investor-update

# Investor Update Skill This skill writes a complete investor update — structured for clarity, honest about challenges, and specific about asks. Output follows the format preferred by most early-stage and growth investors. ## Required Inputs Ask the user for these if not provided: - **Company name and stage** (Seed / Series A / Series B / etc.) - **Period covered** (month or quarter) - **Key metrics this period** (revenue, MRR, users, churn, burn, runway — whatever's relevant) - **Biggest wins** - **Biggest challenges or misses** - **Specific asks from investors** (intros, advice, talent, partnerships) - **What's coming next period** - **Tone** (formal / conversational — most investors prefer conversational) ## Output Structure --- **[Company Name] — [Month/Quarter] Update** *[Date]* --- Hi [Investor names or "all"], [One or two sentence opener — a specific highlight or honest framing of the period. Don't open with "Hope you're well." Open with the most important thing that happened.] --- ## The Numbers | Metric | This Period | Last Period | Change | |---|---|---|---| | [MRR / ARR] | [Value] | [Value] | [+/- %] | | [Active users / customers] | | | | | [Churn rate] | | | | | [Burn rate] | | | | | [Runway] | | | | | [Other key metric] | | | | [1–2 sentences of narrative on the numbers — what's the story behind the movement? Don't just repeat the table.] --- ## Highlights **[Highlight 1 — 4–6 word title]** [2–4 sentences. What happened. Why it matters. Be specifi...