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
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
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
- Ask for any missing inputs, then wait for my answers before drafting.
- Restate the main goal as one measurable target with a deadline.
- Break it into three to five actions, each with an owner role and a due week.
- List the measures to review weekly, using only numbers I already track.
- Name the two biggest risks to the plan and a short response for each.
- 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.