Free · For founders · Instant download

You shouldn't be writing first drafts.

I mean that. Not of your content, not of your proposals, not of your follow-up emails. That's not where your judgment belongs. So I built the most practical thing I could hand you — 15 production-ready prompts plus a portable skills file, for the writing every founder hates and never has time for.

15
Production-ready prompts
5
Categories of writing
1
Skills file you reuse forever

From Paige Hewlett — founder of Margo Labs, fractional CMO, professor.

Free download

Send me the pack.

Drops into your inbox in under a minute. No drip sequence. No upsell. Just the file.

Joins the Founding Margo list.
Unsubscribe anytime.

  • 15 prompts across 5 founder writing categories
  • A portable skills file you build once
  • Worked example for every prompt
  • Bonus thinking prompts for pressure-testing
01

Every prompt has three layers.

Because a prompt without context is just an AI random-output generator. The pack is built to make context the default, not the optional extra.

01

The prompt itself

A clean, copy-paste prompt with variable fields marked clearly. Drop it in any AI tool and you'll get a usable first draft.

02

A context example

What rich input actually looks like — not theoretical, but specific. The difference in output quality between a thin prompt and a rich one is dramatic.

03

A "go deeper" follow-up

A different persona, a pressure test, a constraint that forces the work sharper. The first output is never the ceiling — the second pass is where it gets useful.

02

15 prompts. 5 categories.

Built around the writing tasks that eat founder time — content, client-facing copy, internal docs, strategy thinking. Plus a bonus section of thinking prompts.

Section 01 5 prompts

Content & Social

01The Hook Generator
02The Voice Note to Post
03The Behind-the-Scenes Post
04The Content Batch
05The Repurpose
Section 02 3 prompts

Client-Facing Writing

06The Proposal First Draft
07The Follow-Up
08The Difficult Email
Section 03 3 prompts

Operations & Internal Docs

09The Onboarding Welcome
10The SOP from a Recording
11The Meeting Debrief
Section 04 4 prompts

Thinking & Strategy

12The Offer Audit
13The Decision Pressure-Test
14The Launch Countdown Planner
15The Quarterly Reflection
Bonus · Section 05 2 prompts

Perspective & Pressure

B1The Skeptic Read
B2The Assumption Audit

These aren't writing prompts — they're thinking prompts. For pressure-testing what you're building before you ship it.

03

Build your skills file first.

Most AI outputs sound generic because the prompt has no idea who's asking. A skills file is a one-page markdown doc — built once, pasted at the top of every conversation. The difference is significant.

Thin · Generic outputs
## About Me I'm a consultant. ## My Voice Professional but warm. ## My Audience Founders and entrepreneurs.
Rich · Outputs that sound like you
## About Me I run a growth consultancy for early-stage founders. I work 1:1 and through a small group program. Most of my clients are women building service businesses while running households. ## My Voice Direct. I don't hedge. I use short sentences and plain words. I never say "utilize," "leverage" as a verb, or "journey." I write like I talk — which is fast and a little dry. ## My Audience Founders 1–5 years in who are technically good at their work but struggling with the business side. ## What I Never Do No exclamation points in copy. No inspirational quotes. Nothing that sounds like a LinkedIn post from a marketing agency.
04

This is for you if.

The pack is built for a specific operating context. If three of these are true, it's for you.

i.

You're doing it mostly yourself.

The writing is yours to do. There's no team to hand it off to, and the blank page costs you more time than it should. These prompts give you a starting point in minutes.

ii.

AI outputs sound like everyone else.

You've tried AI tools and the drafts come back polished but wrong — corporate, generic, not you. The skills file guide is specifically built for that problem.

iii.

Your judgment is your product.

You're not trying to automate your thinking. You're trying to stop spending your best hours on first drafts. These create the raw material; your judgment shapes it.

"None of this replaces your read of the room. The AI doesn't know your client's tone, your gut feeling from the last call, or the subtext in the conversation. These outputs are raw material — good raw material, produced faster — and your judgment is still the last pass."

What changes is the starting point. Instead of a blank page, you have a draft worth reacting to. Instead of generic language, you have something that at least knows your voice and your context. The editing work gets smaller. The thinking work stays yours.

/

The machine is ready. Are you?

Download the First Draft Prompt Pack — free. 15 prompts, a skills file guide, and everything you need to stop starting from scratch.

Instant download · No drip sequence · Unsubscribe anytime