25+ ChatGPT Prompts for Non-Technical Founders to Build & Grow
Non-technical founders juggle countless tasks. This collection of ChatGPT prompts is your essential toolkit, designed to help you master market research, craft compelling investor emails, and streamline operations—all without technical skills. Leverage ChatBoost for one-click prompt execution and accelerate your startup's journey.
Generate a specific user persona to uncover the motivations, challenges, and daily life of your ideal customer.
Create a detailed user persona for my product, [Your Product Name], which is a [Product Description]. The target audience is [Brief Audience Description]. Include demographics, goals, motivations, pain points, and a 'day in the life' scenario. The persona should be named [Persona Name].
Assess Startup Idea Viability
Quickly evaluate a startup concept for market potential, identify core challenges, and pinpoint initial target segments.
Act as a startup mentor. Analyze the viability of this startup idea: [Your Startup Idea in 1-2 sentences]. Based on current market trends, identify 3 potential challenges, 3 key opportunities, and suggest a primary target market segment to focus on for initial validation.
Develop a Lean Business Canvas
Outline your entire business model on a Lean Canvas, clarifying problems, solutions, and key metrics.
Generate a Lean Canvas for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. Here is the core information:
- Problem: [Describe the top 1-3 problems you solve]
- Customer Segments: [Describe your target audience]...
Craft Customer Discovery Questions
Develop 10 open-ended questions to gather unbiased insights into customer problems and existing solutions.
Generate a list of 10 open-ended user interview questions to validate the problem my startup is solving. My product, [Your Product Name], aims to solve [Problem] for [Target Audience]. The questions should focus on their current workflow, challenges, and what they've tried to solve the problem before, without mentioning my solution.
Generate Go-To-Market Strategies
Identify 5 tailored go-to-market strategies, including channels, messaging, and success metrics for your product.
Brainstorm 5 go-to-market (GTM) strategies for a new [Product Type, e.g., 'B2B SaaS platform'] called [Your Product Name]. The target audience is [Target Audience]. For each strategy, briefly describe the primary channels, key message, and a metric for success.
List Core Competitors
Pinpoint primary direct and indirect competitors for your startup, including a brief overview of each.
Identify the top 5 direct and 3 indirect competitors for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. My product is a [Product Description] that targets [Target Audience]. Provide a one-sentence summary for each competitor.
Build a Competitor Feature Matrix
Compare your product's features against key competitors using a clear markdown matrix to identify gaps.
Create a competitor feature comparison matrix in a markdown table. Compare my product, [Your Product Name], against [Competitor 1], [Competitor 2], and [Competitor 3]. The features to compare are: [Feature A], [Feature B], [Feature C], and [Feature D]. Use checkmarks (✔) for 'has feature' and crosses (✖) for 'does not have feature'.
Deconstruct Competitor Marketing
Examine a competitor's website, content, and social media to understand their core marketing strategy.
Analyze the marketing strategy of my competitor, [Competitor Website URL]. Review their website, blog, and social media presence. Identify their primary value proposition, target audience, main content pillars, and call-to-actions. Summarize their strategy in 3 bullet points.
Perform Competitor SWOT Analysis
Conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis on a competitor to evaluate their strategic position and potential vulnerabilities.
Perform a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for my competitor, [Competitor Name]. Their product is [Competitor Product Description]. Provide 2-3 bullet points for each category.
Define Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Formulate compelling USP statements that highlight your product's distinct advantages over competitors.
Help me define a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) for my product, [Your Product Name]. It's a [Product Description] for [Target Audience]. My main competitors are [Competitor 1] and [Competitor 2]. My key differentiators are [Differentiator 1, e.g., 'simpler UI'] and [Differentiator 2, e.g., 'focus on privacy']. Generate 3 potential USP statements.
Create a Website Value Proposition
Develop a concise value proposition for your hero section, clearly stating your product's benefit for the target customer.
Craft a value proposition for my website's hero section using the formula: 'For [Target Customer] who [Statement of Need/Opportunity], our [Product/Service Name] is a [Product Category] that [Statement of Benefit].' My product is [Your Product Name], a [Product Description] for [Target Audience].
Brainstorm SEO Blog Post Ideas
Generate 10 engaging, SEO-optimized blog post titles centered on solving your target audience's specific problems.
Generate 10 blog post ideas for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. Our product is a [Product Description] and we target [Target Audience]. The ideas should be focused on solving their key problems and be formatted as catchy, SEO-friendly titles.
Draft a New Feature Social Post
Compose a persuasive social media announcement for a new feature or product launch, tailored to your platform and tone.
Write a social media announcement for [Platform, e.g., 'LinkedIn'] about our new feature launch. The feature is [Feature Name], and it helps users [Benefit of Feature]. The tone should be [Tone, e.g., 'professional but excited']. Include a call-to-action and relevant hashtags. Our company is [Your Startup Name].
Map a Content Marketing Funnel
Design a content marketing funnel, suggesting 2 content ideas for each stage: awareness, consideration, and decision.
Outline a simple content marketing funnel for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. For each stage (Top of Funnel - Awareness, Middle of Funnel - Consideration, Bottom of Funnel - Decision), suggest 2 content ideas that would appeal to our target audience of [Target Audience].
Write a Startup Press Release
Generate a simple press release announcing a significant startup milestone, including key details and a quote.
Draft a simple press release announcing that [Your Startup Name] has just [Accomplishment, e.g., 'launched its beta product' or 'secured $500k in pre-seed funding']. Include a headline, a brief summary of the news, a quote from me, [Your Name], Founder, and a short 'About Us' section.
Generate Landing Page Headlines
Produce 5 benefit-driven headline options designed to capture attention for your product's landing page.
Generate 5 benefit-driven landing page headlines for [Your Product Name]. The product helps [Target Audience] achieve [Primary Outcome]. The tone should be [Tone, e.g., 'clear and direct'].
Outline a 3-Part Welcome Email Series
Design a 3-email welcome sequence for new users, guiding them from signup to initial value realization.
Outline a 3-part welcome email sequence for new users of [Your Product Name].
- Email 1 (Day 0): Welcome and confirm signup, highlighting the #1 thing they should do first.
- Email 2 (Day 2): Share a key tip or use case to help them get value....
Compose a Cold Investor Email
Draft a concise, compelling cold email to an investor, following the Problem, Solution, Traction, Team, Ask structure.
Act as a startup advisor. Draft a cold email to a potential investor, [Investor Name], whose firm, [Investor Firm], focuses on [Firm's Focus Area, e.g., 'early-stage SaaS']. The email should be under 200 words and follow the 'Problem, Solution, Traction, Team, Ask' structure. My startup, [Your Startup Name], solves [Problem] for [Target Audience] by [Your Solution]. Our key traction metric is [Your Key Traction, e.g., '10% week-over-week user growth']. The ask is for a 15-minute call next week.
Structure an Investor Pitch Deck
Generate a standard 10-slide outline for your investor pitch deck, detailing key information for each section.
Create a standard 10-slide investor pitch deck outline for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. For each slide (e.g., Problem, Solution, Market Size, etc.), provide the slide title and 2-3 bullet points covering the key information that should be included.
Craft Your Startup Elevator Pitch
Formulate a clear, concise, and memorable 30-second elevator pitch for your startup, highlighting your solution and differentiator.
Generate a 30-second elevator pitch for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. We help [Target Audience] solve [Problem] with [Your Solution]. Our key differentiator is [Your Key Differentiator]. The pitch should be clear, concise, and memorable.
Anticipate Investor Q&A
Generate 10 challenging investor questions and framework answers to prepare for pitch meetings.
I am a non-technical founder of [Your Startup Name], a [Product Description]. Generate a list of 10 tough questions a venture capital investor might ask me during a pitch meeting, focusing on market size, competition, go-to-market strategy, and defensibility. For each question, provide a brief framework for how to answer it.
Draft a Monthly Investor Update
Create a template for a monthly investor update email, including key metrics, wins, challenges, and specific asks.
Draft a template for a monthly investor update email. The template should include sections for:
1. A brief summary/TL;DR.
2. Key Metrics (with current values and month-over-month growth)....
Write a Key Role Job Description
Develop an engaging job description for a crucial non-technical role, outlining responsibilities, qualifications, and company culture.
Draft a job description for a [Job Title, e.g., 'Founding Marketer'] at my startup, [Your Startup Name]. We are an early-stage company building [Product Description]. The description should include sections for 'About Us', 'The Role', 'Responsibilities', and 'Qualifications'. Make it sound exciting and highlight the opportunity to have a major impact.
Design a 30-Day Onboarding Plan
Structure a week-by-week 30-day onboarding plan for a new hire, covering culture, product, and early project ownership.
Create a 30-day onboarding plan for a new [Job Title] at my startup. The plan should be broken down by week. Week 1: Company culture, tools, and meeting the team. Week 2: Deep dive into the product and customers. Week 3: Taking ownership of a small project. Week 4: Setting quarterly goals and planning future projects. Provide 3-4 bullet points for each week.
Establish Company Core Values
Define 3-5 actionable core values for your startup, aligning them with your mission and desired company culture.
Help me define 3-5 core values for my startup, [Your Startup Name]. Our mission is to [Your Mission Statement]. We want to build a culture that is [Adjective 1, e.g., 'customer-obsessed'], [Adjective 2, e.g., 'transparent'], and [Adjective 3, e.g., 'action-oriented']. For each value, provide a name and a one-sentence description of what it means in practice.
Draft a Strategic Partnership Proposal
Outline a strategic partnership proposal email, clearly communicating mutual value, collaboration ideas, and a call to action.
Outline a partnership proposal email to [Potential Partner Company Name]. My startup, [Your Startup Name], can provide value to their customers, [Partner's Customers], by [How you provide value]. The proposal should include: a clear 'why us, why you, why now', a proposed collaboration idea (e.g., co-marketing, integration), and a clear call to action to discuss further.
Explain Technical Concepts Simply
Break down a complex technical concept into an easy-to-understand explanation using analogies for non-technical audiences.
Explain the concept of [Technical Concept, e.g., 'API integration' or 'machine learning model'] like I'm a smart non-technical founder. Use an analogy to make it easy to understand and focus on the business benefit rather than the technical implementation details.
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