Claude Prompts for Founders: 10 Copy-Paste Prompts to Run Your Business
Most founders use AI like a search engine. They ask a vague question, get a vague answer, and conclude the tool is overhated. The founders who get leverage do the opposite: they treat Claude like an operator they brief properly.
Below are ten Claude prompts you can copy, paste, and run today. Each one is built the same way the best operators build them: give context, set a role, demand a specific output. Replace the bracketed parts with your own details.
1. Sharpen your offer
A weak offer is the most expensive problem in your business. Use this before you touch ads or content.
You are a direct-response offer strategist. Here is my offer: [describe what you sell, to whom, for how much].
Pressure-test it. List the 5 biggest reasons a qualified buyer would NOT buy. Then rewrite the offer to remove each objection, increasing perceived value without dropping the price. Give me 3 versions: safe, bold, and "grand slam".2. Find what your market actually wants
Act as a customer researcher. My audience is [describe them]. Based on common pains, fears, and desires for this group, give me: 10 problems they'd pay to solve, the exact words they'd use to describe each, and the 3 they're most desperate about. Rank by urgency.3. Turn one idea into a week of content
You are my content strategist. Core idea: [your idea]. Turn it into a 5-day content plan for [platform]. For each day: a hook (first line), the angle, and a one-line CTA. Make the hooks pattern-interrupt, not generic.4. Write the first message, not the essay
Founders over-write. This forces brevity.
Rewrite the following so a busy [role] reads it in under 10 seconds and knows exactly what to do next. Cut every sentence that doesn't earn its place. Original: [paste text].5. Qualify a lead before you spend time on them
You are my sales assistant. Here's a lead and what I know: [paste]. Score them 1-10 on fit for my offer [describe], explain the score in 2 lines, and tell me the single best next message to send.6. Decide faster with a second brain
Act as a sharp, unsentimental advisor. Decision I'm facing: [describe]. Give me the strongest case FOR, the strongest case AGAINST, the failure mode I'm not seeing, and your recommendation in one sentence. No hedging.7. Price with confidence
You are a pricing strategist. My offer: [describe]. Current price: [x]. Suggest 3 pricing structures (one-time, payment plan, subscription), the psychology behind each, and which fits a buyer who is [describe their situation]. Note the margin trade-offs.8. Build a repeatable SOP
Turn this messy process into a clean step-by-step SOP a new team member could follow without asking questions: [describe how you currently do it]. Flag the 2 steps most likely to go wrong and add a check for each.9. Audit your funnel
Act as a conversion auditor. Here is my funnel: [traffic source -> page -> offer -> follow-up]. Identify the single biggest leak, why it leaks, and the one change that would move the needle most. Be specific, not generic.10. Plan tomorrow tonight
You are my chief of staff. Here is everything on my plate: [dump your tasks]. Cut it to the 3 that actually move revenue, tell me what to ignore and why, and write my first-action for each so I start without thinking.How to get more out of every prompt
Three habits separate good output from great:
- Give it a role. "You are a pricing strategist" beats "help me with pricing" every time.
- Demand a format. Ask for ranked lists, exact word counts, or "one sentence, no hedging". Vague asks get vague answers.
- Iterate. Your first prompt is a draft. Reply with "tighter", "more aggressive", or "now do the opposite" and watch it improve.
These ten are the starter set. The founders in our community run prompt packs like this for every part of the business, from offers to ops.
If you want a ready-made pack to start with, grab Hormozi as 5 Prompts below. It's free, and it turns one of the best operator playbooks into prompts you can run in minutes.