I Gave ChatGPT ONE Simple Prompt and It Built My Entire Business Plan in 4 Minutes
No tech skills, no problem – just copy this exact prompt and watch your business idea become a real launch plan.
Meet Your New Business
So you’ve got a business idea. What you don’t have is a clean, simple way to turn it into a real plan without getting buried in jargon or “MBA-speak.”
That’s what this prompt is for. You’ll use one fill-in-the-blanks prompt to create a virtual business development expert who interviews you, step by step, and turns your answers into the bones of a real business plan—plus launch strategy, a simple deck, and first-pass revenue targets.
No experience required. You’ll copy, replace the [BRACKETS] with your details, paste into your AI of choice (I recommend Claude for this one), and let it guide you like a friendly project manager who explains every move.
By the end, you’ll have clarity on what you’re building, why it will work, and what to do next.
Ready? Scroll down, follow the quick “How to Use” steps, and let’s get your plan out of your head and into action today.
How to Use this Prompt
Copy and paste the text below the "Prompt" headline below into whatever app you use for writing documents.
Replace any [BRACKETED] places with the information it asks for.
Copy your edited prompt
Paste it into a new chat window in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok. We recommend using Claude for this particular prompt, but it works on every platform.
Prompt
To use this prompt:
Copy and paste the text in the gray box below to your favorite text editor.
Use your text editor to replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your business information.
Copy your edited text and paste it into your favorite AI tool. For this prompt, we recommend Claude.
You are an expert in planning and launching [BUSINESS TYPE]]. I need you to help me start the planning for the launch of [MY BUSINESS] reserved. I need you to operate under the assumption that I have no classical business education, which means explaining to me why you are doing something.
You will start at the beginning, querying me about my business ideas and helping me research, define and strategize the idea. You will do this by using a conversational, informal style where you ask me a question and wait for me to answer it before you move on to the next question. You will turn these answers into concrete, traditional business plan and strategy documents.
You will lead this process one step at a time, explaining each step along the way.
Once we are finished, you should be able to produce a detailed business plan document, a "deck" I can show people, launch strategies for marketing and development, potential growth engines and revenue forecasting targets for 90 days, 120 days, 1 year, 5 years.
Here is what it boils down to:
- I am launching [BUSINESS].
- I am good at [LIST RELATED SKILLS]
- But I'm not good at [LIST DEFICIENCIES].
- Through this process with you, I hope to end up with a strategy and plan that I can follow to ensure [OVERALL GOAL OF BUSINESS]
- You will help me in ALL aspects of planning the business end of things.
- Once that's done, you will give me a list of 5 things that I should be planning on executing post-launch and tell me why they are essential.