Free guide · works with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini
Chatgpt prompts for starting a business
Turn a fuzzy idea into a NZ-ready, one-page plan with a basic budget, compliance checklist, and first customer outreach—ready to test within 15 minutes. Each step creates a named artefact you can reuse and refine.
Step 1, free.
Copy this, paste it into your AI, and swap the [BRACKETS] for your own details.
Setup: Define target customer and pain
Provide: [IDEA ONE-LINER], [WHO (SPECIFIC SEGMENT)], [WHERE IN NZ], [CONTEXT (WHEN/WHERE THE PROBLEM SHOWS UP)], [CURRENT ALTERNATIVES], [TOP 5 OBSERVED PAINS IN THEIR WORDS], [2–3 EVIDENCE NOTES OR LINKS], [SUCCESS CRITERIA FOR CUSTOMER], [NON-NEGOTIABLES], [ASSUMPTIONS]. Act as a customer-discovery scribe and synthesiser to pin down one sharp problem worth solving now. Work through it like this: 1) Narrow the segment: specify one primary sub-segment (role, situation, trigger). 2) Translate pains into short “jobs-to-be-done” statements (verb + object + context). 3) Rank pains using a quick Impact x Frequency score (1–5 each) and note the current workaround. 4) Describe the day-in-the-life moment the top pain bites (time, place, trigger, consequence). 5) State the success outcome from the customer’s view in one sentence. 6) List your key assumptions to test first. Give me the output as: “Customer Pain Brief” with sections A) Segment Snapshot (who, where, context), B) Jobs-to-be-Done (3 bullets), C) Pain Table (columns: Pain, Impact 1–5, Frequency 1–5, Current Alternative, Trigger Moment, Consequence), D) Top Pain (7–12 words), E) Desired Outcome (customer sentence), F) Evidence Notes (bullets), G) Assumptions. Quality bar: A stranger can picture a specific NZ customer’s day and say the top pain in under 10 words. If any field is missing, ask one focused question for that field or mark it MISSING and proceed with what’s provided.
How to get a good answer.
- 01Fill every [BRACKET] with real detail. Vague in, vague out.
- 02Read the answer, then reply with what's wrong or missing. The AI fixes it in seconds.
- 03Check facts, prices and anything legal or safety-related yourself before you use it.
The rest of the workflow.
Step 1 gets you started. The full Launch a Simple NZ Business takes you all the way, 15 steps in order:
- 01Setup: Define target customer and pain (free above)
- 02Setup: Capture founder resources and limits
- 03Setup: Choose simple business model
- 04Design: Craft value proposition statement
- 05Design: Specify offer, pricing, and guarantee
- 06Design: Map minimum viable delivery workflow
- 07Design: Estimate startup budget and break-even
- 08Validate: Write three interview scripts
- 09Validate: Simulate customer responses with personas
- 10Validate: Decision review and risk register update
- 11Prepare: Compile NZ compliance checklist
- 12Prepare: Draft outreach message and one-page page copy
- 13Prepare: Build 7-day launch micro-plan
- 14Launch: Create operating checklist and KPI tracker
- 15Maintain: Schedule weekly review and improvement loop
Pay once, keep it. Delivered instantly with a copy button on every prompt.
Questions
Does this work with the free version of ChatGPT?
Yes. The prompt works in the free versions of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, on a phone or a computer.
What do I put in the [BRACKETS]?
Your real details: notes, numbers, names, whatever the bracket asks for. The more specific you are, the better the answer.
Is the AI's answer always right?
No. Treat it as a strong first draft: check facts, figures and anything legal or safety-related before you use it.
What's in the full Launch a Simple NZ Business?
15 steps run in order, a system prompt that sets the AI up for the job, worked examples, fix-it prompts and a quality checklist. It's NZ$29.50 once, no subscription.
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