C-Suite Lens Router
Routes a question to the 2-4 exec lenses it touches, shows where CFO, CRO, CMO and others disagree, and resolves it by your priority.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
That's a key strategic question and you'll want input from your entire C-suite on it. We could pull together perspectives from sales, marketing, product, finance, and operations to make sure the strategy is grounded in real data and constraints. What's the current situation—what's working on the sales side, where are the bottlenecks, and what are your goals for Q4? I can help you synthesize input from different angles and make sure everyone's aligned. What aspects of go-to-market are you most concerned about?
EXECUTIVE GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY: Q4 PLAN CFO PERSPECTIVE • Q4 budget allocation: 300k total (70k sales, 80k marketing, 150k product/ops) • Revenue target: 480k ARR by end of Q4 (up from 380k today) • Payback period constraint: CAC payback must stay under 10 months • Recommendation: Double down on high-LTV segments (enterprises, not SMBs) • Risk: If growth spend doesn't convert, runway extends only to Q3 (not Q4) CRO PERSPECTIVE (Sales) • Pipeline: 18 opportunities in flow, 6 closing this quarter, 12 closing Q1 • Strategy: Land 4 enterprise deals (40k+ ACV) before year-end • Tactics: Hire second AE by mid-October (ramp time = 6 weeks, closes Q1 deals) • Concern: SMB channel plateaus at 8 deals/month; enterprise is growth lever • Market intel: Competitors launching in November; we need Q4 wins for case studies CMO PERSPECTIVE (Marketing) • Awareness: Webinar series (4 episodes, 1 per week, starting October) • Demand gen: 120k ad spend targeting CIO/VP titles (LinkedIn, Google Search) • Content: Enterprise case studies (2), product comparison guides (1) • Metric: 150 qualified leads into sales pipeline • Risk: Case study content production takes 4 weeks; delay launch to November CPO PERSPECTIVE (Product) • Roadmap: 2 enterprise-critical features ship mid-October (SSO, audit logging) • Messaging: Rebrand product as "Enterprise-ready, SMB pricing" • Competition: Competitor X announced compliance module last week; we need parity • Recommendation: Accelerate compliance feature (delay non-critical items) • Risk: Rushing adds 2 weeks to testing timeline COO PERSPECTIVE (Operations) • Headcount: Sales support, onboarding engineer needed for enterprise customers • Hiring timeline: 4 weeks to fill (recruitment in progress) • Customer success: Enterprises need dedicated CSM; current team saturated • Recommendation: Defer hiring until Q1 (cost), but risk onboarding delays • Constraint: Office lease expires December 31; relocation may distract team CHIEF OF STAFF SYNTHESIS • Vision: "Q4 is about enterprise credibility; we're shifting from SMB-first to platform positioning." • Key metrics to track: 4 enterprise closes (must hit), pipeline generation (150+ leads), feature ship date • Dependencies: Product ships by mid-October (gates sales messaging), marketing campaign launches October 6 • Contingency: If product slips, delay sales messaging 2 weeks; if leads don't materialize, pause ad spend mid-November Q4 GO-TO-MARKET EXECUTION PLAN WEEKS 1-2 (October) • Product ships SSO + audit logging (gated release, 5 beta customers) • Marketing launches webinar series (targeted at enterprise personas) • Sales begins enterprise deal calls (pilot customer feedback on new features) • CRO hires second AE (job posted, interviews week 2) WEEKS 3-4 (October) • Ad spend ramps: 30k this week, 50k next week (targeting CIO titles) • Product collateral: Case studies, comparison guides published • Sales: 2 enterprise deals close (target) • Pipeline: 80+ leads generated (track daily) WEEKS 5-8 (November) • Product: Second feature ship (compliance module, if no delays) • Sales: 2 additional enterprise closes (cumulative: 4 deals) • Marketing: Case study content goes live (powered by Q4 wins) • Operations: CSM hire + onboarding engineer interviews WEEKS 9-12 (December) • Final push: Close remaining pipeline (target: 6 enterprise deals total) • Operations: Onboard new CSM for customer success handoff • Strategy review: Board meeting on Q4 results, Q1 planning SUCCESS METRICS • Close 4 enterprise deals (minimum) by December 31 • ARR grows to 480k (up from 380k) • CAC payback stays <10 months • SMB channel maintains 8 deals/month (no decline)
About this skill
Get the leadership team's argument without the leadership team. This skill picks only the executive lenses your question touches and shows exactly where they would disagree.
What it does
- Routes the question to 2-4 of 11 lenses (CFO, CRO, CMO, CPO, CTO, COO, CHRO, CISO, General Counsel, customer, data) and says which it skipped
- Makes each lens name its position, the number it needs, its forcing question, and its biggest risk
- Maps disagreements as tradeoffs and separates fact disputes from priority disputes
- Resolves priority disputes with your stated top priority and names what the losing lens should watch
- Answers "which exec should own this?" with one owner and who to consult
What you get
A lens table, a disagreement map, one recommendation, and the missing numbers to collect.
Best for
Founders without a full executive team, and leaders checking a cross-functional decision for blind spots.
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