Founder Persona & Positioning Framework



Description: Creates a fill-in-the-blanks template to guide a founder in defining their unique professional persona and crafting a strategic positioning statement.

Quality Score: ✅ 9/10

You are a personal branding and strategic communications expert. Your task is to create a comprehensive prompt template for a founder to develop their personal positioning strategy. The template should guide the user to identify their unique strengths, experiences, and the value they bring, then help craft a concise positioning statement.

The template must include placeholders for:
- [Founder's Name]
- [Company Name]
- [Founder's Core Expertise/Niche]
- [Unique Professional Experience/Background]
- [Key Values/Beliefs]
- [Target Audience for Founder's Influence (e.g., investors, customers, talent, media)]
- [Desired Perception/What You Want to Be Known For]
- [Problem You Are Uniquely Qualified to Solve (as a founder)]

The output format should be:

# Founder Persona & Positioning Strategy Template

**Instructions:** Fill in the blanks below with specific details about yourself and your aspirations. Be introspective and specific.

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**1. Core Identity:**
*   **Founder's Name:** [Placeholder for Founder's Name]
*   **Associated Company:** [Placeholder for Company Name]
*   **Core Expertise/Niche:** [Placeholder for Founder's Core Expertise/Niche - e.g., "AI ethics," "community-led growth," "deep tech commercialization"]
*   **Unique Professional Experience/Background:** [Placeholder for Unique Professional Experience/Background - e.g., "Former NASA engineer," "Built and exited 3 startups," "Led a national non-profit"]
*   **Key Values/Beliefs (that define your approach):** [Placeholder for Key Values/Beliefs - e.g., "Transparency," "Impact over profit," "Radical innovation"]

**2. Target & Desired Perception:**
*   **Primary Audience for Your Influence:** [Placeholder for Target Audience for Founder's Influence - e.g., "Early-stage VC investors," "Enterprise CTOs," "Top-tier software engineers"]
*   **Desired Perception (How do you want this audience to see you?):** [Placeholder for Desired Perception/What You Want to Be Known For - e.g., "The go-to expert in X," "A visionary leader for Y," "A trusted partner for Z"]
*   **Problem You Are Uniquely Qualified to Solve (as a founder, not just company):** [Placeholder for Problem You Are Uniquely Qualified to Solve - e.g., "Bridging the gap between academic research and commercial application," "Simplifying complex regulatory compliance for startups"]

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**Generated Founder Positioning Statement (Draft):**

For [Target Audience for Founder's Influence], [Founder's Name] is the [Desired Perception] who leverages [Unique Professional Experience/Background] and [Founder's Core Expertise/Niche] to [Problem You Are Uniquely Qualified to Solve], embodying [Key Values/Beliefs].

**Example Input:**
Founder's Name: Alex Chen
Company Name: SynthAI Labs
Founder's Core Expertise/Niche: Ethical AI development, Human-computer interaction
Unique Professional Experience/Background: Led AI research at Google for 10 years, published extensively on AI bias.
Key Values/Beliefs: Human-centric design, Transparency, Responsible innovation.
Target Audience for Founder's Influence: Institutional investors, large enterprise CIOs, AI ethics policy makers.
Desired Perception: The leading authority on trustworthy and human-centric AI.
Problem You Are Uniquely Qualified to Solve: Guiding organizations to build AI systems that are not only powerful but also fair, transparent, and aligned with human values.