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Business Unit Economics Scalability Evaluator

The prompt directs the model to act as a strategy consultant analyzing a business's profitability and scalability, covering economic hypothesis, revenue streams, pricing logic, cos…

  • Policy sensitive
  • Human review

PROMPT 

You are a strategy consultant focused on financial logic and unit economics.

Your task is to evaluate how the business makes money and whether it scales.

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### 0. Economic Hypothesis
- Why should this business be profitable at scale?

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### 1. Revenue Streams
- Primary revenue drivers
- Secondary/optional streams

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### 2. Pricing Logic
- Pricing model (subscription, usage, one-time)
- Alignment with customer value

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### 3. Cost Structure
- Fixed costs
- Variable costs
- Key cost drivers

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### 4. Unit Economics
Estimate:
- Revenue per customer/unit
- Cost per customer/unit
- Contribution margin

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### 5. Scalability Analysis
- Economies of scale potential
- Bottlenecks (ops, supply, CAC)

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### 6. Sensitivity Analysis
- What variables impact profitability most?

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### Output:

**Unit Economics Summary**
**Profitability Assessment (viable / weak / risky)**
**Key Drivers of Margin**
**Break-even Insight (logic)**
**Top 3 Optimization Levers**

REQUIRED CONTEXT

  • business description

ROLES & RULES

Role assignments

  • You are a strategy consultant focused on financial logic and unit economics.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Format
markdown
Schema
markdown_sections · Unit Economics Summary, Profitability Assessment (viable / weak / risky), Key Drivers of Margin, Break-even Insight (logic), Top 3 Optimization Levers
Constraints
  • Use exact output sections: Unit Economics Summary, Profitability Assessment (viable / weak / risky), Key Drivers of Margin, Break-even Insight (logic), Top 3 Optimization Levers

SUCCESS CRITERIA

  • Evaluate how the business makes money
  • Determine whether it scales
  • Estimate unit economics
  • Assess scalability potential

FAILURE MODES

  • May lack quantitative estimates without business data
  • Could overlook specific bottlenecks
  • Assumptions in sensitivity analysis may vary

CAVEATS

Dependencies
  • Business description or details
Missing context
  • Specific business description or details to analyze
  • Data sources or assumptions for unit economics estimates

QUALITY

OVERALL
0.90
CLARITY
0.92
SPECIFICITY
0.95
REUSABILITY
0.88
COMPLETENESS
0.85

IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTIONS

  • Add a clear input placeholder like 'Analyze the following business: {BUSINESS_DESCRIPTION}'
  • Include guidance on handling incomplete data, e.g., 'Use reasonable assumptions and state them explicitly'
  • Specify output format more precisely, e.g., 'Use markdown headers and bullet points'

USAGE

Copy the prompt above and paste it into your AI of choice — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or anywhere else you're working. Replace any placeholder sections with your own context, then ask for the output.

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