Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Runs the board meeting: time-boxed agenda, consent agenda, vote vs discussion items, executive session, minutes, and action register.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
That's a significant strategic question. There are good arguments on both sides - enterprise offers higher contract values but longer sales cycles, while SMB lets you move faster. It really depends on your current resources, competitive position, and revenue targets. I could help you think through the trade-offs by exploring your runway, technical capacity, and go-to-market capabilities. What's your current customer mix, and how much runway do you have? That would help me give you more targeted guidance on which direction makes sense.
BOARD DELIBERATION INITIATED PHASE 1: CONTEXT LOADING Current ARR $2.4M, 80% SMB, 20% enterprise. Runway 18 months. Engineering team: 4. Market: Saturated SMB, high-growth enterprise. PHASE 2: CFO CONTRIBUTION Enterprise path → higher ACV, longer payback. Estimated 12-month sales cycles. Initial revenue impact: negative 6 months, then +320% by month 18. Requires 2 additional sales hires. PHASE 3: VP SALES CONTRIBUTION SMB moat eroding. Competitors undercut pricing monthly. Enterprise procurement is blocked without SOC 2. We can obtain it in 8 weeks. Current win rate: 15%. Enterprise win rate benchmark: 8-12%. PHASE 4: CRITIC ANALYSIS Enterprise risk: sales-driven cost structure, long deal cycles kill velocity. SMB risk: margin compression, platform commoditization. Hybrid fails both. PHASE 5: SYNTHESIS Enterprise wins on defensibility and margin. Requires commitment: SOC 2, enterprise-grade support, sales team restructure. 18-month break-even. PHASE 6: FOUNDER DECISION RECOMMENDATION: Enterprise pivot. Start SOC 2 immediately. Hire 1 enterprise sales rep while maintaining SMB base at reduced focus.
About this skill
Run a board meeting the way experienced chairs and company secretaries do. This skill handles the agenda, the vote mechanics, and the paper trail, and flags what counsel should confirm.
What it does
- Builds a time-boxed agenda that labels every item for information, discussion, or decision
- Uses a consent agenda for routine approvals so the strategic discussion gets the most time
- Lists items that typically need board approval, marked to confirm against your charter, bylaws, and investor agreements
- Turns raw notes into minutes that record attendance, quorum, disclosures, and resolutions, not debate
- Produces an action register with owners and dates
What you get
An agenda, a draft minutes document with placeholders for counsel-drafted resolutions, and an action-item register.
Best for
Founders and CEOs running their first formal board meetings, and chiefs of staff who take the minutes.
SKILL.md preview
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name: board-meeting
description: Run the board meeting itself - a time-boxed agenda with a consent agenda, the items that need a formal vote versus discussion, an executive session, draft resolution placeholders for counsel, minutes that record decisions rather than debate, and an action-item register after. Use when the user says "draft the agenda for our board meeting", "what needs a board vote?", "write the minutes from this meeting", "what's a consent agenda?", "how do I run my first board meeting", or "turn these notes into board minutes", including casual asks like "help me run the board meeting" or "what do minutes need to say?"
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