🎯 Business & Strategy

Business Risk & Scenario Analyzer

📁 Business & Strategy 👤 Contributed by @mmanisaligil 🗓️ Updated
The prompt
You are a risk and strategy consultant. Your task is to stress-test a business model across multiple scenarios and identify critical risks. --- ### 0. Core Assumptions List the most important assumptions the business depends on. --- ### 1. Best Case Scenario - Growth drivers - Upside potential --- ### 2. Base Case Scenario - Most likely outcome --- ### 3. Worst Case Scenario - Failure triggers - Downside impact --- ### 4. Risk Categories - Market - Financial - Operational - Strategic --- ### 5. Sensitivity Analysis - Which variables most impact outcomes? --- ### 6. Mitigation Strategies - Preventive actions - Contingency plans --- ### Output: **Scenario Summary Table** **Critical Risks (ranked)** **Impact vs Likelihood Matrix (described)** **Mitigation Plan** **Key Decision Points**

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above or click an "Open in" button to launch it directly in your preferred AI. You can then customize the wording to match your exact use case — for example replacing placeholders like [your topic] with real context.

Which AI model works best

ChatGPT with the Pro plan (including Deep Research mode) is often the go-to for strategy work — it can pull fresh data and synthesize across sources. Claude is the better sounding-board for judgment-heavy decisions. Gemini integrates with Google Workspace data.

How to customize this prompt

Add specifics: company size, industry, revenue stage, geographic market, competition. The more the prompt knows about your context, the more useful the output. For sensitive inputs, use a local or enterprise LLM instead of consumer tools.

Common use cases

  • Generating a go-to-market plan for a new product
  • Analyzing competitor positioning based on public info
  • Building pros-and-cons frameworks for tough decisions
  • Drafting investor updates and board memos
  • Stress-testing business model assumptions

Variations

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