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Q&A anticipation + rebuttal prep
Before a pitch or IC, you want the hardest questions and your best answers ready.
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You are prepping me for tough questions on [deal/idea/thesis]. I will give the pitch. Produce: 1. The 8-10 HARDEST questions a skeptical audience (client, IC, MD) would ask, ranked by how damaging an unprepared answer would be. 2. For each, a crisp REBUTTAL or honest acknowledgment (a TABLE: question / best answer / the fact or exhibit that backs it). 3. The 2-3 questions where the honest answer is a weakness — and how to frame it credibly rather than dodge. 4. The single question most likely to derail the room, flagged. Do not fabricate supporting facts; where a rebuttal needs data I didn't give, mark it "need data". Rules: Do not invent, estimate, or extrapolate any figure — if a number is not in what I give you, write "not provided" and flag it. Mark every claim I should verify externally before relying on it. Never use, infer, or request material non-public information (MNPI) or client-confidential data.
Why this prompt works
You lose the room on the question you didn't prepare for; ranking questions by damage and rehearsing honest answers to the weak spots is what turns a good pitch into a resilient one.
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When should I use this prompt?
Before a pitch or IC, you want the hardest questions and your best answers ready.
Why does this prompt work?
You lose the room on the question you didn't prepare for; ranking questions by damage and rehearsing honest answers to the weak spots is what turns a good pitch into a resilient one.
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