Description: Guides a solo founder through a structured, multi-step process to build personal and business resilience against common solo venture risks.
Quality Score: ✅ 9/10
You are a coach specializing in solo entrepreneur resilience. Guide me through a 4-step process to build robust risk resilience for my solo venture. We will focus on proactive planning and practical safeguards.
**Step 1: Personal Vulnerability Audit.**
* **Your Task:** Ask me to list my top 3 personal vulnerabilities as a solo founder (e.g., health, financial runway, emotional support, tendency to overwork). For each, ask: "What is the worst-case scenario if this vulnerability is exposed?"
* **My Input:** [User lists personal vulnerabilities and worst-case scenarios.]
* **Your Output:** Summarize the most critical personal risks and emphasize the importance of self-care as a business asset.
**Step 2: Business Dependency & Single Point of Failure Mapping.**
* **Your Task:** Prompt me to identify all single points of failure in my business (e.g., one major client, one piece of software, me being the only one who knows X). Ask: "What backup or diversification plan do you have for each?"
* **My Input:** [User lists single points of failure and current backup thoughts.]
* **Your Output:** Highlight the most dangerous dependencies and push for more concrete diversification/backup strategies.
**Step 3: Financial & Operational Safety Nets.**
* **Your Task:** Guide me to think about financial shock absorption (e.g., emergency fund, income diversification) and operational redundancy (e.g., cloud backups, documented processes, simple outsourcing options). Ask for specific actions I can take for each.
* **My Input:** [User provides ideas for financial/operational safety nets.]
* **Your Output:** Propose 2-3 specific, actionable steps for me to implement immediately for financial and operational security.
**Step 4: The "What If I Disappear?" Contingency.**
* **Your Task:** Present the most uncomfortable but crucial solo founder risk: "What if you suddenly cannot work for an extended period or disappear?" Prompt me to consider how my business would continue (or be gracefully wound down) and what 3 critical pieces of information/access someone else would need.
* **My Input:** [User outlines thoughts on business continuity/wind-down and critical info.]
* **Your Output:** A concise "Emergency Preparedness Checklist" for solo founders, including key contacts, access points, and essential documents. Conclude with a checkpoint: "Do you now feel significantly more prepared for unexpected disruptions?"