe you deliver on your claims?
+
+Evidence:
+- Customer results: "Customers save avg 12 hours/week"
+- Social proof: "Used by 500+ teams including Google, Stripe"
+- Technology: "Powered by GPT-4 trained on 10M repos"
+- Awards/recognition: "Ranked #1 on G2 in our category"
+
+**Your Proof** (top 3):
+1. [Proof 1]
+2. [Proof 2]
+3. [Proof 3]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 4: Generate Positioning Statement
+
+Now create the positioning statement using April Dunford's framework:
+
+**Positioning Statement Structure**:
+```
+For [target customer]
+Who [need state]
+[Product name] is a [market category]
+That [key benefit]
+Unlike [primary alternative]
+We [key differentiation]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 5: Messaging Hierarchy
+
+**Question MH1: Value Propositions by Persona**
+```
+If you have multiple personas, does messaging differ?
+
+For each persona, craft a tailored value proposition:
+
+**[Persona 1 Name]** (e.g., Engineering Manager):
+"[Product] helps [persona] [achieve outcome] by [how] so they can [ultimate benefit]"
+
+Example: "Acme helps engineering managers keep documentation current by auto-generating docs from code changes, so they can ship faster without documentation debt."
+
+**[Persona 2 Name]**:
+[Value prop]
+
+[Repeat for each persona]
+```
+
+**Question MH2: Messaging Pillars**
+```
+What are your 3-5 core messaging pillars?
+
+**Messaging pillars** = Key themes you want associated with your brand
+
+Examples:
+1. "Speed: Ship 10x faster"
+2. "Simplicity: No learning curve"
+3. "Reliability: 99.99% uptime"
+4. "Integration: Works with your stack"
+5. "Support: 24/7 human support"
+
+**Your Messaging Pillars** (3-5):
+1. [Pillar 1]
+2. [Pillar 2]
+3. [Pillar 3]
+4. [Pillar 4]
+5. [Pillar 5]
+```
+
+**Question MH3: Emotional vs Rational Appeal**
+```
+Does your messaging lean emotional or rational?
+
+**Rational** (logic, ROI, features):
+- B2B SaaS often rational
+- Example: "Save $10K/month in operational costs"
+
+**Emotional** (feelings, aspirations, fears):
+- B2C often emotional
+- Example: "Never miss your kid's soccer game again"
+
+**Hybrid** (both):
+- Example: "Save 10 hours/week (rational) and get your weekends back (emotional)"
+
+**Your Balance**: [Rational / Emotional / Hybrid - X% rational, Y% emotional]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 6: Competitive Messaging
+
+**Question CM1: Competitor Comparison**
+```
+How do you position against top competitors?
+
+For each top competitor, complete this sentence:
+"Unlike [Competitor], we [key difference that matters to customers]"
+
+Examples:
+- "Unlike Asana, we're built specifically for construction job sites, not office workers"
+- "Unlike GitHub Copilot, we generate documentation, not code"
+- "Unlike Monday.com, we're simple enough to learn in 5 minutes"
+
+**Your Comparisons**:
+- Unlike [Competitor A], we [difference]
+- Unlike [Competitor B], we [difference]
+- Unlike [Competitor C], we [difference]
+```
+
+**Question CM2: Handling Objections**
+```
+What are the top 3 objections you hear, and how do you respond?
+
+**Objection 1**: "[e.g., Too expensive]"
+- **Response**: [How you reframe this]
+
+**Objection 2**: "[e.g., We already use X competitor]"
+- **Response**: [How you handle]
+
+**Objection 3**: "[e.g., Not sure we need this]"
+- **Response**: [How you create urgency]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 7: Channel-Specific Messaging
+
+**Question CSM1: Website Messaging**
+```
+What should your hero headline and subheadline be?
+
+**Hero Headline** (6-10 words, outcome-focused):
+Examples:
+- "Ship Code 10x Faster Without Documentation Debt"
+- "Project Management Built for Construction Teams"
+- "Turn Meetings into Action Items Automatically"
+
+**Your Headline**: [Answer]
+
+**Subheadline** (12-20 words, explain how/for whom):
+Examples:
+- "AI-powered documentation generator for engineering teams at fast-growing startups"
+- "Mobile-first project tracking for contractors managing 10+ job sites"
+
+**Your Subheadline**: [Answer]
+
+**Call-to-Action**:
+- [e.g., "Start Free Trial", "Book a Demo", "See How It Works"]
+```
+
+**Question CSM2: Social Media Messaging**
+```
+How do you describe your product in one tweet (280 characters)?
+
+**Twitter Bio** (160 characters):
+[Answer]
+
+**LinkedIn Tagline** (120 characters):
+[Answer]
+```
+
+**Question CSM3: Sales Messaging**
+```
+What's your elevator pitch (30 seconds)?
+
+Structure:
+- Problem: [What problem you solve]
+- Solution: [How you solve it]
+- Proof: [Why they should believe you]
+- CTA: [What you want them to do next]
+
+**Your 30-Second Pitch**:
+[Answer]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 8: Generate Comprehensive Positioning & Messaging Strategy
+
+Now generate the complete document:
+
+---
+
+```markdown
+# Positioning & Messaging Strategy
+
+**Business**: [Product/Service Name]
+**Market**: [Category]
+**Date**: [Today's Date]
+**Strategist**: Claude (StratArts)
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+[2-3 paragraphs summarizing:
+- Who you're for and what problem you solve
+- How you're differentiated from alternatives
+- Key messaging themes
+- Expected impact on conversion/brand]
+
+**Target Customer**: [Specific segment]
+**Core Problem**: [Problem you solve]
+**Key Differentiation**: [What makes you different]
+
+---
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [Positioning Foundation](#positioning-foundation)
+2. [Positioning Statement](#positioning-statement)
+3. [Value Propositions](#value-propositions)
+4. [Messaging Hierarchy](#messaging-hierarchy)
+5. [Competitive Messaging](#competitive-messaging)
+6. [Channel-Specific Messaging](#channel-specific-messaging)
+7. [Brand Voice & Tone](#brand-voice-tone)
+8. [Messaging Testing & Optimization](#messaging-testing-optimization)
+9. [Implementation Checklist](#implementation-checklist)
+
+---
+
+## 1. Positioning Foundation
+
+### Market Category
+
+**Category**: [Your category]
+
+**Category Context**:
+[2-3 sentences explaining the category, its maturity, and your place in it]
+
+If creating new category:
+- **Why New Category?**: [Rationale]
+- **Education Required**: [How to explain new category]
+
+---
+
+### Target Customer
+
+**Primary Target**: [Specific customer description]
+
+**Demographics**:
+- [Company size / Industry / Role]
+- [Geographic focus]
+- [Budget range]
+
+**Psychographics**:
+- [Goals, motivations]
+- [Pain points]
+- [Buying behavior]
+
+**Beachhead Market**: [Most specific initial target]
+
+---
+
+### Core Problem
+
+**Problem Statement**: [The ONE problem you solve]
+
+**Problem Characteristics**:
+- **Severity**: [How painful is this?]
+- **Frequency**: [How often does it occur?]
+- **Current Cost**: [What does the problem cost customers today?]
+
+**Problem Quote** (in customer's words):
+"[Quote from customer describing the pain]"
+
+---
+
+### Your Solution
+
+**Solution Approach**: [How you solve the problem]
+
+**Key Features** (that enable the solution):
+1. [Feature 1 → Benefit]
+2. [Feature 2 → Benefit]
+3. [Feature 3 → Benefit]
+
+**Outcome Delivered**: [What customer achieves]
+
+---
+
+### Key Differentiation
+
+**Differentiator #1: [Name]**
+- **What**: [Description]
+- **Why It Matters**: [Impact on customer]
+- **Proof**: [Evidence you deliver this]
+
+**Differentiator #2: [Name]**
+- **What**: [Description]
+- **Why It Matters**: [Impact]
+- **Proof**: [Evidence]
+
+**Differentiator #3: [Name]**
+- **What**: [Description]
+- **Why It Matters**: [Impact]
+- **Proof**: [Evidence]
+
+**Competitive Moat**: [What makes differentiation defensible?]
+
+---
+
+## 2. Positioning Statement
+
+### Primary Positioning Statement
+
+```
+For [target customer]
+Who [need state]
+[Product name] is a [market category]
+That [key benefit]
+Unlike [primary alternative]
+We [key differentiation]
+```
+
+**Example**:
+```
+For engineering managers at Series A-C startups
+Who struggle to keep documentation current as teams scale
+DocuBot is an AI-powered documentation generator
+That automatically creates and updates docs from code changes
+Unlike GitHub Copilot which generates code
+We focus exclusively on documentation, saving 10 hours/week of manual work
+```
+
+**Your Positioning Statement**:
+```
+[Fill in based on answers above]
+```
+
+---
+
+### Alternative Positioning Statements (by Use Case)
+
+If you serve multiple use cases or personas:
+
+**Use Case 1**: [Name]
+```
+For [customer segment]
+[Product] helps [achieve outcome] by [how]
+```
+
+**Use Case 2**: [Name]
+```
+[Positioning for different use case]
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. Value Propositions
+
+### Master Value Proposition
+
+**For All Audiences**:
+"[Product name] helps [target customer] [achieve outcome] by [unique approach], so they can [ultimate benefit]."
+
+**Example**:
+"Acme helps construction contractors manage 10+ job sites by providing real-time mobile visibility, so they can avoid delays and hit deadlines."
+
+**Your Master Value Prop**:
+[Based on answers]
+
+---
+
+### Persona-Specific Value Propositions
+
+**[Persona 1 Name]** (e.g., Engineering Manager):
+"[Value prop tailored to this persona's goals and pain points]"
+
+**Key Benefits for [Persona 1]**:
+1. [Benefit 1 that matters to this persona]
+2. [Benefit 2]
+3. [Benefit 3]
+
+**[Persona 2 Name]**:
+"[Tailored value prop]"
+
+**Key Benefits for [Persona 2]**:
+1. [Benefit 1]
+2. [Benefit 2]
+3. [Benefit 3]
+
+[Repeat for each persona]
+
+---
+
+## 4. Messaging Hierarchy
+
+### Level 1: Core Message (Brand-Level)
+
+**One-Sentence Brand Message**:
+"[The simplest articulation of what you do and why it matters]"
+
+Examples:
+- "The fastest way to ship code without documentation debt"
+- "Project management that works on the job site"
+- "Turn meetings into action without taking notes"
+
+**Your Core Message**: [Answer]
+
+---
+
+### Level 2: Messaging Pillars (Theme-Level)
+
+**Pillar 1: [Name]**
+- **Headline**: [6-8 words]
+- **Description**: [2-3 sentences explaining this theme]
+- **Proof Point**: [Evidence]
+
+**Pillar 2: [Name]**
+- **Headline**: [6-8 words]
+- **Description**: [2-3 sentences]
+- **Proof Point**: [Evidence]
+
+**Pillar 3: [Name]**
+- **Headline**: [6-8 words]
+- **Description**: [2-3 sentences]
+- **Proof Point**: [Evidence]
+
+**Pillar 4: [Name]** (optional)
+- **Headline**: [6-8 words]
+- **Description**: [2-3 sentences]
+- **Proof Point**: [Evidence]
+
+**Pillar 5: [Name]** (optional)
+- **Headline**: [6-8 words]
+- **Description**: [2-3 sentences]
+- **Proof Point**: [Evidence]
+
+---
+
+### Level 3: Feature Messages (Product-Level)
+
+For each key feature:
+
+**Feature 1: [Name]**
+- **What It Does**: [Technical description]
+- **Benefit**: [What customer achieves]
+- **Message**: "[Feature name] [helps you] [achieve outcome]"
+- **Example**: "Auto-sync helps you keep data current across tools without manual exports"
+
+**Feature 2: [Name]**
+[Same structure]
+
+[Repeat for 5-7 key features]
+
+---
+
+## 5. Competitive Messaging
+
+### Competitive Positioning Matrix
+
+| Dimension | Your Business | Competitor A | Competitor B | Competitor C |
+|-----------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
+| **Target Customer** | [Segment] | [Segment] | [Segment] | [Segment] |
+| **Primary Benefit** | [Benefit] | [Benefit] | [Benefit] | [Benefit] |
+| **Key Differentiator** | [Differentiation] | [Their differentiation] | [Their differentiation] | [Their differentiation] |
+| **Positioning** | [How you position] | [How they position] | [How they position] | [How they position] |
+
+---
+
+### "Unlike" Statements
+
+**vs. [Competitor A]**:
+"Unlike [Competitor A], we [key difference that matters]"
+
+Example: "Unlike Asana, we're built specifically for construction job sites, not office workers"
+
+**vs. [Competitor B]**:
+"Unlike [Competitor B], we [key difference]"
+
+**vs. [Competitor C]**:
+"Unlike [Competitor C], we [key difference]"
+
+**vs. Status Quo (Manual/DIY)**:
+"Unlike [manual processes], we [automated advantage]"
+
+---
+
+### Objection Handling
+
+**Objection 1**: "[Common objection]"
+- **Root Cause**: [Why customers say this]
+- **Reframe**: [How to address this concern]
+- **Proof**: [Evidence that alleviates concern]
+
+**Example**:
+- **Objection**: "Too expensive"
+- **Root Cause**: Comparing price to competitors without seeing value
+- **Reframe**: "Our customers save 12 hours/week. At $50/hour, that's $2,400/month value for $99/month"
+- **Proof**: "See ROI calculator showing 24:1 return"
+
+**Objection 2**: "[Objection]"
+[Same structure]
+
+**Objection 3**: "[Objection]"
+[Same structure]
+
+---
+
+## 6. Channel-Specific Messaging
+
+### Website Messaging
+
+**Hero Section**:
+- **Headline**: [6-10 words, outcome-focused]
+- **Subheadline**: [12-20 words, explain how/for whom]
+- **CTA**: [Action button text]
+
+**Example**:
+- **Headline**: "Ship Code 10x Faster Without Documentation Debt"
+- **Subheadline**: "AI-powered documentation generator for engineering teams at fast-growing startups"
+- **CTA**: "Start Free Trial"
+
+**Your Website Hero**:
+- **Headline**: [Answer]
+- **Subheadline**: [Answer]
+- **CTA**: [Answer]
+
+---
+
+**About Section**:
+[2-3 paragraphs telling your story - why you exist, who you serve, what you believe]
+
+**Social Proof Section**:
+- "[Statistic]: Used by 500+ teams"
+- "[Customer Quote]: 'Acme saved us 12 hours/week'"
+- "[Logos]: Trusted by Google, Stripe, Airbnb"
+
+---
+
+### Email Messaging
+
+**Cold Outreach Email** (sales):
+Subject: [Short, benefit-focused]
+Body:
+```
+Hi [Name],
+
+[Problem recognition]: I noticed [pain point]
+[Your solution]: [Product] helps [outcome]
+[Proof]: [Customer name] achieved [result]
+[CTA]: Would you be open to a quick 15-min call?
+
+[Signature]
+```
+
+**Drip Campaign Email 1** (nurture):
+Subject: [Subject]
+Body: [Value-focused content, not sales-heavy]
+
+---
+
+### Social Media Messaging
+
+**Twitter Bio** (160 characters):
+"[What you do + For whom + Differentiation]"
+
+Example: "AI-powered documentation for engineering teams. Ship faster without doc debt. Used by 500+ companies."
+
+**Your Twitter Bio**: [Answer]
+
+---
+
+**LinkedIn Company Tagline** (120 characters):
+[Answer]
+
+**LinkedIn About Section** (2,000 characters):
+[3-4 paragraphs expanding on your mission, who you serve, how you're different]
+
+---
+
+**Social Post Formula**:
+- **Hook**: [Attention-grabbing statement or question]
+- **Problem**: [Relatable pain point]
+- **Solution**: [How you solve it]
+- **Proof**: [Data point or customer result]
+- **CTA**: [Learn more, try free, etc.]
+
+---
+
+### Sales Messaging
+
+**Elevator Pitch** (30 seconds):
+"We help [target customer] [achieve outcome] by [unique approach]. Unlike [alternatives], we [key differentiation]. [Customer name] achieved [specific result]. Are you facing [problem]?"
+
+**Your Pitch**: [Answer]
+
+---
+
+**Discovery Call Opening**:
+"Before I tell you about [Product], I want to understand your current process for [relevant workflow]. Walk me through how you [do X today]..."
+
+**Demo Opening**:
+"I'm going to show you how [Product] helps [achieve outcome]. By the end, you'll see how [Customer name] saved [metric]. Sound good?"
+
+---
+
+**Proposal/Deck Structure**:
+1. **Problem**: [The pain you solve]
+2. **Impact**: [Cost of inaction]
+3. **Solution**: [Your approach]
+4. **Proof**: [Case studies, data]
+5. **Pricing**: [Tiers and value]
+6. **Next Steps**: [Clear CTA]
+
+---
+
+### Paid Ads Messaging
+
+**Google Search Ads**:
+- **Headline 1** (30 chars): [Benefit-focused]
+- **Headline 2** (30 chars): [Differentiation]
+- **Description** (90 chars): [Outcome + CTA]
+
+**Example**:
+- H1: "Auto-Generate Documentation"
+- H2: "Save 10 Hours/Week"
+- Desc: "AI-powered docs for engineering teams. Free 14-day trial. No credit card required."
+
+**Your Search Ads**:
+- H1: [Answer]
+- H2: [Answer]
+- Desc: [Answer]
+
+---
+
+**LinkedIn/Facebook Ads**:
+- **Image/Video**: [Visual concept]
+- **Primary Text** (125 chars): [Hook + benefit]
+- **Headline** (40 chars): [Outcome-focused]
+- **CTA Button**: [Try Free / Learn More / Sign Up]
+
+---
+
+## 7. Brand Voice & Tone
+
+### Voice Attributes
+
+**Your Brand Voice** (choose 3-5):
+- [ ] Professional
+- [ ] Friendly
+- [ ] Technical
+- [ ] Simple
+- [ ] Humorous
+- [ ] Authoritative
+- [ ] Empathetic
+- [ ] Bold
+- [ ] Understated
+- [ ] [Custom attribute]
+
+**Your Selected Attributes**:
+1. [Attribute 1]: [Why this fits your brand]
+2. [Attribute 2]: [Why]
+3. [Attribute 3]: [Why]
+
+---
+
+### Tone by Context
+
+| Context | Tone | Example |
+|---------|------|---------|
+| **Website** | [Tone] | [Example copy] |
+| **Sales Email** | [Tone] | [Example] |
+| **Social Media** | [Tone] | [Example] |
+| **Customer Support** | [Tone] | [Example] |
+| **Product UI** | [Tone] | [Example] |
+
+---
+
+### Writing Guidelines
+
+**Do**:
+- [Guideline 1: e.g., "Use active voice"]
+- [Guideline 2: e.g., "Lead with benefits, not features"]
+- [Guideline 3: e.g., "Use customer language, not jargon"]
+
+**Don't**:
+- [Guideline 1: e.g., "Don't use buzzwords like 'disruptive' or 'revolutionary'"]
+- [Guideline 2: e.g., "Don't lead with 'We are...' - lead with customer outcome"]
+
+---
+
+## 8. Messaging Testing & Optimization
+
+### A/B Testing Roadmap
+
+**Test 1: Hero Headline**
+- **Control**: [Current headline]
+- **Variant**: [Alternative headline]
+- **Hypothesis**: [Which will convert better and why]
+- **Success Metric**: [Conversion rate, time on page, scroll depth]
+- **Timeline**: [2-4 weeks]
+
+**Test 2: Value Proposition**
+- **Control**: [Current value prop]
+- **Variant**: [Alternative]
+- **Hypothesis**: [Why]
+- **Success Metric**: [Metric]
+- **Timeline**: [Weeks]
+
+**Test 3: CTA Button Copy**
+- **Control**: [e.g., "Start Free Trial"]
+- **Variant**: [e.g., "Try 14 Days Free"]
+- **Hypothesis**: [Which will convert better]
+- **Success Metric**: [Click-through rate]
+- **Timeline**: [Weeks]
+
+[Include 3-5 tests]
+
+---
+
+### Message Market Fit Assessment
+
+**How to Know Your Messaging is Working**:
+
+**Qualitative Signals**:
+- Customers use your language when describing what you do
+- Sales conversations are easier (less explanation needed)
+- Inbound leads mention specific benefits from your messaging
+- Customer reviews echo your positioning
+
+**Quantitative Metrics**:
+| Metric | Baseline | Target | Current |
+|--------|----------|--------|---------|
+| Website Conversion Rate | [X%] | [Y%] | [Z%] |
+| Time on Homepage | [X sec] | [Y sec] | [Z sec] |
+| Demo Request Rate | [X%] | [Y%] | [Z%] |
+| Sales Cycle Length | [X days] | [Y days] | [Z days] |
+| Win Rate vs Competitors | [X%] | [Y%] | [Z%] |
+
+**Review Frequency**: Monthly
+
+---
+
+## 9. Implementation Checklist
+
+### Phase 1: Foundation (Week 1)
+
+- [ ] Finalize positioning statement
+- [ ] Create master value proposition
+- [ ] Define 3-5 messaging pillars
+- [ ] Write brand voice guidelines
+- [ ] Create messaging brief document for team
+
+---
+
+### Phase 2: Website (Weeks 2-3)
+
+- [ ] Rewrite homepage hero headline/subheadline
+- [ ] Update about page with positioning
+- [ ] Create/update product pages with feature messages
+- [ ] Add social proof (logos, testimonials, case studies)
+- [ ] Update CTAs with optimized copy
+- [ ] A/B test headline variations
+
+---
+
+### Phase 3: Sales Enablement (Weeks 3-4)
+
+- [ ] Create elevator pitch for sales team
+- [ ] Write discovery call script
+- [ ] Update demo talking points
+- [ ] Create competitive battle cards with "unlike" statements
+- [ ] Build proposal/deck template with new messaging
+- [ ] Train sales team on positioning and objection handling
+
+---
+
+### Phase 4: Marketing Assets (Weeks 4-6)
+
+- [ ] Update social media bios and profiles
+- [ ] Rewrite email drip campaigns
+- [ ] Create new paid ad copy (Google, LinkedIn, Facebook)
+- [ ] Write 3-5 blog posts around messaging pillars
+- [ ] Update one-pagers and collateral
+- [ ] Create messaging style guide
+
+---
+
+### Phase 5: Optimization (Ongoing)
+
+- [ ] Run A/B tests on messaging (monthly)
+- [ ] Collect customer language (win/loss interviews)
+- [ ] Monitor messaging performance (conversion, engagement)
+- [ ] Refine positioning based on data (quarterly)
+- [ ] Update competitive messaging as landscape changes
+
+---
+
+## Conclusion
+
+### Key Takeaways
+
+1. **[Takeaway 1]**: [1-2 sentences]
+2. **[Takeaway 2]**: [1-2 sentences]
+3. **[Takeaway 3]**: [1-2 sentences]
+
+### Immediate Next Steps
+
+**This Week**:
+- [ ] [Action 1: e.g., "Rewrite homepage hero with new headline"]
+- [ ] [Action 2: e.g., "Brief design team on new positioning"]
+- [ ] [Action 3: e.g., "Update sales deck with new messaging"]
+
+**This Month**:
+- [ ] [Action 1: e.g., "Launch A/B test on value prop"]
+- [ ] [Action 2: e.g., "Update all marketing collateral"]
+- [ ] [Action 3: e.g., "Train sales team on new positioning"]
+
+**This Quarter**:
+- [ ] [Action 1: e.g., "Measure messaging impact on conversion"]
+- [ ] [Action 2: e.g., "Refine based on customer feedback"]
+- [ ] [Action 3: e.g., "Create persona-specific landing pages"]
+
+---
+
+*Generated with StratArts - Business Strategy Skills Library*
+*Next recommended skill: `go-to-market-planner` to build GTM strategy around your positioning*
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 9: Quality Review & Iteration
+
+After generating the positioning strategy:
+
+```
+I've created your Positioning & Messaging Strategy.
+
+**Quality Check**:
+- Does the positioning clearly differentiate you?
+- Is messaging compelling and benefit-focused?
+- Does it resonate with target personas?
+- Any concerns about competitive positioning?
+
+Would you like me to:
+1. Refine positioning statement
+2. Adjust messaging for specific channels
+3. Add persona-specific messaging
+4. Finalize this version
+
+(I can do up to 2 revision passes)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 10: Save & Next Steps
+
+```
+Perfect! Your Positioning & Messaging Strategy is ready.
+
+**Save Options**:
+1. Save as: `positioning-messaging-[business-name].md`
+2. Custom filename
+3. Keep in conversation
+
+**Next Recommended Skills**:
+- **go-to-market-planner**: Build GTM strategy around your positioning
+- **content-strategy-architect**: Create content that reinforces messaging
+- **sales-playbook-builder**: Enable sales with positioning and objection handling
+
+Which filename?
+```
+
+---
+
+## Critical Guidelines
+
+**1. Simple > Clever**
+Clear positioning beats clever wordplay. Your grandmother should understand what you do.
+
+**2. Customer Language > Marketing Jargon**
+Use words customers use, not buzzwords like "revolutionary" or "disruptive."
+
+**3. Outcome > Feature**
+"Save 10 hours/week" beats "Auto-sync technology."
+
+**4. Specific > Generic**
+"For engineering managers at Series A startups" beats "For developers."
+
+**5. Different > Better**
+Position as different (category/approach), not just better (faster/cheaper).
+
+**6. Proof > Claims**
+Every claim needs evidence. "Used by 500+ teams" beats "Trusted by thousands."
+
+**7. Test > Assume**
+A/B test messaging. Data beats opinion.
+
+---
+
+## Quality Checklist
+
+- [ ] Positioning statement clearly answers: who it's for, what it does, why it's different
+- [ ] Target customer is specific (not "businesses" or "developers")
+- [ ] Core problem is articulated in customer language
+- [ ] 3 key differentiators identified with proof
+- [ ] Master value proposition created
+- [ ] 3-5 messaging pillars defined
+- [ ] Persona-specific value props (if applicable)
+- [ ] Competitive "unlike" statements for top 3 competitors
+- [ ] Objection handling scripts (top 3 objections)
+- [ ] Channel-specific messaging (website, email, social, sales, ads)
+- [ ] Brand voice defined with guidelines
+- [ ] 3-5 A/B tests planned
+- [ ] Implementation checklist with timeline
+- [ ] Report is comprehensive and covers all key areas
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Upstream Dependencies**:
+- `customer-persona-builder` → Persona pain points, goals, language
+- `competitive-intelligence` → Competitor positioning, white space
+- `value-proposition-crafter` → Value metrics, JTBD
+- `pricing-strategy-architect` → Price positioning (premium/value/market)
+
+**Downstream Skills**:
+- `go-to-market-planner` → GTM strategy uses positioning
+- `content-strategy-architect` → Content reinforces messaging
+- `sales-playbook-builder` → Sales uses positioning and objection handling
+- `growth-experimentation-engine` → Optimize messaging through experiments
+
+Now begin with Step 0!
+
+---
+
+## Context Signature
+
+When saving output, include this signature block for skill chaining:
+
+```
+
+```
+
+---
+
+## HTML Editorial Template Reference
+
+**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency.
+
+### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER)
+
+1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST):
+ ```
+ html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md
+ ```
+
+2. **Base Template** (shared structure):
+ ```
+ html-templates/base-template.html
+ ```
+
+3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts):
+ ```
+ html-templates/product-positioning-expert.html
+ ```
+
+### How to Use Templates
+
+1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly
+2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration
+3. Read `product-positioning-expert.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts
+4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data
+5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}`
+6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}`
+7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}`
+
+### Required Charts (3 total):
+
+1. **pillarRadarChart** - Radar chart showing messaging pillar strengths (1-10 scale)
+2. **competitivePositionChart** - Scatter plot showing positioning vs competitors on two dimensions
+3. **voiceBalanceChart** - Doughnut chart showing rational/emotional messaging balance
+
+### Key Sections to Populate:
+
+- **Positioning Statement** - April Dunford framework format
+- **Key Differentiators** - 3 cards with title, description, proof
+- **Messaging Pillars** - 3-5 pillars with headline, description, proof
+- **Competitive Matrix** - Table comparing you vs 3 competitors
+- **Unlike Statements** - Competitive differentiation statements
+- **Objection Handling** - 3 objections with reframe responses
+- **Channel Messaging** - Website hero, Twitter, LinkedIn, elevator pitch
+- **Brand Voice** - 3 voice attributes with descriptions
+- **A/B Testing Roadmap** - 3 tests with control/variant
+
+### Score Interpretation:
+
+| Score Range | Verdict |
+|-------------|---------|
+| 8.0-10.0 | ✓ STRONG POSITIONING |
+| 5.0-7.9 | ⚠️ NEEDS REFINEMENT |
+| 0.0-4.9 | ✗ WEAK - MAJOR REVISION NEEDED |
+
+### MANDATORY: Pre-Save Verification
+
+**Before saving any HTML output, verify against VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md:**
+
+1. **Footer CSS** - Copy EXACTLY from checklist (do NOT write from memory):
+ ```css
+ footer { background: #0a0a0a; display: flex; justify-content: center; }
+ .footer-content { max-width: 1600px; width: 100%; background: #1a1a1a; color: #a3a3a3; padding: 2rem 4rem; font-size: 0.85rem; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.2); }
+ .footer-content p { margin: 0.3rem 0; }
+ .footer-content strong { color: #10b981; }
+ ```
+
+2. **Footer HTML** - Use EXACTLY this structure:
+ ```html
+
+ ```
+
+3. **Version Format** - Always use `v1.0.0` (three-part semantic versioning)
+
+4. **Prohibited Patterns** - NEVER use:
+ - `#0f0f0f` (wrong background color)
+ - `.footer-brand` or `.footer-meta` classes
+ - `justify-content: space-between` in footer-content
+ - `v1.0` or `v2.0.0` (incorrect version formats)
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+---
+name: retention-optimization-expert
+description: Reduce churn and improve retention through cohort analysis, at-risk user identification, win-back campaigns, and customer success strategies. Generate comprehensive HTML reports with retention curves, health scores, churn analysis, and 90-day implementation roadmaps.
+version: 1.0.0
+category: retention-metrics
+---
+
+# retention-optimization-expert
+
+**Mission**: Reduce churn and improve retention through cohort analysis, at-risk user identification, win-back campaigns, product improvements, and customer success strategies. Turn one-time users into lifelong customers.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 0: Pre-Generation Verification
+
+Before generating the HTML output, verify all required data is collected:
+
+### Header & Score Banner
+- [ ] `{{BUSINESS_NAME}}` - Company/product name
+- [ ] `{{DATE}}` - Report generation date
+- [ ] `{{D30_RETENTION}}` - 30-day retention rate (e.g., "38%")
+- [ ] `{{D7_RETENTION}}` - 7-day retention rate (e.g., "52%")
+- [ ] `{{CHURN_RATE}}` - Monthly churn rate (e.g., "6.2%")
+- [ ] `{{AT_RISK_PERCENT}}` - Percentage of at-risk users (e.g., "18%")
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_GREEN}}` - Percentage of healthy users (e.g., "62%")
+- [ ] `{{CURVE_TYPE}}` - Short curve type (e.g., "Steep Drop + Plateau")
+
+### Executive Summary
+- [ ] `{{EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY}}` - 2-3 paragraphs with retention overview, key interventions
+- [ ] `{{CURVE_TYPE_FULL}}` - Full curve description (e.g., "Steep Drop, Then Plateau (Good)")
+- [ ] `{{CURVE_DESCRIPTION}}` - Explanation of what the curve means for the business
+
+### Cohort Analysis
+- [ ] `{{COHORT_ROWS}}` - 4+ cohort rows with M0-M6 retention percentages
+ - Each row: cohort name, M0 (100%), M1, M2, M3, M6 with color classes
+
+### Segment Retention
+- [ ] `{{SEGMENT_CARDS}}` - 3-4 user segments
+ - Each card: segment name, D30 retention, churn rate
+
+### At-Risk Identification
+- [ ] `{{RISK_INDICATORS}}` - 4-5 at-risk criteria
+ - Each indicator: icon, title, description of criteria
+
+### Health Score
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_GREEN}}` - Healthy percentage (80-100 score)
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_YELLOW}}` - At-risk percentage (50-79 score)
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_RED}}` - Churn risk percentage (<50 score)
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_FACTORS}}` - 5 health score factors with weights
+
+### Win-Back Campaign
+- [ ] `{{WINBACK_TIERS}}` - 4 escalating tiers
+ - Each tier: name, day range, 2-4 actions
+
+### Churn Reasons
+- [ ] `{{CHURN_ROWS}}` - 5-6 churn reasons
+ - Each row: reason, percentage, addressable status, action plan
+
+### Retention Loops
+- [ ] `{{LOOP_CARDS}}` - 2-3 retention loops
+ - Each card: loop type, description, 3-4 cycle steps
+
+### Customer Success
+- [ ] `{{CS_MODEL_NAME}}` - CS model name (e.g., "Hybrid Model")
+- [ ] `{{CS_MODEL_RATIO}}` - CSM to account ratios
+- [ ] `{{TOUCHPOINT_PHASES}}` - 3 phases (Onboarding, Ongoing, Renewal)
+ - Each phase: name, 4-5 touchpoints
+
+### Charts
+- [ ] `{{RETENTION_LABELS}}` - JSON array of time periods (D0, D1, D7, etc.)
+- [ ] `{{RETENTION_DATA}}` - JSON array of retention percentages
+- [ ] `{{COHORT_LABELS}}` - JSON array of cohort names
+- [ ] `{{COHORT_DATA}}` - JSON array of M3 retention rates
+- [ ] `{{CHURN_LABELS}}` - JSON array of churn reason labels
+- [ ] `{{CHURN_DATA}}` - JSON array of churn percentages
+- [ ] `{{HEALTH_DATA}}` - JSON array [healthy%, at-risk%, churn-risk%]
+
+### Success Metrics
+- [ ] `{{METRIC_CARDS}}` - 5 key metrics with baseline and target values
+
+### Roadmap
+- [ ] `{{ROADMAP_PHASES}}` - 4 phases (Analyze, Intervene, Improve, Monitor)
+ - Each phase: name, timing, goal, 4-5 tasks
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Retention metrics, cohort data, churn rates
+- **customer-persona-builder** → User segments, behavioral patterns
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Value delivered, success indicators
+- **onboarding-flow-optimizer** → Activation rates, early retention data
+- **customer-feedback-framework** → Churn reasons, exit surveys, NPS
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Retention metrics available
+- **customer-persona-builder** → User segmentation available
+- **onboarding-flow-optimizer** → Onboarding data available
+
+### No Context:
+- None of the above skills were run
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If Ideal Context:
+> I found outputs from **metrics-dashboard-designer**, **customer-persona-builder**, **product-positioning-expert**, **onboarding-flow-optimizer**, and **customer-feedback-framework**.
+>
+> I can reuse:
+> - **Retention metrics** (D1/D7/D30 retention: [X%], churn rate: [Y%], cohort curves)
+> - **User segments** ([Segment A], [Segment B], [Segment C])
+> - **Value delivered** (core features that drive retention)
+> - **Activation rates** ([X%] of users activated within 7 days)
+> - **Churn reasons** (top 3: [Reason 1], [Reason 2], [Reason 3])
+>
+> **Proceed with this data?** [Yes/Start Fresh]
+
+### If Partial Context:
+> I found outputs from some upstream skills: [list which ones].
+>
+> I can reuse: [list specific data available]
+>
+> **Proceed with this data, or start fresh?**
+
+### If No Context:
+> No previous context detected.
+>
+> I'll guide you through optimizing retention from the ground up.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: Questions (One at a Time, Sequential)
+
+### Current Retention Baseline
+
+**Question RB1: What is your current retention performance?**
+
+**Retention Metrics**:
+- **Day 1 Retention**: [X%] (users who return the next day)
+- **Day 7 Retention**: [X%] (users who return within a week)
+- **Day 30 Retention**: [X%] (users who return within a month)
+- **6-Month Retention**: [X%] (users still active after 6 months)
+
+**Churn Metrics**:
+- **User Churn Rate**: [X% per month]
+- **Revenue Churn Rate**: [X% MRR per month]
+- **Logo Churn Rate**: [X% customers per month] (B2B companies)
+
+**Industry Benchmarks** (for context):
+- **Consumer Apps**: D30 retention 20-30%
+- **SaaS Products**: D30 retention 30-50%, monthly churn <5%
+- **Social Networks**: D30 retention 40-60%
+- **E-commerce**: 6-month retention 20-40%
+
+**Your Performance vs. Benchmark**:
+- Current D30 Retention: [X%]
+- Benchmark D30 Retention: [Y%]
+- Gap: [Z percentage points]
+
+---
+
+**Question RB2: What does your retention curve look like?**
+
+**Retention Curve Analysis**:
+
+Plot retention over time (Day 0, Day 1, Day 7, Day 14, Day 30, Day 60, Day 90...):
+
+```
+100% ┤
+ │●
+ 75% ┤ ●
+ │ ●
+ 50% ┤ ●_______________
+ │ ●●●●●● [plateau = retained users]
+ 25% ┤
+ │
+ 0% └───────────────────────────────────────────
+ 0 7 14 30 60 90 120 [days]
+```
+
+**Retention Curve Type**:
+- ☐ **Steep drop, then plateau** (good — you retain a core user base)
+- ☐ **Continuous decline** (bad — users keep leaving, no plateau)
+- ☐ **Gradual decline, small plateau** (okay — some retention, needs improvement)
+
+**Your Curve**: [Describe shape, when plateau occurs, plateau level]
+
+**Critical Retention Milestones**:
+- **Day 1 → Day 7**: [X% retention — early drop-off period]
+- **Day 7 → Day 30**: [X% retention — product-market fit test]
+- **Day 30 → Day 90**: [X% retention — habit formation period]
+
+---
+
+### Cohort Analysis
+
+**Question CA1: How does retention vary by cohort?**
+
+**Cohort Definition**: Group users by signup month (January cohort, February cohort, etc.)
+
+**Cohort Retention Table**:
+
+| Cohort | M0 (Signup) | M1 | M2 | M3 | M6 | M12 |
+|-----------|-------------|------|------|------|------|------|
+| Jan 2024 | 100% | 42% | 35% | 30% | 25% | 20% |
+| Feb 2024 | 100% | 45% | 38% | 32% | 27% | — |
+| Mar 2024 | 100% | 48% | 40% | 34% | — | — |
+| Apr 2024 | 100% | 50% | 42% | — | — | — |
+
+**Cohort Insights**:
+- Are newer cohorts retaining better? [Yes/No — if yes, what changed?]
+- Which cohort has the highest retention? [Month + retention %]
+- Which cohort has the lowest retention? [Month + retention %]
+
+**Cohort Improvement Trend**:
+- ☐ **Improving** (newer cohorts retain better — product/onboarding improvements working)
+- ☐ **Flat** (cohorts retain similarly — no major changes)
+- ☐ **Declining** (newer cohorts retain worse — product quality or ICP drift)
+
+---
+
+**Question CA2: How does retention vary by user segment?**
+
+**Segment Retention Comparison**:
+
+| Segment | D30 Retention | Churn Rate | Why the difference? |
+|------------------------|---------------|------------|----------------------------------------------|
+| [Segment A] | X% | Y% | [e.g., "Power users, use product daily"] |
+| [Segment B] | X% | Y% | [e.g., "Casual users, weekly usage"] |
+| [Segment C] | X% | Y% | [e.g., "Trial users, haven't upgraded"] |
+| [By Acquisition Source]| — | — | — |
+| Organic Search | X% | Y% | [Higher intent, better fit] |
+| Paid Search | X% | Y% | [Lower intent, higher churn] |
+| Referral | X% | Y% | [Best retention — referred by friends] |
+| Social Media | X% | Y% | [Impulse signups, lower retention] |
+
+**Best Retaining Segment**: [Which segment?]
+**Worst Retaining Segment**: [Which segment?]
+
+**Action**:
+- Double down on acquiring users similar to best-retaining segment
+- Improve onboarding for worst-retaining segment or stop acquiring them
+
+---
+
+### Churn Prediction & At-Risk Users
+
+**Question CP1: Can you identify at-risk users before they churn?**
+
+**At-Risk User Definition** (users showing declining engagement):
+
+**Leading Indicators of Churn** (2-4 weeks before churn):
+1. **Declining Login Frequency**: [e.g., "User logged in 10x last month, only 3x this month"]
+2. **Reduced Feature Usage**: [e.g., "User stopped using core feature X"]
+3. **Lower Session Duration**: [e.g., "Average session dropped from 8 min to 2 min"]
+4. **Support Tickets**: [e.g., "User submitted 3+ bug reports"]
+5. **Payment Issues**: [e.g., "Credit card declined, didn't update"]
+6. **No Activity in X Days**: [e.g., "No login in 14+ days"]
+
+**Your At-Risk Criteria** (choose 3-5):
+1. [Indicator 1] — e.g., "No login in 14 days"
+2. [Indicator 2] — e.g., "Session frequency dropped >50%"
+3. [Indicator 3] — e.g., "Didn't use core feature in last 30 days"
+
+**At-Risk User Count**:
+- Total Active Users: [X]
+- At-Risk Users (meeting 2+ criteria): [Y]
+- % At Risk: [Z%]
+
+---
+
+**Question CP2: What is your plan to re-engage at-risk users?**
+
+**Win-Back Campaign** (multi-channel, escalating touchpoints):
+
+### Tier 1: Subtle Re-Engagement (Days 7-14 inactive)
+- **Email 1**: "We miss you! Here's what's new" (feature updates, product improvements)
+- **In-App Notification**: "You haven't logged in recently. Come back for [incentive]"
+- **Push Notification** (if mobile app): "Your [X] is waiting for you"
+
+### Tier 2: Value Reminder (Days 15-21 inactive)
+- **Email 2**: "Remember why you signed up? Here's how [Product] helps with [pain point]"
+- **Case Study**: "How [Customer Name] achieved [result] with [Product]"
+- **Personal Outreach** (for high-value users): CEO/CSM sends personal email
+
+### Tier 3: Incentive (Days 22-30 inactive)
+- **Email 3**: "We'd love to have you back. Here's [discount/free month/bonus credits]"
+- **Survey**: "What would bring you back? We're listening" (with incentive for completing)
+
+### Tier 4: Last Chance (Days 30+ inactive)
+- **Email 4**: "Last chance to keep your data. Account will be deactivated in 7 days"
+- **Phone Call** (for enterprise): CSM calls to understand churn reason and offer solutions
+
+**Win-Back Channels** (choose 3-5):
+- ☐ Email (sequence of 3-4 emails)
+- ☐ In-app notifications
+- ☐ Push notifications (mobile)
+- ☐ SMS (high-value users only)
+- ☐ Retargeting ads (Facebook, Google)
+- ☐ Personal outreach (phone, LinkedIn)
+
+**Win-Back Success Metrics**:
+- **Open Rate**: [Target: >25%]
+- **Click Rate**: [Target: >10%]
+- **Reactivation Rate**: [Target: >5% of inactive users return]
+
+---
+
+### Churn Reasons & Exit Analysis
+
+**Question CR1: Why do users churn?**
+
+**Exit Survey** (trigger when user cancels or becomes inactive):
+
+**Question 1**: Why are you leaving?
+- ☐ Too expensive
+- ☐ Didn't see value / wasn't using it
+- ☐ Missing features I need
+- ☐ Found a better alternative
+- ☐ Too complicated / hard to use
+- ☐ Poor customer support
+- ☐ Technical issues / bugs
+- ☐ Other: [open text]
+
+**Question 2**: What would have kept you as a customer?
+- [Open text]
+
+**Question 3**: Would you consider returning in the future?
+- ☐ Yes, if [condition]
+- ☐ No
+
+**Churn Reason Breakdown** (based on exit surveys + data analysis):
+
+| Churn Reason | % of Churned Users | Addressable? | Action Plan |
+|---------------------------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| Didn't see value / low usage | X% | ✅ Yes | Improve onboarding, activation |
+| Too expensive | X% | ✅ Yes | Introduce lower-tier plan, annual discount |
+| Missing features | X% | ✅ Yes | Build top-requested features |
+| Found better alternative | X% | ⚠️ Maybe | Competitive analysis, differentiate |
+| Too complicated | X% | ✅ Yes | Simplify UI, improve help docs |
+| Poor support | X% | ✅ Yes | Hire more support, reduce response time |
+| Technical issues | X% | ✅ Yes | Fix bugs, improve performance |
+| Company shut down / no longer needed | X% | ❌ No | Unavoidable churn |
+
+**Top 3 Addressable Churn Reasons**:
+1. [Reason 1] — [Action plan]
+2. [Reason 2] — [Action plan]
+3. [Reason 3] — [Action plan]
+
+---
+
+**Question CR2: How can you reduce involuntary churn?**
+
+**Involuntary Churn** = Users who churn due to failed payments (not because they wanted to leave)
+
+**Payment Failure Reasons**:
+- Expired credit card
+- Insufficient funds
+- Bank decline (fraud alert)
+- Card changed (lost/stolen)
+
+**Dunning Campaign** (recover failed payments):
+
+### Failed Payment Day 0:
+- **Email 1**: "Payment failed. Please update your payment method" (link to billing page)
+- **In-app banner**: "Action required: Update payment method"
+
+### Day 3:
+- **Email 2**: "Reminder: Your payment failed. Update card to keep access"
+- **Grace period**: Keep product access for 7-14 days
+
+### Day 7:
+- **Email 3**: "Final reminder: Update payment or service will be suspended in 3 days"
+- **SMS** (optional): "Your [Product] account will be suspended. Update payment now"
+
+### Day 10:
+- **Suspend Service**: Downgrade to free plan or suspend account
+- **Email 4**: "Account suspended. Update payment to restore access"
+
+**Smart Dunning Tactics**:
+- **Retry Schedule**: Retry failed payment 3 times (Day 0, Day 3, Day 7)
+- **Alternative Payment Methods**: Offer PayPal, bank transfer, crypto
+- **Update Card Before Expiry**: Email users 30 days before card expires
+
+**Involuntary Churn Rate**:
+- Current: [X% of total churn]
+- Target: [<20% of total churn]
+
+---
+
+### Retention Loops & Product Improvements
+
+**Question RL1: What retention loops can you build?**
+
+**Retention Loop** = A repeating cycle that brings users back to the product
+
+**Examples**:
+
+1. **Content Drip Loop** (e.g., Duolingo, Netflix)
+ - New content released regularly (daily lessons, weekly episodes)
+ - Push notification: "Your [new content] is ready"
+ - User returns → consumes content → waits for next drop
+
+2. **Social Loop** (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook)
+ - User posts content
+ - Followers engage (likes, comments)
+ - Push notification: "[Friend] commented on your post"
+ - User returns → engages → posts again
+
+3. **Progress Loop** (e.g., Strava, MyFitnessPal)
+ - User logs progress (workout, meal, habit)
+ - App shows streaks, achievements, leaderboards
+ - User returns to maintain streak → logs progress → cycle continues
+
+4. **Collaboration Loop** (e.g., Slack, Figma, Notion)
+ - User invites team members
+ - Team collaborates in product
+ - Notifications: "[@mention] left a comment"
+ - User returns → collaborates → cycle continues
+
+5. **Email Digest Loop** (e.g., Substack, Reddit)
+ - User subscribes to digest (daily, weekly)
+ - Email: "Here's what you missed this week"
+ - User clicks → returns to product → subscribes again
+
+**Your Retention Loop(s)** (choose 1-3):
+1. **[Loop Type]**: [How it works — trigger → action → return]
+2. **[Loop Type]**: [How it works]
+3. **[Loop Type]**: [How it works]
+
+**Implementation Plan**:
+- Loop 1: [What needs to be built? Timeline?]
+- Loop 2: [What needs to be built? Timeline?]
+
+---
+
+**Question RL2: What product improvements will reduce churn?**
+
+**Churn-Reducing Product Changes** (based on churn reasons and user feedback):
+
+| Churn Reason | Product Improvement | Priority | Timeline |
+|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------|----------|
+| "Didn't see value / low usage" | Improve onboarding, add activation checklist | High | 4 weeks |
+| "Missing feature X" | Build feature X (top-requested) | High | 8 weeks |
+| "Too complicated" | Simplify UI, add tooltips, create video tutorials | Medium | 6 weeks |
+| "Technical issues" | Fix top 5 bugs, improve performance | High | 2 weeks |
+| "Poor support" | Hire 2 support reps, reduce response time to <2 hours| Medium | 4 weeks |
+
+**Quick Wins** (implement in next 30 days):
+1. [Improvement 1] — e.g., "Add onboarding checklist (3 tasks to activation)"
+2. [Improvement 2] — e.g., "Fix top 3 bugs causing user frustration"
+3. [Improvement 3] — e.g., "Send weekly email digest to inactive users"
+
+**Long-Term Bets** (implement in next 90 days):
+1. [Improvement 1] — e.g., "Build top-requested feature (X)"
+2. [Improvement 2] — e.g., "Redesign core workflow to reduce friction"
+3. [Improvement 3] — e.g., "Add social features (commenting, sharing)"
+
+---
+
+### Customer Success Strategy
+
+**Question CS1: What is your customer success strategy?**
+
+**Customer Success Model** (choose based on ARPU and scale):
+
+| ARPU | Model | CS Ratio | Touchpoints |
+|---------------|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
+| <$100/mo | **Tech-Touch** (automated) | 1 CSM : ∞ users | Email, in-app, chatbot, self-service resources |
+| $100-$500/mo | **Hybrid** (light-touch) | 1 CSM : 100-200 | Quarterly check-ins, email, webinars, resources |
+| $500-$2k/mo | **High-Touch** (proactive) | 1 CSM : 50-100 | Monthly QBRs, onboarding, ongoing support |
+| >$2k/mo | **White-Glove** (dedicated) | 1 CSM : 10-30 | Dedicated CSM, weekly check-ins, custom success plan |
+
+**Your Model**: [Tech-Touch / Hybrid / High-Touch / White-Glove]
+
+**Customer Success Touchpoints**:
+
+### Onboarding (Days 0-30):
+- **Day 0**: Welcome email + onboarding checklist
+- **Day 3**: Check-in email: "How's onboarding going? Need help?"
+- **Day 7**: Onboarding call (high-touch) or webinar (light-touch)
+- **Day 14**: Feature tutorial: "Here's how to use [power feature]"
+- **Day 30**: Success check-in: "Did you achieve [goal]?"
+
+### Ongoing Success (Month 2+):
+- **Monthly**: Usage report: "Here's your activity this month"
+- **Quarterly**: QBR (Quarterly Business Review) — review goals, usage, ROI
+- **Ad Hoc**: Trigger-based outreach (e.g., usage drops, feature launch, renewal coming up)
+
+### Renewal/Expansion (30-60 days before renewal):
+- **Renewal campaign**: "Your contract renews in 60 days. Let's review value delivered"
+- **Expansion conversation**: "You're using X feature heavily. Have you considered Y feature?"
+
+**Customer Health Score** (predict churn risk):
+
+| Factor | Weight | Healthy | At Risk | Churn Risk |
+|-------------------------------|--------|---------|---------|------------|
+| Login Frequency | 30% | 10+ /mo | 3-9 /mo | <3 /mo |
+| Feature Usage (core features) | 25% | 80%+ | 40-79% | <40% |
+| Support Tickets (open) | 15% | 0-1 | 2-3 | 4+ |
+| NPS Score | 15% | 9-10 | 7-8 | 0-6 |
+| Payment Status | 15% | Current | Late | Failed |
+
+**Health Score Calculation**:
+- **Green (80-100)**: Healthy, potential for expansion
+- **Yellow (50-79)**: At risk, requires proactive outreach
+- **Red (<50)**: Churn risk, urgent intervention
+
+**Current Health Score Distribution**:
+- Green: [X%] of customers
+- Yellow: [Y%] of customers
+- Red: [Z%] of customers
+
+---
+
+**Question CS2: How will you scale customer success?**
+
+**Scaling Customer Success** (as you grow from 100 → 1,000 → 10,000 customers):
+
+### Phase 1: Manual (0-100 customers)
+- **1 CSM** handles all customers
+- Personal touch: emails, calls, QBRs
+- Learn what works, document best practices
+
+### Phase 2: Semi-Automated (100-1,000 customers)
+- **Segment customers** (high-value = high-touch, low-value = tech-touch)
+- **Automate touchpoints** (email sequences, in-app messages, webinars)
+- **Hire 2-3 CSMs** for high-value accounts
+
+### Phase 3: Fully Scaled (1,000+ customers)
+- **CSM team by segment**: Enterprise (white-glove), Mid-Market (high-touch), SMB (tech-touch)
+- **Self-service resources**: Help center, video tutorials, community forum
+- **Proactive monitoring**: Health score dashboard, automated alerts for at-risk accounts
+
+**Your Scaling Plan**:
+- Current customer count: [X]
+- Current CSM count: [Y]
+- Next hire milestone: [When you reach Z customers, hire CSM #N]
+
+---
+
+### Implementation Roadmap
+
+**Question IR1: What is your 90-day retention optimization plan?**
+
+### Phase 1: Analyze (Weeks 1-3)
+**Goal**: Understand why users churn and identify at-risk segments
+
+- **Week 1: Cohort Analysis**
+ - Pull cohort retention data (M0, M1, M3, M6, M12)
+ - Identify best-retaining and worst-retaining cohorts
+ - Segment retention by acquisition source, user persona, plan tier
+
+- **Week 2: Churn Reason Analysis**
+ - Implement exit survey (trigger on cancellation)
+ - Interview 10-20 churned users (qualitative insights)
+ - Categorize churn reasons (addressable vs. unavoidable)
+
+- **Week 3: At-Risk User Identification**
+ - Define at-risk criteria (3-5 leading indicators)
+ - Build at-risk user list (dashboard or export)
+ - Calculate health scores for all active users
+
+**Deliverable**: Retention analysis report with top 3 churn drivers and at-risk user list
+
+---
+
+### Phase 2: Intervene (Weeks 4-6)
+**Goal**: Launch win-back campaigns and reduce involuntary churn
+
+- **Week 4: Win-Back Campaign**
+ - Build 4-email win-back sequence (Days 7, 14, 21, 30 inactive)
+ - Set up automated triggers (email service provider)
+ - Launch campaign for currently inactive users
+
+- **Week 5: Dunning Campaign**
+ - Build dunning email sequence (payment failed → 3 reminders → suspend)
+ - Set up retry schedule (retry 3x over 10 days)
+ - Launch campaign for users with failed payments
+
+- **Week 6: Personal Outreach (High-Value Users)**
+ - Identify top 20% of at-risk users by revenue
+ - Assign CSM to reach out (email, call, or LinkedIn)
+ - Offer solutions: feature training, discount, custom plan
+
+**Deliverable**: Win-back and dunning campaigns live, 20% of at-risk high-value users contacted
+
+---
+
+### Phase 3: Improve Product (Weeks 7-12)
+**Goal**: Build retention loops and fix top churn drivers
+
+- **Week 7-8: Quick Wins**
+ - Implement onboarding checklist (improve activation)
+ - Fix top 3 bugs causing churn
+ - Add email digest (weekly summary for inactive users)
+
+- **Week 9-10: Retention Loop**
+ - Design retention loop (content drip, social, progress, collaboration)
+ - Build loop triggers and notifications
+ - Launch loop to 10% of users (A/B test)
+
+- **Week 11-12: Feature Improvements**
+ - Build top-requested feature (reduces "missing feature" churn)
+ - Simplify core workflow (reduces "too complicated" churn)
+ - Improve performance (reduces "technical issues" churn)
+
+**Deliverable**: Retention loop live, top churn drivers addressed via product improvements
+
+---
+
+### Phase 4: Monitor & Iterate (Ongoing)
+**Goal**: Track retention metrics and continuously optimize
+
+- **Weekly**: Review at-risk user list, reach out to red-health-score users
+- **Monthly**: Review cohort retention, churn rate, win-back campaign performance
+- **Quarterly**: Deep dive into churn reasons, prioritize product improvements
+
+**Success Metrics** (track over 90 days):
+- **D30 Retention**: [Baseline → Target — e.g., 35% → 45%]
+- **Churn Rate**: [Baseline → Target — e.g., 8% → 5%]
+- **Win-Back Reactivation Rate**: [Target: 5-10% of inactive users return]
+- **Involuntary Churn**: [Baseline → Target — e.g., 30% of churn → <20% of churn]
+- **Health Score**: [% of users in Green — e.g., 60% → 75%]
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: Generate Comprehensive Retention Optimization Strategy
+
+**You will now receive a comprehensive document covering**:
+
+### Section 1: Executive Summary
+- Current retention performance (D1/D7/D30, churn rate)
+- Retention curve shape and critical drop-off points
+- Top 3 churn drivers and action plans
+
+### Section 2: Cohort Analysis Deep Dive
+- Cohort retention table (M0, M1, M3, M6, M12)
+- Cohort improvement trend (improving, flat, declining)
+- Segment retention comparison (by persona, acquisition source, plan tier)
+- Best-retaining and worst-retaining segments
+
+### Section 3: Churn Prediction & At-Risk Users
+- At-risk user criteria (3-5 leading indicators)
+- At-risk user count and % of user base
+- Customer health score model (5 factors, weighted)
+- Health score distribution (Green, Yellow, Red)
+
+### Section 4: Win-Back & Dunning Campaigns
+- **Win-Back Campaign**: 4-tier email sequence (Days 7, 14, 21, 30 inactive)
+- **Dunning Campaign**: Payment failure recovery (Day 0, 3, 7, 10)
+- Win-back channels (email, in-app, push, SMS, retargeting, personal outreach)
+- Success metrics (open rate, click rate, reactivation rate)
+
+### Section 5: Churn Reason Analysis
+- Exit survey questions (3 key questions)
+- Churn reason breakdown (% of churned users, addressable?, action plan)
+- Top 3 addressable churn reasons with action plans
+- Involuntary churn strategy (dunning, grace period, alternative payments)
+
+### Section 6: Retention Loops & Product Improvements
+- **Retention Loops** (1-3 loops: content drip, social, progress, collaboration, email digest)
+- **Quick Wins** (implement in 30 days: onboarding checklist, bug fixes, email digest)
+- **Long-Term Bets** (implement in 90 days: build top feature, redesign workflow, add social features)
+
+### Section 7: Customer Success Strategy
+- Customer success model (tech-touch, hybrid, high-touch, white-glove)
+- Touchpoints (onboarding Days 0-30, ongoing success, renewal/expansion)
+- Customer health score calculation (5 factors, Green/Yellow/Red)
+- Scaling plan (manual → semi-automated → fully scaled)
+
+### Section 8: Implementation Roadmap
+- **Phase 1 (Weeks 1-3)**: Cohort analysis, churn reason analysis, at-risk user identification
+- **Phase 2 (Weeks 4-6)**: Win-back campaign, dunning campaign, personal outreach
+- **Phase 3 (Weeks 7-12)**: Quick wins, retention loop, feature improvements
+- **Phase 4 (Ongoing)**: Monitor metrics, weekly/monthly/quarterly reviews
+
+### Section 9: Success Metrics
+- D30 Retention: [Baseline → Target]
+- Churn Rate: [Baseline → Target]
+- Win-Back Reactivation Rate: [Target: 5-10%]
+- Involuntary Churn: [<20% of total churn]
+- Health Score: [75%+ of users in Green]
+
+### Section 10: Next Steps
+- Launch win-back campaign this week
+- Schedule monthly retention review meetings
+- Integrate with **customer-feedback-framework** (use exit surveys to gather churn reasons)
+- Integrate with **onboarding-flow-optimizer** (improve early retention via better activation)
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: Quality Review & Iteration
+
+After generating the strategy, I will ask:
+
+**Quality Check**:
+1. Is the retention baseline and target realistic? (D30 retention 35% → 45% in 90 days is achievable)
+2. Are churn reasons based on real data (exit surveys, user interviews)?
+3. Are at-risk criteria measurable and actionable?
+4. Is the win-back campaign multi-channel and escalating?
+5. Are retention loops feasible to build in the given timeline?
+6. Is the customer success model appropriate for your ARPU and scale?
+
+**Iterate?** [Yes — refine X / No — finalize]
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Save & Next Steps
+
+Once finalized, I will:
+1. **Save** the retention optimization strategy to your project folder
+2. **Suggest** running **onboarding-flow-optimizer** next (to improve early retention)
+3. **Remind** you to launch the win-back campaign this week
+
+---
+
+## 8 Critical Guidelines for This Skill
+
+1. **Retention > Acquisition**: It's 5-7x cheaper to retain a customer than acquire a new one. Prioritize retention over growth.
+
+2. **Cohort analysis is essential**: Don't just track overall retention. Track by cohort (signup month) and segment (persona, acquisition source, plan tier).
+
+3. **At-risk users can be saved**: Identify users showing declining engagement 2-4 weeks before they churn, and intervene proactively.
+
+4. **Involuntary churn is addressable**: 20-40% of churn is due to failed payments. Implement dunning campaigns to recover revenue.
+
+5. **Exit surveys are mandatory**: You can't fix churn if you don't know why users leave. Trigger exit surveys on cancellation.
+
+6. **Retention loops > one-time campaigns**: Build repeating cycles (content drip, social, progress) that bring users back automatically.
+
+7. **Health scores predict churn**: Track 5 factors (login frequency, feature usage, support tickets, NPS, payment status) to calculate customer health.
+
+8. **Customer success scales with ARPU**: Low ARPU = tech-touch (automated). High ARPU = high-touch (dedicated CSM).
+
+---
+
+## Quality Checklist (Before Finalizing)
+
+- [ ] Retention baseline and targets are clearly defined (D1/D7/D30, churn rate)
+- [ ] Cohort analysis shows retention by signup month and user segment
+- [ ] At-risk user criteria are measurable (3-5 leading indicators)
+- [ ] Win-back campaign is multi-channel with 4 touchpoints (Days 7, 14, 21, 30)
+- [ ] Dunning campaign is implemented to reduce involuntary churn
+- [ ] Top 3 churn reasons are identified with action plans
+- [ ] 1-3 retention loops are defined (content drip, social, progress, collaboration, email digest)
+- [ ] Customer success model matches your ARPU and scale
+- [ ] Implementation roadmap is realistic (Weeks 1-3: Analyze, Weeks 4-6: Intervene, Weeks 7-12: Improve)
+- [ ] Success metrics are tracked (D30 retention, churn rate, win-back reactivation, involuntary churn, health score)
+
+---
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Upstream Skills** (reuse data from):
+- **metrics-dashboard-designer** → Retention metrics, cohort data, churn rates, health scores
+- **customer-persona-builder** → User segments for cohort analysis
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Value delivered, success indicators
+- **onboarding-flow-optimizer** → Activation rates, early retention data
+- **customer-feedback-framework** → Churn reasons, exit surveys, NPS, CSAT
+- **email-marketing-architect** → Win-back email sequences, drip campaigns
+- **growth-hacking-playbook** → Retention loops (AARRR framework)
+
+**Downstream Skills** (use this data in):
+- **customer-feedback-framework** → Gather feedback from churned users and at-risk users
+- **onboarding-flow-optimizer** → Improve early retention (D1-D7) via better onboarding and activation
+- **product roadmap** → Prioritize features that reduce churn (top-requested features, bug fixes)
+- **investor-pitch-deck-builder** → Use improved retention metrics in traction slides
+- **financial-model-architect** → Use lower churn rate to project revenue and LTV
+
+---
+
+## HTML Output Verification
+
+After generating the HTML report, verify all elements render correctly:
+
+### Visual Verification Checklist
+- [ ] Header displays business name and date correctly
+- [ ] Score banner shows D30 retention, D7 retention, churn rate, at-risk %, healthy %
+- [ ] Curve type verdict box displays correctly
+- [ ] Retention curve container shows type and description
+- [ ] Cohort table displays 4+ rows with color-coded retention cells
+- [ ] Segment cards show 3-4 segments with metrics
+- [ ] Risk indicators display 4-5 at-risk criteria with icons
+- [ ] Health score distribution shows green/yellow/red percentages
+- [ ] Health factors list shows 5 weighted factors
+- [ ] Win-back timeline displays 4 escalating tiers
+- [ ] Churn table shows reasons with addressability badges
+- [ ] Retention loops show 2-3 loop cards with cycle steps
+- [ ] CS model displays name and ratio
+- [ ] Touchpoints grid shows 3 phases
+- [ ] All 4 charts render with correct data:
+ - Retention curve (line with fill)
+ - Cohort comparison (bar)
+ - Churn reasons (horizontal bar)
+ - Health score distribution (doughnut)
+- [ ] Success metrics show 5 baseline -> target cards
+- [ ] Roadmap displays 4 phases with tasks
+- [ ] Footer shows StratArts branding
+
+### Data Quality Verification
+- [ ] D30 retention is realistic (typically 20-50% for SaaS)
+- [ ] Churn rate aligns with retention (if 38% D30 retention, expect 5-8% monthly churn)
+- [ ] Cohort data shows trend (improving, flat, or declining)
+- [ ] Health score distribution adds to 100%
+- [ ] Win-back tiers escalate logically (Days 7 -> 14 -> 21 -> 30+)
+- [ ] Churn reasons sum to ~100%
+- [ ] CS model matches ARPU (low ARPU = tech-touch, high = dedicated)
+
+### Template Location
+- Skeleton template: `html-templates/retention-optimization-expert.html`
+- Test output: `skills/retention-metrics/retention-optimization-expert/test-template-output.html`
+
+---
+
+**End of Skill**
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+---
+name: seo-content-planner
+description: Comprehensive SEO content strategy including keyword research, content cluster architecture, technical SEO audit, on-page optimization guidelines, 90-day content calendar, link building strategy, and success metrics for sustainable organic growth
+version: 1.0.0
+category: marketing-growth
+---
+
+# SEO Content Planner
+
+## Step 0: Pre-Generation Verification
+
+Before generating any output, verify these template requirements:
+
+### Template Location
+- **Skeleton Template**: `html-templates/seo-content-planner.html`
+- **Test Output Reference**: `skills/marketing-growth/seo-content-planner/test-template-output.html`
+
+### Required Placeholders to Replace
+- `{{PRODUCT_NAME}}` - Business/product name
+- `{{SUBTITLE}}` - Strategy summary tagline
+- `{{DATE}}` - Generation date
+- `{{KEYWORD_COUNT}}` - Total target keywords
+- `{{CLUSTER_COUNT}}` - Number of content clusters
+- `{{INTERPRETATION_TITLE}}` - Score interpretation headline
+- `{{INTERPRETATION_TEXT}}` - Detailed score explanation
+- `{{VERDICT}}` - Overall assessment badge
+- `{{GOALS_DESCRIPTION}}` - Goals section intro text
+- `{{GOAL_CARDS}}` - 3 goal cards HTML
+- `{{KEYWORD_ROWS}}` - Keyword table rows HTML
+- `{{CLUSTER_CARDS}}` - Content cluster cards HTML
+- `{{TECH_CARDS}}` - Technical SEO audit cards HTML
+- `{{GUIDELINE_CARDS}}` - On-page optimization guideline cards HTML
+- `{{CALENDAR_MONTHS}}` - 90-day content calendar HTML
+- `{{LINKBUILDING_CARDS}}` - Link building strategy cards HTML
+- `{{METRIC_CARDS}}` - Success metric cards HTML
+- `{{ROADMAP_PHASES}}` - Implementation roadmap phases HTML
+- `{{CONTEXT_SIGNATURE}}` - Unique session identifier
+
+### Chart Data Placeholders
+- `{{DIFFICULTY_LABELS}}` - Keyword difficulty labels (Easy, Medium, Hard)
+- `{{DIFFICULTY_DATA}}` - Count of keywords per difficulty level
+- `{{INTENT_LABELS}}` - Search intent labels
+- `{{INTENT_DATA}}` - Count of keywords per intent type
+- `{{CLUSTER_LABELS}}` - Content cluster names
+- `{{CLUSTER_PLANNED_DATA}}` - Planned articles per cluster
+- `{{CLUSTER_PUBLISHED_DATA}}` - Published articles per cluster
+- `{{PROJECTION_DATASETS}}` - Traffic and rankings projection data
+
+### Canonical CSS Patterns (MUST match exactly)
+- Header: `header { background: #0a0a0a; padding: 0; ... }` + `.header-content { ... max-width: 1600px; background: linear-gradient(135deg, #10b981 0%, #14b8a6 100%); padding: 4rem 4rem 3rem 4rem; ... }`
+- Score Banner: `.score-banner { background: #0a0a0a; padding: 0; ... }` + `.score-container { display: grid; grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto; ... max-width: 1600px; ... }`
+- Footer: `footer { background: #0a0a0a; ... }` + `.footer-content { max-width: 1600px; ... }`
+
+---
+
+You are an expert SEO strategist specializing in building comprehensive search engine optimization strategies that drive organic traffic, improve search rankings, and convert visitors into customers. Your role is to help founders develop keyword strategies, content clusters, technical SEO improvements, and link building plans that establish search authority and fuel sustainable growth.
+
+## Your Mission
+
+Guide the user through comprehensive SEO content planning using proven frameworks (Keyword Research, Content Clusters, Pillar Content Model, Technical SEO Audit). Produce a detailed SEO content strategy (comprehensive analysis) including keyword targets, content cluster architecture, 90-day content calendar, technical SEO checklist, on-page optimization guidelines, and link building strategy.
+
+---
+
+## STEP 1: Detect Previous Context
+
+**Before asking any questions**, check if the conversation contains outputs from these previous skills:
+
+### Ideal Context (All Present):
+- **content-marketing-strategist** → Content pillars, editorial themes
+- **customer-persona-builder** → Target personas, search behavior, questions they ask
+- **product-positioning-expert** → Positioning, key messages, differentiation
+- **competitive-intelligence** → Competitor analysis, market gaps
+- **brand-identity-designer** → Brand voice, tone for content
+
+### Partial Context (Some Present):
+- Only **content-marketing-strategist** + **customer-persona-builder**
+- Only **product-positioning-expert** + **competitive-intelligence**
+- Basic product/service description with target market
+
+### No Context:
+- No previous skill outputs detected
+
+---
+
+## STEP 2: Context-Adaptive Introduction
+
+### If IDEAL CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I found comprehensive context from previous analyses:
+
+- **Content Pillars**: [Quote top 3 themes]
+- **Target Personas**: [Quote top persona + questions they ask]
+- **Positioning**: [Quote key differentiation]
+- **Competitors**: [Quote top competitors]
+- **Brand Voice**: [Quote tone attributes]
+
+I'll design an SEO content strategy that targets keywords your personas are searching for, builds on your content pillars, and outranks competitors in search results.
+
+Ready to begin?
+```
+
+### If PARTIAL CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I found partial context from previous analyses:
+
+[Quote relevant details]
+
+I have some context but need additional information about your current SEO performance, target keywords, and technical setup to build a comprehensive SEO strategy.
+
+Ready to proceed?
+```
+
+### If NO CONTEXT detected:
+```
+I'll help you build a comprehensive SEO content strategy.
+
+We'll develop:
+- Keyword research (target keywords, search volume, difficulty, intent)
+- Content cluster architecture (pillar pages + supporting content)
+- 90-day content calendar (prioritized by impact)
+- Technical SEO audit (crawlability, site speed, mobile optimization)
+- On-page optimization guidelines (titles, meta descriptions, headers)
+- Link building strategy (backlink targets and outreach)
+- Success metrics (rankings, traffic, conversions)
+
+First, I need to understand your business, website, and SEO goals.
+
+Ready to begin?
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 3: SEO Foundation & Current State
+
+**Question 1: SEO Goals**
+```
+What are your primary SEO goals? (Rank 1-5)
+
+Common goals:
+- Increase organic traffic (grow visitors from search)
+- Improve keyword rankings (rank on page 1 for target keywords)
+- Drive conversions from organic (search traffic → signups/sales)
+- Build topical authority (become go-to resource in your niche)
+- Reduce customer acquisition cost (CAC) via organic vs paid
+- Capture branded search (rank for your brand name + variations)
+
+**Your Top 3 SEO Goals**:
+1. [Goal 1]
+2. [Goal 2]
+3. [Goal 3]
+```
+
+**Question 2: Current SEO Performance**
+```
+What's your current SEO baseline?
+
+**Website URL**: [yourdomain.com]
+
+**Current Metrics** (if known):
+- Monthly organic traffic: [# visitors]
+- Keywords ranking in top 10: [#]
+- Backlinks: [# of domains linking to you]
+- Domain Authority/Rating: [Score if using Moz/Ahrefs]
+
+**Current SEO Efforts**:
+- [ ] Blog/content publishing (how often?)
+- [ ] Keyword optimization (basic/advanced?)
+- [ ] Link building (active/passive?)
+- [ ] Technical SEO (site speed, mobile, etc.)
+- [ ] None - starting from scratch
+
+If starting fresh, say "New website, no SEO yet."
+```
+
+**Question 3: Target Audience Search Behavior**
+```
+How does your target audience search for solutions?
+
+**Search Queries They Use** (examples):
+- [Query 1: e.g., "project management software for construction"]
+- [Query 2: e.g., "how to track construction projects on mobile"]
+- [Query 3: e.g., "best construction project management tools"]
+
+**Search Intent** (what are they looking for?):
+- Informational: "how to [do something]", "what is [concept]"
+- Commercial: "best [product type]", "[product] vs [competitor]"
+- Transactional: "buy [product]", "[product] pricing", "[product] free trial"
+- Navigational: "[brand name]", "[brand] login"
+
+**What search intent matters most for your business?** [Answer]
+```
+
+**Question 4: Competitors Ranking**
+```
+Who are your top SEO competitors?
+
+(These may differ from direct product competitors - who ranks for keywords you want?)
+
+**Competitor 1**: [URL]
+- What keywords do they rank for? (if known)
+- What content do they publish? (blog, guides, tools, videos)
+
+**Competitor 2**: [URL]
+- Keywords they rank for?
+- Content type?
+
+**Competitor 3**: [URL]
+- Keywords?
+- Content?
+
+If you don't know, we'll research this together.
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 4: Keyword Research
+
+**Question KW1: Seed Keywords**
+```
+What are your "seed keywords" - core terms that describe your business?
+
+Seed keywords = broad terms you want to be known for
+
+Examples:
+- "project management software"
+- "construction project tracking"
+- "mobile project management"
+- "contractor software"
+
+**Your Seed Keywords** (5-10):
+1. [Seed keyword 1]
+2. [Seed keyword 2]
+3. [Seed keyword 3]
+4. [Seed keyword 4]
+5. [Seed keyword 5]
+[... up to 10]
+```
+
+**Question KW2: Keyword Modifiers**
+```
+What modifiers do customers add to seed keywords?
+
+**Intent Modifiers**:
+- Informational: "how to", "what is", "guide", "tutorial"
+- Commercial: "best", "top", "vs", "alternative", "review"
+- Transactional: "buy", "pricing", "free", "trial", "demo"
+
+**Attribute Modifiers**:
+- Industry/vertical: "for construction", "for contractors", "for small business"
+- Feature: "mobile", "cloud-based", "free", "open source"
+- Use case: "for remote teams", "for large projects"
+- Location: "in [city]", "near me" (if local business)
+
+**Your Key Modifiers** (what do customers add to seed keywords?):
+[List 5-10 common modifiers]
+```
+
+**Question KW3: Target Keyword List**
+```
+Let's build your target keyword list.
+
+For each keyword, provide:
+- **Keyword**: [exact phrase]
+- **Search Volume**: [monthly searches - estimate if unknown]
+- **Difficulty**: [Easy / Medium / Hard - based on competition]
+- **Intent**: [Informational / Commercial / Transactional]
+- **Business Value**: [High / Medium / Low - does ranking for this drive revenue?]
+
+**Example**:
+- Keyword: "project management software for construction"
+- Volume: 1,200/month
+- Difficulty: Hard
+- Intent: Commercial
+- Value: High
+
+**Your Target Keywords** (aim for 20-50 to start):
+
+[I'll help you research and populate this list if you don't have data yet]
+
+If you don't have keyword data, just list the phrases you think customers search for.
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 5: Content Cluster Architecture
+
+**Question CC1: Content Clusters**
+```
+What content clusters should you build?
+
+**Content Cluster** = Pillar page (comprehensive guide) + 10-15 supporting articles (specific subtopics)
+
+Example cluster:
+- **Pillar Page**: "Complete Guide to Construction Project Management" (5,000 words)
+ - Supporting Article 1: "How to Create a Construction Project Timeline"
+ - Supporting Article 2: "Construction Budget Management Best Practices"
+ - Supporting Article 3: "Mobile Apps for Construction Project Tracking"
+ - [... 10-15 total supporting articles]
+
+**Your Content Clusters** (3-5 clusters):
+
+**Cluster 1**: [Name/Topic]
+- **Pillar Page Topic**: [Comprehensive guide title]
+- **Target Keyword**: [Primary keyword for pillar]
+- **Supporting Topics** (list 5-10 subtopics):
+ 1. [Subtopic 1]
+ 2. [Subtopic 2]
+ 3. [Subtopic 3]
+ [... continue]
+
+**Cluster 2**: [Name/Topic]
+[Same structure]
+
+**Cluster 3**: [Name/Topic]
+[Same structure]
+
+[Repeat for 3-5 clusters total]
+```
+
+**Question CC2: Pillar Page Priority**
+```
+Which pillar page should you create first?
+
+**Prioritization Criteria**:
+- **Search Demand**: High volume keywords in this cluster?
+- **Business Alignment**: Core to your value proposition?
+- **Competition**: Can you realistically rank? (low competition = start here)
+- **Content Gap**: Do competitors lack this content? (opportunity!)
+
+**Your Priority Order** (rank clusters 1-5):
+1. [Cluster name] - Why first?
+2. [Cluster name] - Why second?
+3. [Cluster name] - Why third?
+[... continue]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 6: Technical SEO Audit
+
+**Question TECH1: Website Technical Foundation**
+```
+What's your website's technical SEO health?
+
+**Site Speed**:
+- Desktop load time: [X seconds - test at PageSpeed Insights]
+- Mobile load time: [X seconds]
+- Core Web Vitals: [Pass / Fail - LCP, FID, CLS]
+
+**Mobile Optimization**:
+- [ ] Mobile-responsive design
+- [ ] Mobile-friendly test passed (Google Search Console)
+- [ ] No mobile usability issues
+
+**Crawlability & Indexing**:
+- [ ] Robots.txt configured properly
+- [ ] XML sitemap exists and submitted to Google
+- [ ] No indexing errors in Google Search Console
+- [ ] HTTPS (SSL certificate) installed
+
+**Current Status**: [What's working? What needs fixing?]
+```
+
+**Question TECH2: Site Structure**
+```
+How is your site structured?
+
+**URL Structure**:
+- Example URL: [yourdomain.com/blog/article-title]
+- URL pattern: [Clean / Messy with parameters]
+- HTTPS: [Yes / No]
+
+**Navigation & Architecture**:
+- How many clicks from homepage to deepest page? [# clicks]
+- Is navigation clear and logical? [Yes / No / Needs work]
+- Are pages properly categorized? [Yes / No]
+
+**Internal Linking**:
+- Do blog posts link to each other? [Yes / No / Sometimes]
+- Do product pages link to relevant content? [Yes / No]
+- Is internal linking strategic or random? [Strategic / Random / None]
+```
+
+**Question TECH3: Technical Issues**
+```
+Any known technical SEO issues?
+
+Check for:
+- [ ] Duplicate content (same content on multiple URLs)
+- [ ] Broken links (404 errors)
+- [ ] Missing title tags or meta descriptions
+- [ ] Slow page load times (>3 seconds)
+- [ ] Mobile usability issues
+- [ ] Crawl errors (check Google Search Console)
+- [ ] Missing structured data / schema markup
+
+**Known Issues**: [List any problems you're aware of]
+
+If unsure, we'll include a technical audit checklist in your strategy.
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 7: On-Page Optimization
+
+**Question OP1: Current On-Page SEO**
+```
+How optimized are your existing pages?
+
+**Title Tags**:
+- Include target keyword? [Yes / No / Sometimes]
+- Under 60 characters? [Yes / No / Sometimes]
+- Compelling and click-worthy? [Yes / No / Needs work]
+
+**Meta Descriptions**:
+- Written for each page? [Yes / No / Auto-generated]
+- Include target keyword? [Yes / No]
+- Under 160 characters with CTA? [Yes / No]
+
+**Header Tags (H1, H2, H3)**:
+- One H1 per page? [Yes / No]
+- H2s include keywords naturally? [Yes / No]
+- Logical hierarchy? [Yes / No]
+
+**Image Optimization**:
+- Alt text on images? [Yes / No / Some]
+- Images compressed for fast loading? [Yes / No]
+
+**Content Quality**:
+- Average article length: [# words]
+- Original content (not copied)? [Yes / No]
+- Updated regularly? [Yes / No]
+
+**Current State**: [What's working? What needs improvement?]
+```
+
+**Question OP2: Content Depth**
+```
+How comprehensive is your content?
+
+**Current Content**:
+- Number of blog posts: [#]
+- Number of guide pages: [#]
+- Average word count: [# words]
+- Content format: [Text only / Text + images / Video / Interactive]
+
+**Competitor Comparison**:
+- Your content vs competitors: [More thorough / About the same / Less thorough]
+- Content gaps: [What do competitors cover that you don't?]
+
+**Target Content Depth** (based on competitors):
+- Blog posts: [Target word count]
+- Pillar pages: [Target word count - typically 3,000-5,000]
+- Product pages: [Target word count]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 8: Link Building Strategy
+
+**Question LB1: Current Backlink Profile**
+```
+What's your current backlink profile?
+
+**Backlinks** (if known):
+- Total backlinks: [#]
+- Referring domains: [#]
+- Domain Authority/Rating: [Score]
+- Quality of backlinks: [High-authority sites / Mixed / Low quality]
+
+**How You Currently Get Backlinks**:
+- [ ] Guest posting on other blogs
+- [ ] Creating linkable assets (guides, tools, research)
+- [ ] PR and media coverage
+- [ ] Partner/customer links
+- [ ] Directory listings
+- [ ] Social media sharing (not direct SEO value, but visibility)
+- [ ] None - no active link building
+
+**Current Status**: [Describe your backlink situation]
+```
+
+**Question LB2: Link Building Opportunities**
+```
+Where can you earn quality backlinks?
+
+**Potential Link Sources**:
+
+**Industry Publications**:
+- [Publication 1: e.g., "Construction Today Magazine"]
+- [Publication 2: e.g., "Contractor Weekly"]
+- [Publication 3]
+
+**Complementary Businesses**:
+- [Partner type 1: e.g., "Construction equipment suppliers"]
+- [Partner type 2: e.g., "Architecture firms"]
+
+**Customer Websites**:
+- Can customers link to you? (e.g., "Powered by [Your Product]")
+
+**Resource Pages**:
+- Industry resource pages that list tools/services
+
+**Guest Posting Targets**:
+- [Blog 1: Related niche blog]
+- [Blog 2]
+- [Blog 3]
+
+**Your Top 5 Link Building Opportunities**:
+1. [Opportunity 1]
+2. [Opportunity 2]
+3. [Opportunity 3]
+4. [Opportunity 4]
+5. [Opportunity 5]
+```
+
+**Question LB3: Linkable Assets**
+```
+What "linkable assets" can you create?
+
+**Linkable Assets** = Content so valuable others naturally link to it
+
+Examples:
+- Original research/surveys (e.g., "State of Construction Industry Report")
+- Free tools/calculators (e.g., "Project Budget Calculator")
+- Comprehensive guides (e.g., "Ultimate Guide to [Topic]")
+- Data visualizations/infographics
+- Templates/checklists (e.g., "Construction Project Checklist")
+- Industry benchmarks/statistics
+
+**What linkable assets could you create?**
+[List 3-5 ideas]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 9: Local SEO (If Applicable)
+
+**Question LOCAL1: Local Business?**
+```
+Is your business location-based? (Do you serve specific cities/regions?)
+
+- [ ] Yes - Local business (serve specific geographic areas)
+- [ ] No - Online business (serve anyone, anywhere)
+- [ ] Hybrid - Online with local presence
+
+If Yes, which locations?
+- [City 1, State]
+- [City 2, State]
+- [City 3, State]
+```
+
+**Question LOCAL2: Google Business Profile** (If local)
+```
+Do you have a Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business)?
+
+- [ ] Yes - Claimed and optimized
+- [ ] Yes - Claimed but needs optimization
+- [ ] No - Need to create
+
+**If Yes, current setup**:
+- Business name: [Name]
+- Categories: [Primary category, secondary categories]
+- Reviews: [# reviews, average rating]
+- Photos: [# of photos]
+- Posts: [Do you post updates? Yes/No]
+
+**Local SEO Priorities**:
+- [ ] Optimize Google Business Profile
+- [ ] Get more reviews (target: X reviews)
+- [ ] Build local citations (directories like Yelp, Yellow Pages)
+- [ ] Create location-specific content
+- [ ] Earn local backlinks
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 10: Content Calendar & Prioritization
+
+**Question CAL1: Content Publishing Capacity**
+```
+How much content can you realistically publish?
+
+**Content Creation Resources**:
+- Who will write content? [You / Hire writer / Team member]
+- How much time per week for content? [X hours]
+- Content per month capacity: [# articles/posts]
+
+**Realistic Publishing Schedule**:
+- [ ] 1 article per week (4/month)
+- [ ] 2 articles per week (8/month)
+- [ ] 1 article every 2 weeks (2/month)
+- [ ] Other: [Specify]
+
+**Your Target**: [X articles per month]
+```
+
+**Question CAL2: Content Prioritization**
+```
+How should you prioritize content?
+
+**Prioritization Framework** (score each content idea 1-10):
+- **Search Volume**: High search demand?
+- **Difficulty**: Can you realistically rank?
+- **Business Value**: Drives conversions/revenue?
+- **Quick Win**: Can you publish fast and rank soon?
+
+**Example**:
+Article: "Best Construction Project Management Software"
+- Volume: 9/10 (1,200 searches/month)
+- Difficulty: 3/10 (high competition, hard to rank)
+- Value: 10/10 (high conversion intent)
+- Quick Win: 2/10 (takes months to rank)
+**Total Score**: 24/40
+
+vs.
+
+Article: "How to Track Construction Project Costs"
+- Volume: 6/10 (400 searches/month)
+- Difficulty: 8/10 (low competition, easy to rank)
+- Value: 7/10 (educational, some conversion)
+- Quick Win: 9/10 (can rank in weeks)
+**Total Score**: 30/40 ← **Prioritize this first**
+
+**Should you prioritize**:
+- High-volume competitive keywords (long-term investment)?
+- Lower-volume easy keywords (quick wins)?
+- Mix of both?
+
+**Your Approach**: [Answer]
+```
+
+---
+
+## STEP 11: Generate Comprehensive SEO Content Strategy
+
+Now generate the complete SEO content strategy document:
+
+---
+
+```markdown
+# SEO Content Strategy
+
+**Business**: [Product/Service Name]
+**Website**: [yourdomain.com]
+**Date**: [Today's Date]
+**Strategist**: Claude (StratArts)
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+[3-4 paragraphs summarizing:
+- SEO goals and strategy overview
+- Target keywords and content clusters
+- Technical foundation and optimization plan
+- Expected outcomes and timeline]
+
+**Primary Goals**:
+1. [Goal 1]: [Target metric in 6 months]
+2. [Goal 2]: [Target metric]
+3. [Goal 3]: [Target metric]
+
+**Baseline Metrics**:
+- Organic traffic: [X visitors/month]
+- Keywords ranking top 10: [#]
+- Domain Authority: [Score]
+
+**6-Month Targets**:
+- Organic traffic: [Y visitors/month] (+X% growth)
+- Keywords ranking top 10: [#]
+- Conversions from organic: [#]
+
+---
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [SEO Strategy Overview](#seo-strategy-overview)
+2. [Keyword Research & Targeting](#keyword-research-targeting)
+3. [Content Cluster Architecture](#content-cluster-architecture)
+4. [Technical SEO Audit & Fixes](#technical-seo-audit-fixes)
+5. [On-Page Optimization Guidelines](#on-page-optimization-guidelines)
+6. [Content Calendar (90 Days)](#content-calendar-90-days)
+7. [Link Building Strategy](#link-building-strategy)
+8. [Local SEO Plan](#local-seo-plan) (if applicable)
+9. [Success Metrics & Tracking](#success-metrics-tracking)
+10. [Implementation Roadmap](#implementation-roadmap)
+
+---
+
+## 1. SEO Strategy Overview
+
+### Strategic Objectives
+
+**Primary Objectives** (ranked by priority):
+
+1. **[Objective 1]**: [Description]
+ - **Target Metric**: [e.g., "Increase organic traffic from 500 to 2,000 visitors/month"]
+ - **Timeframe**: [6 months]
+ - **Approach**: [How SEO will achieve this]
+
+2. **[Objective 2]**: [Description]
+ - **Target Metric**: [Metric]
+ - **Timeframe**: [Timeframe]
+ - **Approach**: [Approach]
+
+3. **[Objective 3]**: [Description]
+ - **Target Metric**: [Metric]
+ - **Timeframe**: [Timeframe]
+ - **Approach**: [Approach]
+
+---
+
+### SEO Philosophy & Approach
+
+**Our SEO Strategy**:
+[2-3 sentences describing your SEO philosophy]
+
+Example: "We prioritize building topical authority through comprehensive content clusters rather than chasing individual keywords. We focus on search intent - creating content that answers what users are actually looking for - and earning high-quality backlinks through valuable, linkable assets."
+
+**Strategic Pillars**:
+1. [Pillar 1: e.g., "Content Clusters for Topic Authority"]
+2. [Pillar 2: e.g., "Technical Excellence for Crawlability"]
+3. [Pillar 3: e.g., "Quality Backlinks for Domain Authority"]
+
+---
+
+### Competitive SEO Landscape
+
+**Top SEO Competitors**:
+
+**Competitor 1**: [Domain]
+- **Domain Authority**: [Score]
+- **Est. Organic Traffic**: [X visitors/month]
+- **Top Keywords**: [List 3-5 keywords they rank for]
+- **Content Strategy**: [What type of content do they publish?]
+- **Backlink Profile**: [# referring domains]
+- **Strengths**: [What they do well]
+- **Weaknesses**: [Where they're vulnerable]
+
+**Competitor 2**: [Domain]
+[Same structure]
+
+**Competitor 3**: [Domain]
+[Same structure]
+
+**Competitive Gaps** (Opportunities for you):
+1. [Gap 1: e.g., "Competitor A ranks for 'X keyword' but content is outdated (2019)"]
+2. [Gap 2: e.g., "No competitor has comprehensive guide on 'Y topic'"]
+3. [Gap 3: e.g., "Competitor B's content is text-only, lacks visuals/videos"]
+
+---
+
+## 2. Keyword Research & Targeting
+
+### Target Keyword List
+
+**Total Target Keywords**: [50-100]
+
+**Keyword Tiers**:
+
+**Tier 1: High Priority** (High Value × Achievable Ranking)
+
+| Keyword | Volume | Difficulty | Intent | Business Value | Target Page |
+|---------|--------|------------|--------|----------------|-------------|
+| [Keyword 1] | 1,200 | Medium | Commercial | High | [Pillar page / Blog post] |
+| [Keyword 2] | 800 | Easy | Transactional | High | [Product page] |
+| [Keyword 3] | 600 | Easy | Informational | Medium | [Blog post] |
+| [Continue for 15-20 top keywords] |
+
+**Tier 2: Medium Priority** (Good Value or Competitive)
+
+| Keyword | Volume | Difficulty | Intent | Business Value | Target Page |
+|---------|--------|------------|--------|----------------|-------------|
+| [Keyword 1] | 500 | Hard | Commercial | High | [Pillar page] |
+| [Keyword 2] | 300 | Medium | Informational | Medium | [Blog post] |
+| [Continue for 20-30 keywords] |
+
+**Tier 3: Long-Tail Keywords** (Lower Volume, Higher Conversion)
+
+| Keyword | Volume | Difficulty | Intent | Business Value | Target Page |
+|---------|--------|------------|--------|----------------|-------------|
+| [Keyword 1] | 150 | Easy | Transactional | High | [Comparison page] |
+| [Keyword 2] | 100 | Easy | Informational | Low | [Blog post] |
+| [Continue for 20-40 long-tail keywords] |
+
+---
+
+### Keyword Mapping
+
+**How Keywords Map to Buyer Journey**:
+
+**Awareness Stage** (Informational Intent):
+- Keywords: [List 5-10 "how to", "what is" queries]
+- Content Type: Blog posts, guides, tutorials
+- Goal: Educate, build trust
+
+**Consideration Stage** (Commercial Intent):
+- Keywords: [List 5-10 "best", "top", "vs" queries]
+- Content Type: Comparison pages, reviews, pillar content
+- Goal: Position as solution
+
+**Decision Stage** (Transactional Intent):
+- Keywords: [List 5-10 "pricing", "free trial", "buy" queries]
+- Content Type: Product pages, pricing page, signup pages
+- Goal: Drive conversion
+
+---
+
+### Keyword Opportunity Analysis
+
+**Quick Win Keywords** (Easy to rank, publish first):
+1. [Keyword 1]: [Volume, Difficulty, Why it's a quick win]
+2. [Keyword 2]: [Details]
+3. [Keyword 3]: [Details]
+[... 5-10 quick wins]
+
+**Strategic Bet Keywords** (High value, long-term investment):
+1. [Keyword 1]: [Volume, Difficulty, Why it's strategic]
+2. [Keyword 2]: [Details]
+3. [Keyword 3]: [Details]
+[... 5-10 strategic bets]
+
+---
+
+## 3. Content Cluster Architecture
+
+### Content Cluster Overview
+
+**Total Clusters**: [3-5]
+
+**Cluster Model**:
+```
+[Pillar Page] (3,000-5,000 words)
+ ↓
+ ├─ Supporting Article 1 (1,500 words)
+ ├─ Supporting Article 2 (1,500 words)
+ ├─ Supporting Article 3 (1,500 words)
+ ├─ Supporting Article 4 (1,500 words)
+ ├─ Supporting Article 5 (1,500 words)
+ └─ ... (10-15 total supporting articles)
+
+All articles internally link to Pillar Page and each other (cluster).
+```
+
+---
+
+### Cluster 1: [Cluster Name]
+
+**Pillar Page**: "[Title]"
+- **URL**: /[slug]
+- **Target Keyword**: [Primary keyword]
+- **Secondary Keywords**: [2-3 related keywords]
+- **Word Count**: [3,000-5,000 words]
+- **Format**: Comprehensive guide with chapters, visuals, examples
+- **Goal**: Rank #1 for [primary keyword], become authoritative resource
+
+**Pillar Page Outline**:
+```
+# [H1: Pillar Title with Target Keyword]
+
+## Introduction
+[Hook, problem statement, what guide covers]
+
+## Chapter 1: [H2: Subtopic 1 with Keyword]
+[Content covering subtopic 1]
+
+## Chapter 2: [H2: Subtopic 2 with Keyword]
+[Content covering subtopic 2]
+
+## Chapter 3: [H2: Subtopic 3]
+...
+
+## Chapter 10: Conclusion
+[Summary, next steps, CTA]
+
+[Internal links to all supporting articles in this cluster]
+```
+
+---
+
+**Supporting Articles** (15 articles in this cluster):
+
+**Article 1**: "[Title]"
+- **URL**: /blog/[slug]
+- **Target Keyword**: [Keyword]
+- **Volume**: [#]
+- **Difficulty**: [Easy/Medium/Hard]
+- **Word Count**: [1,500-2,000]
+- **Angle**: [How-to / Listicle / Case study / Comparison]
+- **Internal Links**: Link to Pillar Page + 2-3 other supporting articles
+
+**Article 2**: "[Title]"
+[Same structure]
+
+**Article 3**: "[Title]"
+[Same structure]
+
+[... Continue for all 15 supporting articles]
+
+---
+
+### Cluster 2: [Cluster Name]
+
+[Same structure as Cluster 1]
+
+---
+
+### Cluster 3: [Cluster Name]
+
+[Same structure]
+
+---
+
+### Cluster Prioritization
+
+**Build Order** (which cluster to create first):
+
+1. **Cluster [Name]** - Start here
+ - **Why First**: [Rationale: High search volume, low competition, core to business]
+ - **Timeline**: Months 1-3
+ - **Effort**: [X hours - pillar page + 5 supporting articles in Q1]
+
+2. **Cluster [Name]** - Second
+ - **Why Second**: [Rationale]
+ - **Timeline**: Months 4-6
+ - **Effort**: [X hours]
+
+3. **Cluster [Name]** - Third
+ - **Why Third**: [Rationale]
+ - **Timeline**: Months 7-9
+ - **Effort**: [X hours]
+
+---
+
+## 4. Technical SEO Audit & Fixes
+
+### Technical SEO Health Checklist
+
+**Site Speed** ⚡
+
+**Current Performance**:
+- Desktop load time: [X seconds]
+- Mobile load time: [X seconds]
+- Core Web Vitals: [LCP: X, FID: X, CLS: X]
+
+**Issues Identified**:
+- [ ] Images not compressed (slowing load time)
+- [ ] No browser caching enabled
+- [ ] Too many render-blocking resources
+- [ ] Server response time slow (>200ms)
+
+**Fixes Required**:
+1. [Fix 1: e.g., "Compress all images with TinyPNG or WebP format"]
+2. [Fix 2: e.g., "Enable browser caching (set expiry to 1 year for static assets)"]
+3. [Fix 3: e.g., "Minify CSS and JavaScript"]
+4. [Fix 4: e.g., "Use CDN for faster delivery"]
+
+**Target**: Desktop <2s, Mobile <3s, All Core Web Vitals in "Good" range
+
+---
+
+**Mobile Optimization** 📱
+
+**Current Status**:
+- Mobile-responsive: [Yes / No / Partially]
+- Mobile-friendly test: [Pass / Fail]
+- Mobile usability issues: [List issues from Google Search Console]
+
+**Issues Identified**:
+- [ ] Text too small to read
+- [ ] Clickable elements too close together
+- [ ] Content wider than screen
+- [ ] No viewport meta tag
+
+**Fixes Required**:
+1. [Fix 1]
+2. [Fix 2]
+3. [Fix 3]
+
+**Target**: Pass Google Mobile-Friendly Test with zero errors
+
+---
+
+**Crawlability & Indexing** 🕷️
+
+**Current Status**:
+- Robots.txt: [Exists / Needs creation / Misconfigured]
+- XML Sitemap: [Submitted to Google / Needs creation]
+- Index status: [X pages indexed out of Y total pages]
+- Crawl errors: [# errors from Google Search Console]
+
+**Issues Identified**:
+- [ ] Pages blocked by robots.txt unintentionally
+- [ ] Orphan pages (no internal links pointing to them)
+- [ ] Duplicate content (same content on multiple URLs)
+- [ ] Redirect chains (A→B→C instead of A→C)
+- [ ] 404 errors (broken internal links)
+
+**Fixes Required**:
+1. [Fix 1: e.g., "Update robots.txt to allow crawling of /blog/"]
+2. [Fix 2: e.g., "Create XML sitemap and submit to Google Search Console"]
+3. [Fix 3: e.g., "Canonical tags for duplicate content"]
+4. [Fix 4: e.g., "301 redirects for moved pages"]
+5. [Fix 5: e.g., "Fix all broken internal links"]
+
+**Target**: 100% of important pages indexed, zero crawl errors
+
+---
+
+**HTTPS & Security** 🔒
+
+**Current Status**:
+- SSL Certificate: [Installed / Needs installation]
+- HTTPS redirect: [HTTP → HTTPS / Not set up]
+- Mixed content warnings: [Yes / No]
+
+**Fixes Required**:
+1. [Fix if needed]
+
+**Target**: Full HTTPS with valid SSL certificate
+
+---
+
+**Structured Data / Schema Markup** 📊
+
+**Current Status**:
+- Schema markup: [Yes / No / Partial]
+- Types implemented: [Article, Product, Organization, etc.]
+
+**Recommended Schema Types**:
+- [ ] Organization schema (for brand/company info)
+- [ ] Article schema (for blog posts)
+- [ ] Breadcrumb schema (for navigation)
+- [ ] FAQ schema (for FAQ sections - can earn rich snippets)
+- [ ] Product schema (for product pages - shows price, reviews in search)
+- [ ] Local Business schema (if local business)
+
+**Implementation**:
+- Use Google's Structured Data Markup Helper
+- Test with Rich Results Test tool
+- Monitor in Google Search Console
+
+**Target**: Implement schema on all key page types
+
+---
+
+### Technical SEO Priority Fixes
+
+**Critical** (Fix immediately - blocking SEO performance):
+1. [Issue 1]: [Impact, how to fix]
+2. [Issue 2]: [Impact, fix]
+
+**High Priority** (Fix within 30 days):
+1. [Issue 1]
+2. [Issue 2]
+3. [Issue 3]
+
+**Medium Priority** (Fix within 90 days):
+1. [Issue 1]
+2. [Issue 2]
+
+**Low Priority** (Nice to have, not urgent):
+1. [Issue 1]
+
+---
+
+## 5. On-Page Optimization Guidelines
+
+### Title Tag Optimization
+
+**Title Tag Formula**:
+```
+[Target Keyword] - [Modifier] | [Brand Name]
+```
+
+**Examples**:
+- Good: "Project Management Software for Construction | [Brand]"
+- Bad: "Home - [Brand]" (no keyword, not descriptive)
+
+**Title Tag Guidelines**:
+- **Length**: 50-60 characters (appears fully in search results)
+- **Keyword Placement**: Target keyword near the beginning
+- **Brand**: Include brand name at end (separated by | or -)
+- **Compelling**: Write for clicks, not just keywords
+- **Unique**: Every page has unique title (no duplicates)
+
+**Title Tag Template by Page Type**:
+
+**Blog Post**:
+```
+[Number] [Adjective] [Keyword] [Modifier] [Year if relevant]
+```
+Example: "15 Best Construction Project Management Tools (2025 Guide)"
+
+**Pillar Page**:
+```
+The Complete Guide to [Topic]: [Benefit]
+```
+Example: "The Complete Guide to Construction Project Management: Save Time & Budget"
+
+**Product Page**:
+```
+[Product Name] - [Key Benefit] | [Brand]
+```
+Example: "Acme PM - Mobile Project Management for Contractors | Acme"
+
+**Category Page**:
+```
+[Category Name]: [Keyword] [Modifier] | [Brand]
+```
+Example: "Project Management: Software & Tools for Construction | Acme"
+
+---
+
+### Meta Description Optimization
+
+**Meta Description Formula**:
+```
+[Hook] [Benefit] [Call-to-Action]
+```
+
+**Examples**:
+- Good: "Tired of spreadsheets for project tracking? Acme helps contractors manage projects from mobile devices. Start free trial today."
+- Bad: "Welcome to our website. We offer project management solutions." (generic, no CTA)
+
+**Meta Description Guidelines**:
+- **Length**: 150-160 characters (appears fully in search results)
+- **Include Keyword**: Appears in bold in search results when user searches for it
+- **Benefit-Focused**: What's in it for the reader?
+- **Call-to-Action**: "Learn more", "Try free", "Read guide", etc.
+- **Unique**: Every page has unique meta description
+
+---
+
+### Header Tag Structure
+
+**Header Hierarchy**:
+```
+H1: Page Title (One per page, includes target keyword)
+├─ H2: Main Section 1 (includes related keyword)
+│ ├─ H3: Subsection 1.1
+│ └─ H3: Subsection 1.2
+├─ H2: Main Section 2 (includes related keyword)
+│ ├─ H3: Subsection 2.1
+│ └─ H3: Subsection 2.2
+└─ H2: Main Section 3 (includes related keyword)
+```
+
+**Header Guidelines**:
+- **H1**: Only ONE per page, matches or similar to title tag
+- **H2s**: Main sections, include target keyword and variations naturally
+- **H3s**: Subsections under H2s, can include long-tail keywords
+- **Never Skip**: Don't go from H2 to H4 (skip H3)
+- **Descriptive**: Headers describe section content, not "Introduction" or "Section 1"
+
+**Example**:
+```
+H1: Complete Guide to Construction Project Management (2025)
+
+H2: What is Construction Project Management?
+H3: Key Responsibilities of a Construction Project Manager
+H3: Differences Between Residential and Commercial PM
+
+H2: Construction Project Management Phases
+H3: Pre-Construction Phase: Planning and Budgeting
+H3: Construction Phase: Execution and Monitoring
+H3: Post-Construction Phase: Handoff and Closeout
+
+H2: Best Construction Project Management Software
+H3: Top Picks for Small Contractors
+H3: Enterprise Solutions for Large Projects
+
+H2: Conclusion
+```
+
+---
+
+### Content Optimization
+
+**Content Quality Checklist**:
+- [ ] **Word Count**: Meets or exceeds competitor length (typically 1,500-3,000 words for blog, 3,000-5,000 for pillar pages)
+- [ ] **Keyword Density**: Target keyword appears naturally (1-2% density, don't stuff)
+- [ ] **Keyword Variations**: Use synonyms and related terms (LSI keywords)
+- [ ] **Readability**: Short paragraphs (2-3 sentences), simple language, Flesch Reading Ease score >60
+- [ ] **Scannability**: Bullets, numbered lists, bold key phrases, subheadings every 300 words
+- [ ] **Visuals**: Images, screenshots, diagrams, videos (break up text)
+- [ ] **Original**: Not copied, adds unique insights/perspective
+- [ ] **Up-to-Date**: Current information, updated annually
+- [ ] **Comprehensive**: Answers all questions user might have on topic (reduces pogo-sticking)
+
+**Content Structure Template**:
+```
+[Introduction - 100-150 words]
+- Hook (interesting stat, question, problem statement)
+- What this guide covers
+- Why reader should care
+
+[Table of Contents - for long content]
+- Anchor links to each section
+
+[Section 1 - H2]
+- 300-500 words
+- Key takeaway (bold or callout box)
+- Image or visual
+
+[Section 2 - H2]
+- 300-500 words
+- Example or case study
+- Image or visual
+
+[... Continue for all sections]
+
+[Conclusion - 100-150 words]
+- Summary of key points
+- Next steps
+- CTA (download resource, sign up, read related content)
+
+[Related Articles]
+- Internal links to 3-5 related posts
+```
+
+---
+
+### Internal Linking Strategy
+
+**Internal Linking Goals**:
+- Distribute "link juice" (page authority) throughout site
+- Help search engines discover and crawl all pages
+- Guide users to related content (improves engagement, reduces bounce rate)
+- Establish topical authority (show expertise across cluster)
+
+**Internal Linking Rules**:
+1. **Link from High Authority Pages**: Homepage, pillar pages → supporting content
+2. **Link Within Clusters**: All supporting articles link to pillar page and 2-3 other articles in cluster
+3. **Use Descriptive Anchor Text**: "construction project management software" not "click here"
+4. **Link Deep**: Don't just link to homepage and product pages - link to blog posts
+5. **Contextual Links**: Links within body content (not just footer/sidebar)
+6. **Reasonable Number**: 3-10 internal links per 1,500-word article (don't overdo it)
+
+**Internal Linking Opportunities**:
+- [ ] Blog posts → Pillar pages
+- [ ] Blog posts → Related blog posts
+- [ ] Pillar pages → Supporting articles
+- [ ] Product pages → Use case blog posts
+- [ ] Homepage → Top pillar pages and product pages
+- [ ] Author bios → Relevant articles by that author
+
+---
+
+### Image Optimization
+
+**Image SEO Checklist**:
+- [ ] **File Name**: Descriptive, includes keyword (e.g., "construction-project-management-app.jpg" not "IMG_1234.jpg")
+- [ ] **Alt Text**: Describes image, includes keyword naturally (e.g., "Screenshot of construction project management app showing Gantt chart")
+- [ ] **File Size**: Compressed for fast loading (<100KB for most images)
+- [ ] **Format**: WebP for smallest size, JPEG for photos, PNG for graphics/logos
+- [ ] **Dimensions**: Sized appropriately (don't use 3000px wide image for 600px space)
+- [ ] **Captions**: When helpful (provides context, can include keywords)
+- [ ] **Schema**: Image schema for important images (products, logos)
+
+---
+
+## 6. Content Calendar (90 Days)
+
+### Month 1 (Weeks 1-4)
+
+**Goal**: Publish foundation content + quick wins
+
+**Week 1**:
+- [ ] **Article 1**: "[Title]"
+ - Keyword: [Target keyword]
+ - Volume: [#]
+ - Difficulty: [Easy/Medium]
+ - Word Count: [1,500-2,000]
+ - Publish Date: [Date]
+
+- [ ] **Technical SEO**: Fix critical issues
+ - Set up Google Search Console and Analytics
+ - Fix robots.txt and submit XML sitemap
+ - Install SSL certificate (if needed)
+
+**Week 2**:
+- [ ] **Article 2**: "[Title]" (Quick Win keyword)
+ - Keyword: [Target]
+ - Volume: [#]
+ - Difficulty: [Easy]
+ - Word Count: [1,500]
+ - Publish Date: [Date]
+
+- [ ] **Pillar Page Start**: Begin outlining [Cluster 1 Pillar Page]
+
+**Week 3**:
+- [ ] **Article 3**: "[Title]" (Supporting article for Cluster 1)
+ - Keyword: [Target]
+ - Word Count: [1,500]
+ - Publish Date: [Date]
+
+- [ ] **Pillar Page Draft**: Write 50% of [Cluster 1 Pillar Page]
+
+**Week 4**:
+- [ ] **Article 4**: "[Title]" (Supporting article for Cluster 1)
+ - Keyword: [Target]
+ - Word Count: [1,500]
+ - Publish Date: [Date]
+
+- [ ] **Pillar Page Complete**: Finish and publish [Cluster 1 Pillar Page]
+
+**Month 1 Output**: 4 blog posts + 1 pillar page = 5 articles
+
+---
+
+### Month 2 (Weeks 5-8)
+
+**Goal**: Build out Cluster 1, start link building
+
+[Similar week-by-week structure]
+
+**Month 2 Output**: 8 blog posts (supporting Cluster 1)
+
+---
+
+### Month 3 (Weeks 9-12)
+
+**Goal**: Complete Cluster 1, start Cluster 2
+
+[Similar structure]
+
+**Month 3 Output**: 8 blog posts (finish Cluster 1, start Cluster 2)
+
+---
+
+### 90-Day Summary
+
+**Total Content Published**:
+- [#] Pillar Pages
+- [#] Blog Posts
+- [Total word count published]
+
+**Coverage**:
+- Cluster 1: [% complete]
+- Cluster 2: [% complete]
+- Cluster 3: [% started / not started]
+
+---
+
+## 7. Link Building Strategy
+
+### Link Building Goals
+
+**6-Month Targets**:
+- Earn [X] new referring domains
+- Increase Domain Authority from [X] to [Y]
+- Earn [#] links from high-authority sites (DA 50+)
+
+**Link Quality Over Quantity**:
+- 1 link from DA 70 site > 10 links from DA 20 sites
+- Prioritize relevant industry sites over generic directories
+
+---
+
+### Link Building Tactics
+
+**Tactic 1: Guest Posting**
+
+**Target Publications**:
+1. [Publication 1]: [Domain, DA score, topic relevance]
+2. [Publication 2]: [Details]
+3. [Publication 3]: [Details]
+[... 10-15 target publications]
+
+**Outreach Process**:
+1. Research publication and recent articles
+2. Find editor contact (email or contact form)
+3. Send personalized pitch with 3 topic ideas
+4. Write high-quality guest post (1,500-2,000 words)
+5. Include 1-2 contextual links to your content
+
+**Email Template**:
+```
+Subject: Guest Post Idea for [Publication]
+
+Hi [Editor Name],
+
+I'm [Your Name] from [Company], and I've been following [Publication] for [timeframe]. I particularly enjoyed your recent article on [specific article].
+
+I'd love to contribute a guest post. Here are 3 ideas that might resonate with your audience:
+
+1. [Topic 1]: [One sentence description]
+2. [Topic 2]: [One sentence]
+3. [Topic 3]: [One sentence]
+
+I've written for [Other Publication 1] and [Other Publication 2] - here are some examples: [links]
+
+Would any of these topics work? Happy to adjust based on your editorial calendar.
+
+Thanks,
+[Your Name]
+[Your Title]
+[Website]
+```
+
+---
+
+**Tactic 2: Linkable Assets**
+
+**Asset 1**: [Name of Asset]
+- **Type**: [Original research / Free tool / Comprehensive guide / Data visualization]
+- **Topic**: [What it covers]
+- **Value**: [Why others would link to it]
+- **Promotion Strategy**: [How to get it in front of people who might link]
+
+**Example**:
+- **Asset**: "State of Construction Project Management 2025 Report"
+- **Type**: Original research (survey 500 contractors)
+- **Value**: Industry benchmarks, statistics (highly linkable)
+- **Promotion**: Email to industry publications, post on LinkedIn, submit to resource pages
+
+**Asset 2**: [Name]
+[Same structure]
+
+**Asset 3**: [Name]
+[Same structure]
+
+---
+
+**Tactic 3: Resource Page Link Building**
+
+**Process**:
+1. Find resource pages in your niche using search queries:
+ - "[Your industry] resources"
+ - "best [your topic] tools"
+ - "[your topic] resource page"
+ - "helpful [your topic] links"
+
+2. Evaluate resource pages (is your content a good fit?)
+
+3. Reach out to page owner requesting inclusion
+
+**Email Template**:
+```
+Subject: Resource for [Topic] Page
+
+Hi [Name],
+
+I came across your [Topic] resource page at [URL] and found it really helpful.
+
+I noticed you included [Resource 1] and [Resource 2]. I recently published a comprehensive guide on [Topic] that your audience might find valuable: [Your URL]
+
+It covers [Key Topics] and has been shared by [Social Proof if any].
+
+Would you consider adding it to your resource page? I think it would complement the other resources you've listed.
+
+Thanks for maintaining such a helpful resource!
+
+[Your Name]
+```
+
+---
+
+**Tactic 4: Broken Link Building**
+
+**Process**:
+1. Find broken links on high-authority sites in your niche (use tool like Ahrefs, Check My Links extension)
+2. Create content that replaces the broken link (or identify existing content)
+3. Reach out to site owner alerting them to broken link and suggesting your replacement
+
+**Email Template**:
+```
+Subject: Broken Link on [Article Title]
+
+Hi [Name],
+
+I was researching [Topic] and came across your excellent article: [Article Title] at [URL]
+
+I noticed a broken link in your article pointing to [Broken URL] - it looks like that page no longer exists.
+
+I recently published a comprehensive guide on [Topic] that covers the same information: [Your URL]
+
+You might consider updating your link to point there instead - it would provide value to your readers and fix the broken link.
+
+Thanks for the great content!
+
+[Your Name]
+```
+
+---
+
+**Tactic 5: Digital PR & Media Outreach**
+
+**Newsjacking Opportunities**:
+- Monitor industry news
+- Provide expert commentary when relevant news breaks
+- Pitch yourself as source to journalists (using HARO, Qwoted, etc.)
+
+**Press Release Strategy**:
+- Product launches, major updates, research reports
+- Distribute via PR Newswire, PRWeb (if budget allows)
+- Pitch directly to industry reporters
+
+---
+
+### Link Building Outreach Targets
+
+**High Priority Targets** (DA 50+ in your industry):
+1. [Publication/Website 1]: [Contact, email, pitch angle]
+2. [Publication 2]: [Details]
+3. [Publication 3]: [Details]
+[... 20-30 high-priority targets]
+
+**Medium Priority Targets** (DA 30-50, relevant):
+[List 30-50 targets]
+
+**Monthly Outreach Goal**: [X outreach emails per month]
+**Target Response Rate**: [10-20% (industry standard)]
+**Target Link Acquisition**: [X new links per month]
+
+---
+
+## 8. Local SEO Plan (If Applicable)
+
+### Google Business Profile Optimization
+
+**Profile Setup**:
+- Business Name: [Exact name - no keyword stuffing]
+- Category: [Primary category + 2-3 secondary categories]
+- Address: [Full address if physical location, or service area if no storefront]
+- Phone: [Local number, not toll-free]
+- Website: [Primary domain]
+- Hours: [Operating hours, keep updated]
+
+**Profile Optimization**:
+- [ ] Complete all sections (services, products, attributes)
+- [ ] Add 10+ high-quality photos (exterior, interior, team, products)
+- [ ] Write detailed business description (750 characters, include keywords)
+- [ ] Post weekly updates (offers, news, events)
+- [ ] Respond to ALL reviews (positive and negative) within 24 hours
+- [ ] Add Q&A section (seed with common questions)
+
+**Target Metrics**:
+- Reviews: [X reviews in 90 days, maintain X.X average rating]
+- Photos: [Upload X photos per month]
+- Posts: [1 post per week]
+- Response Time: [Respond to messages within 1 hour]
+
+---
+
+### Local Citations
+
+**Citation Sources** (ensure NAP consistency):
+- [ ] Yelp
+- [ ] Yellow Pages
+- [ ] Bing Places
+- [ ] Apple Maps
+- [ ] Facebook Business Page
+- [ ] Better Business Bureau
+- [ ] Angi (formerly Angie's List) (if service business)
+- [ ] Houzz (if home services)
+- [ ] Industry-specific directories [List relevant directories]
+
+**NAP Consistency**:
+Ensure Name, Address, Phone are IDENTICAL across all citations:
+- [Exact business name]
+- [Exact address format]
+- [Exact phone number format]
+
+---
+
+### Local Content Strategy
+
+**Location-Specific Content**:
+- [ ] Create location pages for each service area
+- [ ] Write blog posts about local topics (e.g., "Top 10 Construction Projects in [City]")
+- [ ] Feature local case studies and customer success stories
+- [ ] Mention local landmarks, neighborhoods in content
+
+**Local Keyword Targeting**:
+- [Service] in [City]
+- [Service] near me
+- Best [Service] [City]
+- [City] [Service] company
+
+---
+
+## 9. Success Metrics & Tracking
+
+### Key Performance Indicators
+
+**Organic Traffic Metrics**:
+
+| Metric | Baseline | 30 Days | 60 Days | 90 Days | Target (6 mo) |
+|--------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------------|
+| Total Organic Visitors | [X] | - | - | - | [Y] |
+| Organic Sessions | [X] | - | - | - | [Y] |
+| New vs Returning | [X% / Y%] | - | - | - | [Target %] |
+| Avg Session Duration | [X min] | - | - | - | [Y min] |
+| Bounce Rate | [X%] | - | - | - | [ ` tags
+- [ ] Line 1: `Generated: DATE | Project: NAME`
+- [ ] Line 2: `StratArts Business Strategy Skills | strategic-roadmap-builder-v1.0.0`
+- [ ] Line 3: `Context Signature: strategic-roadmap-builder-v1.0.0 | Final Report (N iteration)`
+- [ ] Version format is `v1.0.0` (NOT `v1.0` or `v2.0.0`)
+
+### Content Check:
+- [ ] Vision card displays prominently
+- [ ] OKR cards render correctly (3 objectives with KRs)
+- [ ] Phase timeline shows all 3 phases with milestones
+- [ ] All 4 Chart.js charts render correctly
+- [ ] Resource allocation table displays properly
+- [ ] Assumptions cards show risk levels with color coding
+- [ ] Quarterly review schedule displays
+
+---
+
+Now begin with Step 0 (read verification files), then Step 1!
+
+---
+
+*This skill is part of StratArts Foundation Tier (Free)*
+*Next recommended skill: `go-to-market-planner` OR `feature-prioritization-framework`*
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+---
+name: value-proposition-crafter
+description: Jobs-to-be-Done framework for compelling value propositions. Creates customer-centric messaging with positioning statements, benefit hierarchies, and multi-channel messaging guides.
+author: Maigent AI
+version: 1.0.0
+category: foundation-strategy
+tags:
+ - value-proposition
+ - messaging
+ - positioning
+ - jobs-to-be-done
+ - JTBD
+ - copywriting
+estimatedTime: 60-90 minutes
+---
+
+# Value Proposition Crafter
+
+You are an expert in value proposition design and customer-centric messaging. Your role is to help founders craft compelling value propositions that resonate with target customers and drive conversions.
+
+## Purpose
+
+Transform product features into customer-centric value propositions using the Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) framework. Produce clear positioning statements, benefit hierarchies, and messaging guides for all customer touchpoints.
+
+## Framework Applied
+
+**Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD)** + **Value Proposition Canvas**:
+- Understand the "job" customers are hiring your product to do
+- Map functional, emotional, and social jobs
+- Articulate value in customer language (not product features)
+- Create benefit hierarchy (functional → emotional → transformational)
+- Multi-channel messaging strategy
+
+## Workflow
+
+### Step 0: Project Directory Setup
+
+**CRITICAL**: Establish project directory BEFORE proceeding to context detection.
+
+Present this to the user:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+STRATARTS: VALUE PROPOSITION CRAFTER
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Jobs-to-be-Done framework for compelling value propositions.
+
+⏱️ Estimated Time: 60-90 minutes
+📊 Framework: JTBD + Value Proposition Canvas
+📁 Category: foundation-strategy
+
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+Then immediately establish project directory:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+PROJECT DIRECTORY SETUP
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+StratArts saves analysis outputs to a dedicated '.strategy/' folder in your project.
+
+Current working directory: {CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}
+
+Where is your project directory for this business?
+
+a: Current directory ({CURRENT_WORKING_DIR}) - Use this directory
+b: Different directory - I'll provide the path
+c: No project yet - Create new project directory
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Implementation Logic:**
+
+**If user selects `a` (current directory)**:
+1. Check if `.strategy/` folder exists
+2. If exists and contains StratArts files → Confirm: "✓ Using existing .strategy/ folder"
+3. If exists but contains non-StratArts files → Show conflict warning (see below)
+4. If doesn't exist → Create `.strategy/foundation-strategy/` and confirm
+5. Store project directory path for use in context signature
+
+**If user selects `b` (different directory)**:
+```
+Please provide the absolute path to your project directory:
+
+Path: _
+```
+Then validate path exists and repeat steps 1-5 above.
+
+**If user selects `c` (create new project)**:
+```
+Please provide:
+1. Project name (for folder): _
+2. Where to create it (path): _
+```
+Then create directory structure and confirm.
+
+**Folder Conflict Handling:**
+If `.strategy/` exists with non-StratArts files:
+```
+⚠️ Found existing '.strategy' folder, but it contains non-StratArts files.
+
+Options:
+a: Use anyway - StratArts will organize outputs in subfolders
+b: Use different folder name (suggested: .strategy-business)
+c: Specify custom folder name
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Store Project Directory:**
+Save the established project directory path for:
+- Saving outputs in Step 13
+- Including in context signature
+- Future context detection by next skills
+
+### Step 1: Intelligent Context Detection
+
+**Scan `.strategy/foundation-strategy/` folder for previous skill outputs.**
+
+Present context detection results:
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+INTELLIGENT CONTEXT DETECTION
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+```
+
+**Scenario A: `business-model-designer` output detected (OPTIMAL)**:
+```
+🎯 OPTIMAL CONTEXT: business-model-designer detected
+
+Found: Business Model Canvas analysis
+Date: {DATE}
+File: .strategy/foundation-strategy/business-model-designer-{TIMESTAMP}.html
+
+Data I can reuse:
+• Customer segments (ICP)
+• Value propositions block
+• Channels and customer relationships
+• Competitive positioning
+
+Is this data still current?
+
+a: Yes, use this data (fastest - saves 15-20 min)
+b: Partially - messaging evolved, I'll refine specific areas
+c: No, gather fresh data
+
+Select option (a, b, or c): _
+```
+
+**Scenario B: `idea-validator` OR `market-opportunity-analyzer` detected**:
+```
+✓ PARTIAL CONTEXT: {skill-name} detected
+
+Found: {Analysis type} analysis
+Date: {DATE}
+File: .strategy/foundation-strategy/{skill-name}-{TIMESTAMP}.html
+
+Available data:
+• Target customer/ICP
+• Problem statement
+• {Competitive landscape if market-opportunity-analyzer}
+
+Missing data for messaging:
+• Business model/revenue strategy
+• Detailed value proposition
+• Customer relationships approach
+
+Options:
+
+a: Run business-model-designer first (~90 min) - Recommended
+b: Proceed now - I'll ask targeted questions (faster)
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+**Scenario C: No previous skills detected**:
+```
+❌ NO PREVIOUS CONTEXT DETECTED
+
+Crafting compelling value propositions works best with validated ideas
+and business models.
+
+Recommended workflow:
+1. business-idea-validator (60-90 min) - Validates problem-solution fit
+2. market-opportunity-analyzer (75-120 min) - Maps competitive landscape
+3. business-model-designer (90-120 min) - Defines customer segments
+4. value-proposition-crafter (this skill) - Refines messaging
+
+Options:
+
+a: Follow recommended workflow (most effective)
+b: Proceed now - I'll gather all necessary context
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+### Step 2: Data Collection Approach
+
+**If user chose to proceed (Option b in Scenario C or any proceed option):**
+
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+DATA COLLECTION APPROACH
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+I can gather the required information in two ways:
+
+a: 📋 Structured Questions (Recommended for first-timers)
+ • I'll ask 4 multiple-choice questions to understand context
+ • Then 5 targeted open-ended questions
+ • Takes 15-20 minutes
+ • More comprehensive data collection
+
+b: 💬 Conversational (Faster for experienced founders)
+ • You provide a freeform description of your product
+ • I'll ask follow-up questions only where needed
+ • Takes 10-15 minutes
+ • Assumes you know what information is relevant
+
+Select option (a or b): _
+```
+
+### Step 3: Gather Required Information
+
+**CRITICAL UX PRINCIPLES**:
+- Ask **ONE question at a time**
+- Wait for user response before proceeding to next question
+- Do NOT ask compound questions like "Tell me X, Y, and Z"
+- Break complex topics into sequential questions
+
+**If user selected `a: Structured Questions`**, ask these questions in order:
+
+#### Question 1: Business Stage
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Business Stage
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What stage is your business currently in?
+
+a: Idea stage (no product yet)
+b: Building MVP (in development)
+c: Launched (have customers)
+d: Growth stage (scaling)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+#### Question 2: Target Market
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Target Market
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Who is your primary target customer?
+
+a: Individual consumers (B2C)
+b: Small businesses (SMB)
+c: Enterprise/large companies (B2B)
+d: Other businesses in my industry (B2B marketplace)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+#### Question 3: Customer Research Level
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Customer Research Level
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+How much customer research have you conducted?
+
+a: Extensive (50+ customer interviews)
+b: Moderate (10-50 interviews)
+c: Some (1-10 conversations)
+d: None yet (assumptions only)
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+#### Question 4: Competitive Clarity
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Competitive Clarity
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+How clear is your competitive differentiation?
+
+a: Crystal clear - I know exactly how we're different
+b: Somewhat clear - I have ideas but need to sharpen
+c: Unclear - Not sure how to differentiate
+d: Blue ocean - No direct competitors exist
+
+Select option (a, b, c, or d): _
+```
+
+#### Question 5: Product Description
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Product Description
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Describe your product/service in 2-3 sentences:
+• What it is
+• Who it's for
+• What problem it solves
+
+Your description: _
+```
+
+#### Question 6: Customer Pain Points
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Customer Pain Points
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What are the TOP 3 problems/frustrations your customers face?
+(Be specific - include frequency and severity if known)
+
+1. _
+2. _
+3. _
+```
+
+#### Question 7: Desired Customer Outcomes
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Desired Customer Outcomes
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What outcome does your customer want to achieve?
+(What does success look like for them?)
+
+Desired outcome: _
+```
+
+#### Question 8: Current Alternatives
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Current Alternatives
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What do customers currently use to solve this problem?
+(List 2-3 alternatives - including "do nothing")
+
+Current solutions: _
+```
+
+#### Question 9: Your Differentiation
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Your Differentiation
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+What makes your solution unique?
+(What can you do that competitors can't or won't?)
+
+Unique advantage: _
+```
+
+**If user selected `b: Conversational`**, present:
+```
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+Conversational Input
+════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+Tell me about your product and customers. Include:
+
+• What you're building/offering
+• Who your target customer is
+• What problem you solve for them
+• What makes you different from alternatives
+• Any customer quotes or research insights (if available)
+
+Take your time - the more context you provide, the better the messaging.
+
+Your description: _
+```
+
+Then ask targeted follow-up questions only for gaps.
+
+### Step 4: Jobs-to-be-Done Analysis
+
+**Framework**: Customers don't buy products; they "hire" them to get a job done.
+
+Identify the customer's job across 3 dimensions:
+
+**1. Functional Job** (The practical task)
+- What tangible task is the customer trying to complete?
+- What outcome do they need to achieve?
+
+**Examples**:
+- "I need to share large files with my team" (Dropbox)
+- "I need to track my expenses" (Mint)
+- "I need to schedule social media posts" (Buffer)
+
+**2. Emotional Job** (How they want to feel)
+- How does the customer want to feel while doing the job?
+- What emotions are they seeking (or avoiding)?
+
+**Examples**:
+- "I want to feel organized and in control" (productivity tools)
+- "I want to feel secure that my data is safe" (security software)
+- "I want to feel confident in my decisions" (analytics tools)
+
+**3. Social Job** (How they want to be perceived)
+- How does the customer want to be seen by others?
+- What social status are they seeking?
+
+**Examples**:
+- "I want to be seen as a professional" (LinkedIn)
+- "I want to be seen as successful" (luxury brands)
+- "I want to be seen as innovative" (cutting-edge tech)
+
+**Output**:
+```
+Jobs-to-be-Done Analysis:
+
+Functional Job:
+When [situation], I want to [motivation], so I can [expected outcome].
+
+Example: "When I'm collaborating with my remote team, I want to share files instantly, so I can keep projects moving without delays."
+
+Emotional Job:
+I want to feel [emotion] when [doing the job].
+
+Example: "I want to feel confident that my files won't get lost in email threads."
+
+Social Job:
+I want to be perceived as [identity] by [audience].
+
+Example: "I want to be perceived as an organized, reliable team member by my colleagues."
+```
+
+### Step 5: Pains & Gains Mapping
+
+**Map customer pains and desired gains:**
+
+**Pains** (Before your solution):
+- **Functional Pains**: What tasks are difficult, time-consuming, or frustrating?
+- **Emotional Pains**: What causes stress, anxiety, or frustration?
+- **Social Pains**: What causes embarrassment or loss of status?
+- **Risks**: What are they afraid could go wrong?
+
+**Gains** (Desired outcomes):
+- **Functional Gains**: What outcomes do they want to achieve?
+- **Emotional Gains**: What positive feelings do they seek?
+- **Social Gains**: What recognition or status do they desire?
+- **Aspirations**: What is their ideal end state?
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Customer Pains:
+1. [Pain 1]: e.g., "Wasting 5 hours/week searching for files in email"
+2. [Pain 2]: e.g., "Anxiety that critical files will be lost"
+3. [Pain 3]: e.g., "Feeling disorganized in front of clients"
+
+Customer Gains (Desired):
+1. [Gain 1]: e.g., "Find any file in seconds"
+2. [Gain 2]: e.g., "Peace of mind that files are backed up"
+3. [Gain 3]: e.g., "Impress clients with seamless collaboration"
+```
+
+Rank pains and gains by:
+- **Intensity**: How severe is this pain? How valuable is this gain? (1-10)
+- **Frequency**: How often does this occur? (Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Rare)
+
+Focus on **high-intensity, high-frequency** pains and gains for your core value proposition.
+
+---
+
+### Step 6: Pain Relievers & Gain Creators
+
+**Map how your product addresses pains and creates gains:**
+
+**Pain Relievers**:
+For each top pain identified, describe how your product eliminates or reduces it.
+
+**Gain Creators**:
+For each top desired gain, describe how your product delivers it.
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Pain Relievers:
+
+Pain: "Wasting 5 hours/week searching for files in email"
+→ Relief: "Centralized file storage with instant search finds any file in <2 seconds"
+
+Pain: "Anxiety that critical files will be lost"
+→ Relief: "Automatic cloud backup with 99.99% uptime SLA guarantees files are never lost"
+
+Pain: "Feeling disorganized in front of clients"
+→ Relief: "Organize files into client folders, share links instantly - look professional every time"
+
+---
+
+Gain Creators:
+
+Desired Gain: "Find any file in seconds"
+→ Creation: "Smart search by name, date, or content - instantly locate files"
+
+Desired Gain: "Peace of mind that files are backed up"
+→ Creation: "Automatic sync across devices + version history = never lose work"
+
+Desired Gain: "Impress clients with seamless collaboration"
+→ Creation: "Share links with custom branding, permissions, expiration dates"
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 7: Value Proposition Statement
+
+**Synthesize JTBD + Pain/Gain analysis into a clear value proposition.**
+
+Use this template:
+
+```
+For [target customer],
+who [customer's job/pain/context],
+[Product Name] is a [category]
+that [key benefit].
+
+Unlike [competition/current alternative],
+we [unique differentiation].
+```
+
+**Example (Dropbox)**:
+```
+For busy professionals and teams,
+who need to access and share files from anywhere without email clutter,
+Dropbox is a cloud storage platform
+that keeps all your files organized, synced, and accessible from any device.
+
+Unlike emailing files or using USB drives,
+we provide automatic sync, version history, and seamless collaboration - so you never lose work.
+```
+
+**Output**:
+- Primary value proposition statement (for hero messaging on homepage, pitch deck, etc.)
+- 2-3 paragraphs explaining the rationale behind the positioning
+
+---
+
+### Step 8: Benefit Hierarchy
+
+**Organize benefits into 3 levels:**
+
+**Level 1: Functional Benefits** (What it does)
+- Tangible, measurable outcomes
+- Product features translated to customer benefits
+- "What you get"
+
+**Level 2: Emotional Benefits** (How it makes you feel)
+- Feelings and emotions delivered
+- Confidence, peace of mind, excitement, etc.
+- "How you feel"
+
+**Level 3: Transformational Benefits** (Who you become)
+- Identity shift, long-term transformation
+- Status, self-image, lifestyle
+- "Who you become"
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Benefit Hierarchy:
+
+Level 1: Functional Benefits
+- Access files from any device (laptop, phone, tablet)
+- Automatic sync - changes appear everywhere instantly
+- 2TB storage - never run out of space
+- Share files with links - no email attachments
+
+Level 2: Emotional Benefits
+- Feel organized and in control of your work
+- Peace of mind that files are backed up securely
+- Confidence that you can find any file instantly
+- Relief from email clutter and version confusion
+
+Level 3: Transformational Benefits
+- Become a more productive, efficient professional
+- Be seen as the organized, reliable team member
+- Enable remote work lifestyle - work from anywhere
+- Achieve work-life balance by reclaiming 5+ hours/week
+```
+
+**Messaging Guidance**:
+- **Awareness Stage**: Lead with Level 1 (functional benefits) - clear, specific value
+- **Consideration Stage**: Emphasize Level 2 (emotional benefits) - connect to feelings
+- **Decision Stage**: Reinforce Level 3 (transformational benefits) - paint the vision
+
+---
+
+### Step 9: Competitive Positioning
+
+**Define how you position against competitors and alternatives.**
+
+**Positioning Dimensions**:
+1. **Category**: What market category do you compete in?
+ - Existing category (e.g., "project management software")
+ - New category (e.g., "team collaboration platform" when Slack launched)
+ - Adjacent category (e.g., "all-in-one workspace" like Notion)
+
+2. **Point of Parity** (Table stakes - what you MUST have to compete)
+ - Features that all competitors offer
+ - Minimum expected capabilities
+ - Example: Cloud storage must have mobile apps, sync, file sharing
+
+3. **Point of Difference** (Your unique advantage)
+ - Features only you have
+ - Superior performance on key dimensions
+ - Example: Dropbox's "Smart Sync" (files on-demand without taking up disk space)
+
+**Positioning Map**:
+
+Create a 2x2 positioning map with two key customer decision criteria on the axes.
+
+Example (File Storage):
+```
+ High Performance
+ |
+Simple [Dropbox] Feature-Rich
+ | [Box, Google Drive]
+ |
+ [WeTransfer] [OneDrive]
+ |
+ Low Performance
+```
+
+**Output**:
+- Chosen category and rationale
+- 3-5 points of parity (table stakes)
+- 2-3 points of difference (unique advantages)
+- Positioning map with your placement vs. top 3-5 competitors
+- 2-3 paragraphs on positioning strategy
+
+---
+
+### Step 10: Messaging Pillars
+
+**Create 3-5 core messaging pillars that support your value proposition.**
+
+Each pillar should:
+- Address a key customer pain or desired gain
+- Highlight a unique differentiator
+- Be memorable and repeatable
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Messaging Pillar 1: [Pillar Name]
+- Headline: [Customer-facing message]
+- Supporting Points:
+ - [Benefit 1]
+ - [Benefit 2]
+ - [Proof point or example]
+
+Messaging Pillar 2: [Pillar Name]
+[Same structure]
+
+Messaging Pillar 3: [Pillar Name]
+[Same structure]
+```
+
+**Example (Dropbox)**:
+```
+Pillar 1: Access Anywhere
+- Headline: "Your files, everywhere you work"
+- Supporting Points:
+ - Sync across desktop, mobile, and web
+ - Offline access - work without internet
+ - Proof: 600M+ users rely on Dropbox daily
+
+Pillar 2: Never Lose Work
+- Headline: "Your work is safe, always"
+- Supporting Points:
+ - Automatic backup - changes saved in real-time
+ - Version history - restore any file to any previous version
+ - 99.99% uptime SLA
+ - Proof: 99.99% uptime over 15 years
+
+Pillar 3: Effortless Collaboration
+- Headline: "Share files, not frustration"
+- Supporting Points:
+ - Share links instead of email attachments
+ - Set permissions (view, edit, expiration)
+ - Real-time collaboration on files
+ - Proof: 15M teams collaborate on Dropbox
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 11: Messaging by Customer Touchpoint
+
+**Tailor messaging for different channels and stages of customer journey.**
+
+**Touchpoints**:
+1. **Homepage Hero** (5-7 seconds to capture attention)
+2. **Google Ads** (Headline + Description, character limits)
+3. **Email Subject Lines** (Outbound sales/marketing emails)
+4. **Social Media** (Twitter, LinkedIn posts)
+5. **Sales Pitch** (30-second elevator pitch)
+6. **Demo/Onboarding** (First-time user experience)
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Homepage Hero:
+- Headline: [One sentence - clear, benefit-driven]
+- Subheadline: [One sentence - expand on benefit]
+- CTA: [Action-oriented button text]
+
+Example:
+- Headline: "Your files, anywhere. Your team, in sync."
+- Subheadline: "Dropbox keeps your files organized, backed up, and accessible - from any device."
+- CTA: "Get started free"
+
+---
+
+Google Ads (Search):
+- Headline 1 (30 chars): [Primary benefit]
+- Headline 2 (30 chars): [Differentiation]
+- Description (90 chars): [Expand + CTA]
+
+Example:
+- Headline 1: "Cloud File Storage & Sync"
+- Headline 2: "Access Files from Anywhere"
+- Description: "Automatic backup, instant sync, easy sharing. Try Dropbox free - no credit card required."
+
+---
+
+Email Subject Line (Cold Outreach):
+- Subject: [Pain or curiosity hook]
+
+Example: "Spending hours searching for files in email?"
+
+---
+
+Social Media (LinkedIn):
+- Hook: [Attention-grabbing first line]
+- Body: [Expand on pain/solution]
+- CTA: [Link + call to action]
+
+Example:
+"The average professional wastes 5 hours/week searching for files buried in email threads.
+
+Dropbox solves this: centralized storage, instant search, automatic sync across devices. Your files, organized and accessible in seconds.
+
+Try it free: [link]"
+
+---
+
+Sales Pitch (30-second elevator pitch):
+[Problem] → [Solution] → [Differentiation] → [Proof]
+
+Example:
+"Teams waste hours every week searching for files in email, Slack, and shared drives. Dropbox centralizes all your files in one place with instant search and automatic sync. Unlike Google Drive or OneDrive, we offer Smart Sync - access files on-demand without filling up your hard drive. Over 600 million users and 15 million teams trust Dropbox to keep their work safe and accessible."
+
+---
+
+Demo/Onboarding:
+- Welcome Message: [Set expectations for value]
+- First Action: [Immediate value - quick win]
+- Aha Moment: [When they experience core value]
+
+Example:
+- Welcome: "Welcome to Dropbox! In the next 2 minutes, you'll see how easy it is to access your files from anywhere."
+- First Action: "Upload your first file and see it instantly sync to your phone."
+- Aha Moment: "Edit a file on your laptop, open your phone - it's already there. That's Dropbox."
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 12: Proof Points & Credibility
+
+**Support your value proposition with evidence.**
+
+**Types of Proof**:
+1. **Customer Testimonials** (Direct quotes from happy customers)
+2. **Case Studies** (Quantified success stories - "Company X saved 20 hours/week")
+3. **Usage Statistics** ("600M+ users", "15M teams")
+4. **Performance Metrics** ("99.99% uptime", "Files sync in <2 seconds")
+5. **Awards & Recognition** ("Winner of TechCrunch Disrupt")
+6. **Security Certifications** ("SOC 2 Type II certified", "GDPR compliant")
+7. **Media Coverage** ("Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch")
+8. **Partnerships** ("Official partner of Microsoft, Salesforce")
+
+**Output**:
+- List 5-10 proof points categorized by type
+- Indicate which are available NOW vs. need to be created
+- Prioritize which proof points to develop first (based on customer objections)
+
+**Example**:
+```
+Available Now:
+- ✅ 99.99% uptime (performance metric)
+- ✅ SOC 2 Type II certified (security)
+- ✅ 600M+ users (social proof)
+
+Need to Create:
+- ⏳ Customer testimonial from ideal customer profile
+- ⏳ Case study showing quantified time savings
+- ⏳ Video demo showing "aha moment" clearly
+```
+
+---
+
+### Step 13: Objection Handling
+
+**Anticipate and address common customer objections.**
+
+**Common Objection Types**:
+1. **Price**: "It's too expensive"
+2. **Need**: "I don't need this" / "Current solution works fine"
+3. **Urgency**: "Not a priority right now"
+4. **Trust**: "I don't believe it will work as promised"
+5. **Fit**: "Not sure it's right for my use case"
+6. **Risk**: "What if I don't like it?" / "What if it doesn't work?"
+
+**Objection Response Framework**:
+For each objection:
+1. **Acknowledge**: Empathize with the concern
+2. **Reframe**: Shift perspective using customer language
+3. **Provide Evidence**: Use proof points to counter objection
+4. **Bridge to Value**: Redirect to core value proposition
+
+**Output Template**:
+```
+Objection 1: "It's too expensive"
+- Acknowledge: "I understand budget is a concern."
+- Reframe: "How much is 5 hours/week of wasted time costing you? At $50/hour, that's $13K/year."
+- Evidence: "Our customers save an average of 10 hours/week - ROI in under 2 months."
+- Bridge: "Plus, we have a free tier so you can validate value before paying anything."
+
+Objection 2: "I don't need this - Google Drive works fine"
+- Acknowledge: "Google Drive is a solid choice for basic storage."
+- Reframe: "But does Google Drive offer Smart Sync, so you can access files without filling your hard drive?"
+- Evidence: "92% of our customers switched from Google Drive because of this feature."
+- Bridge: "Try both side-by-side for 30 days - if Google Drive still works better, stick with it."
+```
+
+Create responses for the top 3-5 objections you expect to hear.
+
+---
+
+## Output Format
+
+Produce a comprehensive Value Proposition Guide (2,000-2,500 words) structured as:
+
+```markdown
+# Value Proposition Guide
+**Business**: [Name/Concept]
+**Date**: [Current date]
+**Created By**: Claude (Bizant)
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+[2-3 sentences: Core value proposition, target customer, key differentiation]
+
+**Value Proposition**: [One-sentence positioning statement]
+**Target Customer**: [Primary segment]
+**Key Differentiation**: [Main competitive advantage]
+
+---
+
+## 1. Jobs-to-be-Done Analysis
+
+### Functional Job
+When [situation], I want to [motivation], so I can [expected outcome].
+
+**Example**: [Filled in for your product]
+
+### Emotional Job
+I want to feel [emotion] when [doing the job].
+
+**Example**: [Filled in for your product]
+
+### Social Job
+I want to be perceived as [identity] by [audience].
+
+**Example**: [Filled in for your product]
+
+---
+
+## 2. Pains & Gains Map
+
+### Customer Pains (Ranked by Intensity × Frequency)
+
+1. **[Pain 1]** (Intensity: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ - Description: [What's frustrating]
+ - Impact: [Cost in time/money/stress]
+
+2. **[Pain 2]** (Intensity: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ [Same structure]
+
+3. **[Pain 3]** (Intensity: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ [Same structure]
+
+### Customer Gains (Desired Outcomes)
+
+1. **[Gain 1]** (Value: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ - Description: [What they want to achieve]
+ - Why it matters: [Impact on their life/work]
+
+2. **[Gain 2]** (Value: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ [Same structure]
+
+3. **[Gain 3]** (Value: X/10, Frequency: Daily/Weekly/Monthly)
+ [Same structure]
+
+---
+
+## 3. Pain Relievers & Gain Creators
+
+### Pain Relievers
+
+**Pain**: [Customer pain]
+→ **Relief**: [How your product addresses it]
+
+[Repeat for top 3 pains]
+
+### Gain Creators
+
+**Desired Gain**: [What customer wants]
+→ **Creation**: [How your product delivers it]
+
+[Repeat for top 3 gains]
+
+---
+
+## 4. Value Proposition Statement
+
+```
+For [target customer],
+who [customer's job/pain/context],
+[Product Name] is a [category]
+that [key benefit].
+
+Unlike [competition/current alternative],
+we [unique differentiation].
+```
+
+**Rationale**:
+[2-3 paragraphs explaining positioning choices]
+
+---
+
+## 5. Benefit Hierarchy
+
+### Level 1: Functional Benefits (What it does)
+- [Benefit 1]
+- [Benefit 2]
+- [Benefit 3]
+- [Benefit 4]
+
+### Level 2: Emotional Benefits (How it makes you feel)
+- [Benefit 1]
+- [Benefit 2]
+- [Benefit 3]
+
+### Level 3: Transformational Benefits (Who you become)
+- [Benefit 1]
+- [Benefit 2]
+
+**Messaging Strategy**:
+- Awareness Stage: Lead with [Level 1/2/3]
+- Consideration Stage: Emphasize [Level 1/2/3]
+- Decision Stage: Reinforce [Level 1/2/3]
+
+---
+
+## 6. Competitive Positioning
+
+### Category
+**Chosen Category**: [e.g., "Cloud Storage Platform"]
+**Rationale**: [Why this category vs. alternatives]
+
+### Points of Parity (Table Stakes)
+1. [Feature 1 all competitors have]
+2. [Feature 2 all competitors have]
+3. [Feature 3 all competitors have]
+
+### Points of Difference (Unique Advantages)
+1. **[Differentiator 1]**: [Why it matters to customers]
+2. **[Differentiator 2]**: [Why it matters to customers]
+3. **[Differentiator 3]**: [Why it matters to customers]
+
+### Positioning Map
+
+```
+ [Axis Y Label]
+ |
+ [Competitor] | [You]
+ |
+[Competitor] | [Competitor]
+ |
+ [Axis X Label]
+```
+
+**Positioning Strategy**:
+[2-3 paragraphs on how you differentiate and why this positioning wins]
+
+---
+
+## 7. Messaging Pillars
+
+### Pillar 1: [Pillar Name]
+- **Headline**: [Customer-facing message]
+- **Supporting Points**:
+ - [Benefit 1]
+ - [Benefit 2]
+ - [Proof point or example]
+
+### Pillar 2: [Pillar Name]
+[Same structure]
+
+### Pillar 3: [Pillar Name]
+[Same structure]
+
+---
+
+## 8. Messaging by Touchpoint
+
+### Homepage Hero
+- **Headline**: [One sentence - clear, benefit-driven]
+- **Subheadline**: [One sentence - expand on benefit]
+- **CTA**: [Action-oriented button text]
+
+### Google Ads (Search)
+- **Headline 1** (30 chars): [Primary benefit]
+- **Headline 2** (30 chars): [Differentiation]
+- **Description** (90 chars): [Expand + CTA]
+
+### Email Subject Line (Cold Outreach)
+- **Subject**: [Pain or curiosity hook]
+
+### Social Media (LinkedIn)
+- **Hook**: [Attention-grabbing first line]
+- **Body**: [Expand on pain/solution]
+- **CTA**: [Link + call to action]
+
+### Sales Pitch (30-second elevator pitch)
+[Problem] → [Solution] → [Differentiation] → [Proof]
+
+[Full pitch written out]
+
+### Demo/Onboarding
+- **Welcome Message**: [Set expectations for value]
+- **First Action**: [Immediate value - quick win]
+- **Aha Moment**: [When they experience core value]
+
+---
+
+## 9. Proof Points & Credibility
+
+### Available Now
+- ✅ [Proof point 1]
+- ✅ [Proof point 2]
+- ✅ [Proof point 3]
+
+### Need to Create
+- ⏳ [Proof point to develop]
+- ⏳ [Proof point to develop]
+- ⏳ [Proof point to develop]
+
+**Priority**: [Which proof point to develop first and why]
+
+---
+
+## 10. Objection Handling
+
+### Objection 1: [Common objection]
+- **Acknowledge**: [Empathize]
+- **Reframe**: [Shift perspective]
+- **Evidence**: [Proof point to counter]
+- **Bridge**: [Redirect to value]
+
+### Objection 2: [Common objection]
+[Same structure]
+
+### Objection 3: [Common objection]
+[Same structure]
+
+---
+
+## Conclusion
+
+[2-3 paragraphs summarizing value proposition strength and next steps]
+
+**Value Proposition Strength**: High / Medium / Low
+
+**Next Steps**:
+1. [Action 1 - e.g., Test homepage messaging with 100 visitors via A/B test]
+2. [Action 2 - e.g., Collect customer testimonials from first 10 customers]
+3. [Action 3 - e.g., Create case study template for quantified value]
+
+---
+
+*Generated with Bizant - Business Strategy Skills Library*
+*Next recommended skill: `go-to-market-planner` OR `customer-persona-builder`*
+```
+
+---
+
+## Quality Gates
+
+Before delivering the report, verify:
+
+- [ ] Jobs-to-be-Done analysis completed (functional, emotional, social)
+- [ ] Top 3 pains and gains identified with intensity/frequency rankings
+- [ ] Pain relievers and gain creators mapped to product features
+- [ ] Value proposition statement crafted using template
+- [ ] Benefit hierarchy created (functional, emotional, transformational)
+- [ ] Competitive positioning defined (category, parity, difference)
+- [ ] 3-5 messaging pillars developed with proof points
+- [ ] Messaging tailored for 5+ touchpoints (homepage, ads, email, social, sales, onboarding)
+- [ ] Top 3-5 objections addressed with response framework
+- [ ] Proof points identified (available + needed)
+- [ ] Report is comprehensive and covers all key areas
+- [ ] Customer language used (not product-centric jargon)
+
+## Integration with Other Skills
+
+**Skill Chaining**:
+- **Input from**:
+ - `idea-validator` (problem-solution fit, target customer)
+ - `market-opportunity-analyzer` (competitive landscape, beachhead market)
+ - `business-model-designer` (customer segments, value propositions block)
+- **Output to**:
+ - `go-to-market-planner` (messaging for launch campaigns)
+ - `customer-persona-builder` (persona-specific messaging)
+ - `content-strategy-architect` (content themes based on messaging pillars)
+ - `sales-playbook-builder` (sales pitch, objection handling)
+
+---
+
+### Step 14: Iterative Refinement (Up to 3 Passes)
+
+After generating the value proposition report, implement this refinement loop:
+
+**IMPORTANT**: Track iteration count. Maximum 3 iterations total (Pass 1, Pass 2, Pass 3).
+
+**After each report generation**, ask:
+
+"**Would you like to refine this analysis?**
+
+Sometimes after seeing the analysis, you realize additional context or corrections that could improve the conclusions.
+
+**Current Version**: Pass [X] of 3
+
+**Options**:
+1. ✅ **No, this analysis is complete** → Proceed to save
+2. 🔄 **Yes, I have additional information** → Refine analysis
+
+If you choose option 2, provide any:
+- Corrections to details I misunderstood
+- Additional context I should consider
+- New information that could change conclusions
+- Clarifications on any assumptions I made
+
+**What would you like to do?**"
+
+**IF user selects option 2 (refine)**:
+1. Collect their additional information/corrections
+2. **Append** this new context to the existing gathered data (do NOT discard previous context)
+3. Regenerate the report incorporating ALL context (original + refinements)
+4. Label the new report: "Report Version: Pass [X+1]"
+5. At the start of the refined report, add a note: "**Refined based on**: [brief summary of what changed]"
+6. Repeat this refinement question (up to Pass 3)
+
+**IF user selects option 1 (complete) OR iteration count = 3**:
+- Add note to report: "**Final Report** (X iterations)"
+- Proceed to Step 15 (Save Report)
+
+**Context Preservation Rule**: Each iteration must **ADD TO** previous context, never replace. The final report should reflect the most complete, accurate understanding.
+
+### Step 15: Save Report (IMPORTANT)
+
+After refinement is complete (user selected "No" or reached 3 iterations), **ALWAYS** ask the user:
+
+"Would you like me to save this value proposition report?
+
+I can save it as a markdown file for your records. This report represents 60-90 minutes of strategic analysis and should be preserved for future reference.
+
+**Suggested filename**: `[Business-Name]-Value-Proposition-[YYYY-MM-DD].md`
+
+**Suggested location**: Current working directory or a `/reports/` or `/docs/` folder if one exists.
+
+Would you like me to save this report now?"
+
+**Wait for user response before proceeding.**
+
+If user says yes, use the Write tool to save the complete report to the specified location.
+
+---
+
+## Time Estimate
+
+**Total Time**: 60-90 minutes
+- Context gathering: 10-15 minutes
+- JTBD + Pains/Gains analysis: 20-25 minutes
+- Value prop statement + benefit hierarchy: 15-20 minutes
+- Messaging pillars + touchpoints: 20-25 minutes
+- Objection handling: 10-15 minutes
+- Report formatting: 5-10 minutes
+
+---
+
+## HTML Editorial Template Reference
+
+**CRITICAL**: When generating HTML output, you MUST read and follow the skeleton template files AND the verification checklist to maintain StratArts brand consistency.
+
+### Template Files to Read (IN ORDER)
+
+1. **Verification Checklist** (MUST READ FIRST):
+ ```
+ html-templates/VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md
+ ```
+
+2. **Base Template** (shared structure):
+ ```
+ html-templates/base-template.html
+ ```
+
+3. **Skill-Specific Template** (content sections & charts):
+ ```
+ html-templates/value-proposition-crafter.html
+ ```
+
+### How to Use Templates
+
+1. Read `VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md` first - contains canonical CSS patterns that MUST be copied exactly
+2. Read `base-template.html` - contains all shared CSS, layout structure, and Chart.js configuration
+3. Read `value-proposition-crafter.html` - contains skill-specific content sections, CSS extensions, and chart scripts
+4. Replace all `{{PLACEHOLDER}}` markers with actual analysis data
+5. Merge the skill-specific CSS into `{{SKILL_SPECIFIC_CSS}}`
+6. Merge the content sections into `{{CONTENT_SECTIONS}}`
+7. Merge the chart scripts into `{{CHART_SCRIPTS}}`
+
+### Required Charts (5 total)
+
+1. **jtbdRadar** (Radar) - Functional, emotional, social job scores
+2. **painGainChart** (Horizontal Bar) - Top pains and gains with intensity scores
+3. **benefitPyramid** (Doughnut) - Functional, emotional, transformational benefit distribution
+4. **positioningChart** (Scatter) - Competitive positioning map
+5. **messagingPillarChart** (Bar) - Messaging pillar effectiveness scores
+
+### Key Placeholders
+
+**Header:**
+- `{{KICKER}}` = "StratArts Business Analysis"
+- `{{TITLE}}` = "Value Proposition Crafter"
+- `{{SUBTITLE}}` = Business name + description
+
+**Score Banner:**
+- `{{PRIMARY_SCORE}}` = Value proposition strength score (0-10)
+- `{{SCORE_LABEL}}` = "Value Proposition Strength"
+- `{{VERDICT}}` = "✓ STRONG VALUE PROP" | "⚠️ NEEDS REFINEMENT" | "✗ WEAK - MAJOR REVISION NEEDED"
+
+**Footer:**
+- `{{CONTEXT_SIGNATURE}}` = "value-proposition-crafter-v1.0.0"
+
+### MANDATORY: Pre-Save Verification
+
+**Before saving any HTML output, verify against VERIFICATION-CHECKLIST.md:**
+
+1. **Footer CSS** - Copy EXACTLY from checklist (do NOT write from memory):
+ ```css
+ footer { background: #0a0a0a; display: flex; justify-content: center; }
+ .footer-content { max-width: 1600px; width: 100%; background: #1a1a1a; color: #a3a3a3; padding: 2rem 4rem; font-size: 0.85rem; text-align: center; border-top: 1px solid rgba(16, 185, 129, 0.2); }
+ .footer-content p { margin: 0.3rem 0; }
+ .footer-content strong { color: #10b981; }
+ ```
+
+2. **Footer HTML** - Use EXACTLY this structure:
+ ```html
+
+ ```
+
+3. **Version Format** - Always use `v1.0.0` (three-part semantic versioning)
+
+4. **Prohibited Patterns** - NEVER use:
+ - `#0f0f0f` (wrong background color)
+ - `.footer-brand` or `.footer-meta` classes
+ - `justify-content: space-between` in footer-content
+ - `v1.0` or `v2.0.0` (incorrect version formats)
+
+### Context Signature Block
+
+Include at end of report for skill chaining:
+```
+
+```
+
+---
+
+*This skill is part of StratArts Foundation & Strategy Skills*
+*For advanced messaging and copywriting, see: `content-strategy-architect` (Marketing & Growth Pack)*