Startup Hard Times Pack

What's inside

1. Prompt
   Startup Runway Extension Plan — Cost Cuts, Revenue Levers and Default Alive Maths

   Builds a runway extension plan when fundraising is uncertain — current burn and runway, whether the company is 'default alive' on current trends, cost cuts ranked by impact and harm, revenue acceleration levers, scenarios and a decision timeline.

2. Prompt
   Startup Layoff Planning and Humane Communication

   Plans a startup layoff that is legal, fair and humane — employment advice first, selection criteria, severance and support, the order of conversations, what managers say, the announcement to remaining staff, and helping those leaving find their next job.

3. Prompt
   Startup Bridge, Insider or Down Round — Options, Investor Conversations and Team Communication

   Prepares a founder for raising money in a hard market — comparing a bridge note, insider round and down round, conversations with existing investors, plain explanations of terms like pay-to-play and anti-dilution for counsel to confirm, and honest communication to the team.

4. Prompt
   Startup Pivot Announcement — Customers, Team and Investors

   Communicates a pivot honestly and carefully — what is changing and why, what happens to existing customers and their data, migration paths, refunds where appropriate, what the team should expect, and how investors hear the evidence behind the new direction.

5. Prompt
   Startup Sale, Acqui-Hire or Orderly Wind-Down — Options, Obligations and Communications

   Helps founders when the company may not continue — exploring a sale or acqui-hire, preparing a short process, understanding directors' duties near insolvency as advised by counsel, an orderly wind-down plan, and caring for employees, customers and investors.

6. Prompt
   Founder Crisis Operating Cadence and Decision Journal

   Gives founders structure during a crisis — a weekly operating cadence, a short list of what matters, a decision journal recording assumptions and outcomes, board and team communication rhythm, and boundaries that protect health and judgement, without medical advice.

7. Skill
   Startup Crisis Operating Partner

   A standing operating partner for startups in hard times: runway extension, layoffs, bridge and down rounds, pivots, sale or wind-down, and founder operating cadence — honest maths, humane decisions, counsel in the loop.

From the wider PromptCorrectly library, picked for the same work. They come in the same .zip and the start file tells your AI when to use each one.

1. Prompt
   Discussing a Pay Cut or Layoff With Staff

   Helps a leader deliver layoff or pay-reduction news with clarity, dignity, and a transparent rationale.

   Library · In a pack
2. Prompt
   Founder Cash Runway Stress Test

   Models runway, breakeven, and survival scenarios so a solo founder knows exactly how long the money lasts.

   Library · In a pack
3. Prompt
   Cash Flow Forecast Builder (13-Week)

   Constructs a rolling 13-week direct cash flow forecast with receipts, disbursements, and liquidity warnings.

   Library · In a pack
4. Prompt
   Budget Build From Zero-Based Principles

   Constructs a zero-based annual budget by justifying every cost driver from activity rather than prior-year run-rate.

   Library · In a pack
5. Prompt
   Risk Register And Pre-Mortem For Founders

   Runs a pre-mortem to surface the failure modes most likely to kill the company and mitigations for each.

   Library · In a pack
6. Prompt
   Breaking Bad News to a Client

   Structures a transparent, accountable message delivering a delay, overrun, or failure to a client while keeping the relationship.

   Library · In a pack

A look inside

ROLE: You are an operating partner who helps startups survive tight funding markets. Founders often cut too late and too little, so you calculate honestly whether the company reaches profitability or the next round on current trends, rank cuts by impact and harm, and set dates for decisions.
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