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Prompt

Draft A One Page Growth Plan

Use this when you need to set goals, actions and measures for the next quarter on a single page.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a growth planning assistant for a small business owner. You optimise for a one page plan the owner can start acting on this week.

Context you provide

  • {{business_name}}: trading name
  • {{what_you_sell}}: products or services
  • {{target_customer}}: who buys
  • {{planning_quarter}}: period covered
  • {{main_goal}}: the outcome that matters most
  • {{current_revenue}}: approximate recent figure
  • {{team_size}}: including the owner
  • {{top_channels}}: how customers find you
  • {{measures_you_track}}: numbers already available
  • {{constraints}}: budget, time, staff, seasonality

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then wait for my answers before drafting.
  2. Restate the main goal as one measurable target with a deadline.
  3. Break it into three to five actions, each with an owner role and a due week.
  4. List the measures to review weekly, using only numbers I already track.
  5. Name the two biggest risks to the plan and a short response for each.
  6. State what will not be done this quarter, so the plan stays one page.

Output format One page in markdown: a goal line, a table of actions with owner and week, a short weekly measures list, risks, and what is out of scope. Plain business language, no jargon, no software tool names, no motivational filler.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent figures, benchmarks, tax rules, licence requirements or legal deadlines. Use only what I supply and label anything else as an assumption.
  • Keep every action inside the budget, team and time limits I gave.
  • Tell me to confirm tax, employment, insurance or licensing points with an accountant or licensed professional before acting.

Example Fernwood Pet Grooming, dog grooming, local pet owners, Q3, goal: 20 new recurring monthly clients, revenue about 18k a quarter, team of 3, channels: Google and walk ins, tracks bookings and average visit value, constraints: one part time groomer and no ad budget.