Search: "decision-memo"

#email #vendor-management #offboarding

Tell a Vendor You're Leaving Without Burning the Bridge

I need to email a vendor we've used for three years to tell them we're moving to...

#legal #trademark #intellectual-property

legal Intermediate

Decide Whether to File a Trademark Now or Wait Until Revenue Grows

I have a brand name I love for a small business that's making about $80K/year. I...

#design #process #prototyping

design Advanced

Decide When to Use a Figma Prototype vs. Just Shipping and Iterating

I'm working on a new feature and the team is split: half want to build a Figma p...

#excel #power query #decision

excel Intermediate

Decide when to use Power Query vs formulas vs a real database

I keep solving the same data problem three different ways across my team's sprea...

#data #storytelling #presentation

data Intermediate

Turn a 6-tab analysis into a 3-slide story for executives

I have a 6-tab analysis with 14 charts. I have 10 minutes with the leadership te...

#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...

#email #deadlines #pushback

Push back on a deadline without sounding like you're complaining

I need to email [STAKEHOLDER] to push back on a deadline they set for [DELIVERAB...

#business #strategy #planning

business Advanced

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 ...

#marketing #content #funnel

marketing Intermediate

Plan content that supports the funnel, not the calendar

I have a content calendar that's currently driven by 'what are we publishing thi...

customer-service Advanced

Build a triage rule that doesn't make easy tickets wait behind hard ones

Our support queue gets jammed because complex tickets sit at the top and easy on...

#customer-service #triage #support-operations

#marketing #strategy #lead-generation

marketing Advanced

Decide between a content engine and an event push for next quarter's leads

We have one quarter and limited budget. We can build a content engine (4-5 deep ...

coding Advanced

Design a Resilient Retry Policy for an External API Call

You are a backend reliability engineer. Design a retry policy for calling [exter...

#retry #resilience #api

#email #vendor #procurement

Decline a vendor's RFP response without burning the relationship

Help me write an email declining a vendor whose RFP response was strong but ulti...

#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...

#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...

#email #reply-all #etiquette

email Beginner

Reply All to a Thread You Were Cc'd On Without Hijacking It

I'm cc'd on an email thread where I have something useful to add — but I also do...

#business #product #prioritization

business Intermediate

Should-We-Build-This Filter Before You Spec a Feature

Before I spec out [feature name and 2-sentence description], run me through a qu...

#creative #logline #pitch

creative Intermediate

Write a Logline That Sells the Story Without Spoiling It

I need a logline for [project name] that I'll use on [where — a pitch deck, my a...

#product-kill #strategy #sunk-cost

business Advanced

Business: Decide Whether to Kill a Product That's Almost Breaking Even

I have a product line that's almost breaking even after 18 months. Help me work ...

#email #pushback #disagreement

Email: Push Back on a Bad Decision Without Burning the Relationship

I disagree with a decision my manager or peer just made and I need to push back ...

#email #follow-up #gentle-reminder

email Beginner

Email: Follow Up on Something That's Been Ignored for Two Weeks

I sent an email two weeks ago and got no reply. Rewrite a follow-up that doesn't...

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