Board Deck Builder
Assembles comprehensive board and investor update decks by pulling perspectives from all C-suite roles.
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Board decks require a lot of information pulled together from different parts of the company. You'll want a strong narrative that connects product strategy to business outcomes. Finance usually has metrics to share—revenue, burn rate, runway, that kind of thing. Product might share feature progress and customer feedback. The team section could cover hiring and retention. Board members care about risk, opportunity, and execution ability. A typical deck might have 15-20 slides. You'd want a compelling story arc. Some boards prefer lots of data, others prefer high-level summaries. What's most important to your board right now?
Q3 BOARD DECK STRUCTURE (CFO + Head of Product + Chief People Officer perspectives) OPENING (Slide 1-3) → Headline: "Series B momentum: 156% ARR growth, path to profitability in 18 months" → Key wins: 3 enterprise customer closes, 40K MRR milestone → Board perspective: Why this quarter matters for Series C positioning EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Slide 4-7) → Financial snapshot: ARR 1.2M (up from 480K), burn rate 220K/month, runway 16.2 months → Unit economics: CAC 2.8K, LTV 18.6K, payback 2.1 months (improving trend) → Top risk: Sales rep turnover (2 departures, backfill in progress) PRODUCT UPDATES (Slide 8-12) → Q3 roadmap delivery: 92% completion rate (4 of 5 planned features shipped) → Customer impact: Support tickets down 18%, NPS up 6 points → Technical foundation: Database migration completed (0 downtime), API latency improved 40% → Next quarter focus: Enterprise features (multi-org, SSO, audit logs) FINANCIAL DEEP DIVE (Slide 13-16) → Revenue breakdown: PLG 52%, sales 48% (rebalancing toward enterprise) → Operating expenses: 340K (COGS 40%, ops 25%, R&D 35%) → Cash flow: Positive in month 3 of quarter if churn stays below 2% → Board pressure: Path to breakeven requires hitting 1.8M ARR (by Q1 2027) PEOPLE & CULTURE (Slide 17-18) → Headcount: 12 → 16 (+4 hires: 2 engineers, 1 sales, 1 ops) → Retention: 94% (industry 89%) → Concerns: CTO overloaded on roadmap + fundraising, recommend hiring director of engineering CLOSING & ASK (Slide 19-20) → Next milestones: 2M ARR by Q1 2027, Series C readiness (metrics on track) → Board decisions needed: Approve hiring plan (Director Eng + Sales Manager), strategic partnership with distribution partner → Timeline: Next check-in in 90 days
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name: board-deck-builder description: Use when Assembles comprehensive board and investor update decks by pulling perspectives from all C-suite roles.
Board Deck Builder
Assembles comprehensive board and investor update decks by pulling perspectives from all C-suite roles. Use when preparing board meetings, investor updates, quarterly business reviews, or fundraising narratives. Covers structure, narrative framework, bad news delivery, and common mistakes.
What you get
- Public GitHub repo (alirezarezvani/claude-skills)
- the board-deck-builder skill folder with SKILL.md. Part of a 337-skill / 30-agent / 70-command install.
Customize your output
- Fork the repo and adapt the skill's instructions and references to your workflow.
Example output
Activates automatically when your request matches Board Deck Builder; chains with the other skills, agents, and commands in the collection.
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SKILL.md preview
---
name: board-deck-builder
description: Use this skill when preparing board meetings, investor updates, quarterly business reviews, or fundraising narratives that need input synthesized from all C-suite perspectives.
version: 1.0.0
category: Business & Ops / Executive Advisory
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- business-ops
- executive-advisory
---
# Board Deck Builder
Assembles a board or investor update deck by pulling and synthesizing perspectives across finance, product, sales, and people into one coherent narrative.
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