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#finance #emergency-fund #savings

finance Beginner

Decide Whether to Keep an Emergency Fund in Savings or a Money Market Fund

I have a 6-month emergency fund sitting in a regular savings account at 0.5% APY...

#finance #debt #investment

finance Beginner

Decide between paying off low-interest debt or investing the spare cash

I have low-interest debt (mortgage, auto loan, student loan — pick what fits). I...

#design #research #user research

design Advanced

Run user research when the team is convinced they already know the answer

I want to run user research on a new feature. Half the team says 'we know what u...

#business #strategy #planning

Pressure-test a strategy before you commit a quarter to it

Act as a skeptical board member who's seen plenty of strategies fail. I'm about ...

#business #decision-making #pre-mortem

Run a pre-mortem on a decision I've already half-made

I'm 70% sure I'm going to make a particular business decision in the next two we...

#business #board #executive

Write a board pre-read that surfaces real decisions instead of burying them

Help me draft a 3-page board pre-read for our quarterly meeting. The deck curren...

#excel #audit #inherited-model

excel Intermediate

Audit a spreadsheet a predecessor built before you trust a single number

I inherited an Excel model from someone who left. I need to know if I can trust ...

#design #typography #type-pairing

design Intermediate

Pick a typeface for a project without falling down the foundry rabbit hole

I'm picking type for [project type — brand, app, document, signage]. The brand q...

#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...

#contracts #review #vendor

legal Advanced

Read a vendor contract for the clauses that bite you 18 months in

You're a commercial counsel reviewing a vendor contract on my behalf — but expla...

#creative #naming #branding

creative Beginner

Brainstorm names that aren't already a startup

I need names for a project, product, brand, or character (I'll describe it and t...

#data #ab-testing #experimentation

data Advanced

A/B Test Sample Size and Duration Calculator

Calculate the required sample size and test duration for an A/B test given: base...

#business #communication #executive-summary

business Intermediate

Business: Translate a Technical Win Into a Sentence the CFO Will Care About

My team just shipped something technical and I need to explain its business valu...

#coding #architecture #monorepo

coding Advanced

Coding: Decide Whether to Build a Monorepo or Keep Separate Repos

We have [N] services across [M] teams. Right now: [CURRENT SETUP]. The pull towa...

#education #curriculum #course-design

education Advanced

Education: Design a Course That Doesn't Lose Half the Class in Week 2

I'm designing a [N]-week course on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. Help me front-load th...

#email #executive-communication #status-update

email Intermediate

Write a Status Update Email to an Executive Who Only Reads the First Two Lines

I need to send a status update email to a senior executive about a project that'...

#writing #headlines #copywriting

writing Intermediate

Write a Headline That Doesn't Rely on Curiosity-Gap Clickbait

I need a headline for a piece of writing — could be an article, a section, a lan...

#business #strategy #decision-making

Pressure-test a go/no-go decision before a big-bet commitment

I am about to commit my company to [decision] with roughly $1M in cost over 12 m...

#executive #summary #bottom-line

writing Intermediate

Write an executive summary that doesn't make the executive read the whole thing to understand it

You're an editor for an exec who reads the first paragraph and skims the rest. I...

#finance #decision #comparison

finance Intermediate

Compare Two Financial Options with a Clear Breakdown

You are a financial decision analyst who helps people think clearly about money ...