Recruit the right advisors for your startup with a targeted board profile in 10 minutes

Beginner
10 min
English

Identify, profile, and draft outreach for your ideal advisory board without wasting weeks networking.

Steps

  1. Open ChatGPT or Claude and start a new chat.
  2. Paste Prompt 1 and fill in the variables with your startup details to generate three distinct advisor profiles.
  3. Review the generated profiles and select the one that best addresses your most urgent current challenge.
  4. Paste Prompt 2, filling in {advisor_profile} with the profile you just selected and {company_description} with your startup's one-liner.
  5. Iterate once by asking the AI to adjust the tone of the email to match your personal networking style.
  6. Copy the final email draft, search LinkedIn for 3-5 people matching the advisor profile, and send the customized messages.

Prompts to Use

Role: Startup advisor and executive recruiter. Context: I am the founder of {company_description}. We are at the {startup_stage} stage. Our biggest current challenge is {current_challenge}. Constraints: I need an advisory board of 3 people. Suggest 3 distinct advisor profiles. For each, specify the exact industry background, functional expertise, and why they complement my current challenge. Output format: A table with columns: Advisor Profile, Industry Background, Functional Expertise, Why They Fit.

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