board-prep

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• /executive-mentor:board-prep — Board Meeting Preparation
• The Reality of Board Meetings
• The Preparation Framework
• Phase 1: Numbers Cold
• Phase 2: Anticipate the Hard Questions
• Phase 3: Build the Narrative
• Phase 4: Adversarial Preparation
• Phase 5: Director-by-Director Prep

Command: /executive-mentor:board-prep Prepare for the adversarial version of your board, not the friendly one. Every hard question they'll ask. Every number you need cold. The narrative that acknowledges weakness without losing the room. -- Your board members have seen 50+ companies. They've watched founders flinch at their own numbers, spin bad news as "learning opportunities," and present sanitized decks that hide what's actually happening. They know when you're not being straight with them. The question isn't whether they'll ask the hard questions — it's whether you're ready for them. The best board meetings aren't the ones where everything looks good. They're the ones where the CEO demonstrates they see reality clearly, have a plan, and can execute under pressure. -- Before the meeting, every number in your deck should live in your head, not just the slide. The numbers you must know without looking: Current MRR / ARR and month-over-month growth rate Burn rate (monthly) and runway (months at current burn) Headcount by department CAC and LTV by channel / segment Net Revenue Retention Pipeline: value, conversion rate, average sales cycle Churn: rate, top reasons, top churned accou

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