Board Prep
Board meeting preparation for the adversarial scenario, not the friendly one.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
Board meetings with rough numbers are stressful but manageable. Here's how to approach it: - Be transparent about the challenges - Come with a plan, not just problems - Know your numbers cold - Anticipate tough questions - Frame setbacks with what you've learned - Show the path forward Boards generally respond well to founders who own the situation and have a clear plan. Practice your talking points beforehand so you're confident. Would you like help preparing for specific questions?
Board prep for the ADVERSARIAL room, not the friendly one. Rough numbers mean every figure gets challenged — so the prep is built around that. NUMBERS COLD — the non-negotiable Every number lives in your head, not just on the slide. When a board member asks "what's CAC by channel," fumbling to the deck signals you're not running the company. Drill until you can answer any figure without looking. This is the single thing that holds or loses the room. ANTICIPATE THE HARD QUESTIONS — write them down and answer them now "Why did burn go up while growth slowed?" "What changed that you didn't see coming?" "Why should we believe next quarter is different?" The questions you're dreading are the ones they'll ask. An unprepared answer to a predictable question is what turns concern into doubt. THE NARRATIVE — acknowledge weakness without losing the room Not spin, not despair. Name the miss in one clear sentence, own the cause, then pivot to the specific plan. "We missed Q3 on volume, here's exactly why, here's what we've already changed." Boards forgive misses; they don't forgive founders who can't see them. THE STRUCTURE 1. The number, stated plainly, before they ask 2. The cause, owned, not blamed 3. The plan, specific and dated 4. The ask, if any WHAT LOSES THE ROOM Surprise (they find a problem you didn't flag), and vagueness. Flag the bad news first, in your own words. Want to drill the five hardest questions for your specific numbers?
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name: board-prep description: Use when Board meeting preparation for the adversarial scenario, not the friendly one.
Board Prep
Board meeting preparation for the adversarial scenario, not the friendly one. Forces numbers-cold mastery, anticipates hard questions, builds a narrative that acknowledges weakness without losing the room. Use when preparing for a board meeting, an investor update, fundraising presentation, or any high-stakes adversarial review where every number must live in your head not just on a slide.
What you get
- Public GitHub repo (alirezarezvani/claude-skills)
- the board-prep 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
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SKILL.md preview
---
name: board-prep
description: Use this skill when preparing for an adversarial board meeting, investor update, or fundraising presentation where every number must be defended from memory.
version: 1.0.0
category: Business & Ops / Executive Advisory
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- business-ops
- executive-advisory
---
# Board Prep
Prepares a founder for the hostile version of a board meeting, not the friendly one, by forcing cold mastery of the numbers and pre-building answers to the hardest likely questions.
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