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#legal #compliance #regulation

legal Advanced

Legal: Map a New Regulation to the Three Things You Actually Have to Change

A new regulation just dropped and I need to figure out what to do about it. Cut ...

#design #ux #user-research

design Advanced

Run Five User Interviews Without Leading the Witness Toward the Answer You Want

I'm running five user interviews to validate a product idea. I've noticed I have...

#hiring #build-vs-buy #org-design

business Intermediate

Decide whether to build an in-house team or contract the work out

I'm deciding whether to hire an in-house team for [function — design, engineerin...

#email #status-update #stakeholder-management

email intermediate

Write a status update email that earns trust instead of asking for it

Act as a senior communications coach. I send weekly status updates to a skeptica...

#marketing #conversion #homepage

marketing intermediate

Audit a homepage in 20 minutes for the three things hurting conversion

Act as a conversion-rate consultant who has audited thousands of homepages. I do...

#design #user-research #usability

design intermediate

Run usability tests with 5 people and learn the right things from each one

Act as a research lead who has seen small-N usability tests done badly and well....

#data #statistics #ab-testing

data Intermediate

Data: Decide Whether a Difference in Two Numbers Is Real or Noise

I have two numbers (a metric this period vs last period) and a stakeholder askin...

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coding Advanced

Write a Dockerfile for a Multi-Stage Node.js Build

Write a production-grade multi-stage Dockerfile for a Node.js [VERSION] app usin...

#coding #docker #nodejs

#business #pre-mortem #risk

business Intermediate

Run a Pre-Mortem on a Project Before You Kick It Off

Facilitate a pre-mortem for [PROJECT]. Context: [GOAL, TIMELINE, TEAM SIZE, BUDG...

#flaky-tests #debugging #race-conditions

coding Advanced

Coding: Translate a Flaky Test Into a Real Bug or a Real Fix

I have a test that fails ~1 in 20 runs. Most people would mark it skip or retry-...

productivity Intermediate

Productivity: Audit My Calendar for Meetings That Should Be Async

Here's my week: [PASTE CALENDAR]. For each recurring meeting, ask: does it need ...

#productivity #calendar #async

hr Advanced

Design an interview that tests for the job, not for interviewing

Design an interview loop for [ROLE] that tests for what the job actually require...

#hr #interview #hiring

#strategy #memo #executive

business Advanced

Build a One-Page Strategic Bet Memo for an Executive Decision

You are a McKinsey-trained strategy associate. Help me write a one-page strategi...

#marketing #competitor-analysis #strategy

marketing Advanced

Audit a competitor without convincing yourself you need to copy them

I'm doing a competitor audit on [competitor] before [decision — repositioning, n...

#education #reteach #lesson-design

education intermediate

Re-teach a concept the class missed without making them feel behind

Act as an instructional designer. The class assessment showed that most students...

#interviewing #hiring #unfamiliar-role

hr Intermediate

Interview a candidate for a role you haven't hired before

Act as a hiring partner. I need to interview candidates for a role I've never ma...

#finance #cash-flow #forecast

finance advanced

13-Week Rolling Cash Flow Forecast Model Template

You are a CFO advisor and financial modeling expert. I need to build a 13-week r...

#burn-rate #runway #startup

finance Intermediate

Startup Burn Rate and Runway Calculator

Act as a startup CFO. Compute monthly burn and runway for [COMPANY]. Given: cash...

#reference-check #hiring #interviews

hr Intermediate

HR: Write a Reference Check Question Set That Actually Tells You Something

Most reference check questions are useless ('would you hire them again?'). Help ...

marketing Advanced

Marketing: Choose Between SEO and Paid for a Quarter With a Tight Budget

I have a fixed marketing budget for the quarter and I need to choose between inv...

#marketing #seo #paid

#marketing #google-ads #conversion

marketing Advanced

Audit a paid campaign that spends but doesn't convert

Our Google Ads campaign is spending $4k/week but conversion is 1/10th of organic...

productivity Intermediate

Replace a recurring meeting with something async without breaking the relationship

We have a recurring [weekly / biweekly] meeting with [who] about [what]. Honestl...

#productivity #meetings #async

#market-entry #partnerships #build-vs-partner

business Advanced

Decide whether to enter a new market through a partnership or a direct build

You're a strategy advisor who has watched both succeed and fail. We want to ente...