brutal-business-diagnosis

What problem does it solve?

This Skill exposes the structural, often-hidden reasons a business is failing to grow, remain profitable, or achieve product-market traction by cutting through surface symptoms to identify the causal issues.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Root-cause identification: Trace observable symptoms like churn, slow growth, or cash burn back to 1-2 structural drivers.
• Business model scrutiny: Evaluate unit economics, pricing, margin viability, and whether the model supports sustainable growth.
• Market-product and positioning assessment: Judge genuine product-market fit, demand signals, and competitive defensibility.
• Founder-business fit: Assess whether the founder's skills and network align with the business's critical needs.
• Use Case: A founder says "growth stalled despite marketing spend" — use this Skill to map symptoms, test model assumptions, and produce a prioritized action plan.

Quick Start

Provide a concise business description, target customers, current traction metrics, pricing and unit economics, and the founder's perceived problem, then ask for a brutal root-cause diagnosis and prioritized recommendations.