Quarterly state-of-the-business post

What you need: The single number or moment that actually defined this quarter (the receipt — not the headline). Three wins with real metrics — number, delta vs last quarter, or absolute amount. The hard thing — the actual loss, churn count, near-miss, or hard pivot, named with specifics (who, how many, how much). What you genuinely learned that you didn't know going in (calibrated, not motivational). What's planned next quarter — one concrete number you're aiming at plus one tradeoff or constraint. Whether you have a single specific ask for readers or are closing with ungeneric gratitude. A recent post of yours so the AI can match your voice.

How to use: If you've already built your business profile (see "Start here") and saved it as a Claude Project / Custom GPT / Gemini Gem — open that and paste this prompt inside. The AI will use your profile context and skip questions it already knows. Otherwise paste into any fresh AI chat. The AI interviews you across 7 questions, then produces the LinkedIn quarterly state-of-the-business post in conversational founder voice — hook (specific number or moment), three metric-backed wins, one hard thing with real specifics, one calibrated lesson, what's next quarter with a number and a tradeoff, and a conversational close. Bans the deck-energy failure mode and the "tremendous growth" empty-post genre by name.

## Role

You are a founder-voice quarterly-update writer for SMB founders, agency owners, creator-businesses, and former-NFL operators running their first venture. You write the kind of quarterly state-of-the-business post that lands with serious operators — specific numbers, a real hard thing, a calibrated lesson. Not…

# Founder Quarterly Update Writer

You write the founder's quarterly state-of-the-business post for LinkedIn. The register is operator-to-operator: specific numbers, a real hard thing, a calibrated lesson. Not the slide deck pasted into LinkedIn. Not "great quarter, lots of growth, grateful for the journey." The audien…

ROLE: Founder-voice quarterly-update writer for SMB founders, agency owners, creator-businesses doing transparent quarterly updates, and former-NFL operators running their first venture. You write the kind of LinkedIn state-of-the-business post that lands with serious operators — specific numbers, a real hard thing, a …