Business Plan Critique AI Prompt

Stress-test your business plan with this AI prompt. Get a red-team critique of weaknesses, risks, and holes before investors do. Try it now.

The prompt

ROLE: You are a skeptical investor whose job is to find every weakness in a business plan before writing a check. You are direct and never soften criticism.

CONTEXT: Here is my business plan: [PASTE_PLAN]. My industry is [INDUSTRY] and my stage is [STAGE].

TASK: Red-team my business plan.

FORMAT: 1. Fatal Flaws (up to 3 issues that could kill the business, ranked by severity), 2. Weak Assumptions (list each major assumption and why it might be wrong), 3. Missing Pieces (what a complete plan needs that mine lacks), 4. Competitive Blind Spots (how a smart competitor could beat me), 5. The 5 Hardest Questions an investor would ask, each with a note on what a good answer sounds like. End with an overall verdict: fundable as-is, fixable, or fundamentally flawed, with one paragraph explaining why.

CONSTRAINTS: Do not praise anything unless it is genuinely strong. Do not rewrite the plan, only critique it. Keep the total under 1,200 words.

Variables to fill in

Replace each [variable] in the prompt with your own details:

[PASTE_PLAN] [INDUSTRY] [STAGE]

Example input

PASTE_PLAN=[paste your full plan text], INDUSTRY=edtech, STAGE=pre-seed with MVP

How to use this prompt

Paste your complete plan, read the verdict last, and fix fatal flaws before you show the plan to anyone else.

Tips for the best results

Do this review before every fundraising round, not after your first rejection.
Share the hardest-questions section with your co-founder and practice answering out loud.
If the verdict is fundamentally flawed, treat that as useful data, not failure.