Clarify your vision and rally your team with a founder memo in 10 minutes
Beginner
10 min
English
Write a clear, inspiring founder memo that aligns your team on current priorities and next steps.
Steps
- Open your preferred AI tool like ChatGPT or Claude.
- Copy the prompt template provided below.
- Fill in the curly brace variables with your specific company details, goals, and challenges.
- Paste the completed prompt into the chat and press enter.
- Read the generated memo to check if the tone and priorities match your vision.
- Iterate once by asking the AI to adjust the length or tone (e.g., 'Make it more concise and add more urgency').
- Copy the final memo and share it with your team via email, Slack, or Notion.
Prompts to Use
Act as a startup founder writing a company-wide memo. Context: My company is {company_name} and we build {product_description}. Current situation: {current_situation}. Main goal for this month: {monthly_goal}. Key challenge we are facing: {key_challenge}. Constraints: Keep the memo under 300 words, use a confident and transparent tone, and format it with a short intro, a bulleted list of priorities, and a closing call to action.
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