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Generic AI Prompts Don't Understand Growth
You know the frustration. You ask ChatGPT or Claude to help improve product retention and it spits out generic advice that could apply to any business. 😵💫
"Help me improve my user onboarding"
"Analyze my user engagement" "
What's my growth strategy?"
You spend more time refining prompts or getting annoyed only to get consultant speak and surface level responses. This week my client, Founder Andres Mitnik, shared how insightful my research was because traditional consultants have you recreating what industry incumbents are already doing. We don’t want that!
We’re in the pursuit of innovation for a better world. Meanwhile, you're not leveraging AI for growth or burning time and energy (literally) without prompts that actually understand growth nuances, AARRR frameworks, and the specific challenges of early-stage products.
Now you know that given how much energy and water AI consumes, I’m going to give you the most efficient solutions to get what you’re looking for.
Growth Design AI Prompt Library
After years of experimenting with my own growth projects and teaching technologists, I know: the best AI outputs come from prompts that understand your discipline.
That's why I built the Growth Design AI Prompt Library —20+ copy-paste prompts designed specifically for:
Strategic Planning: North star metrics, project evaluation, long-term roadmaps
Acquisition Analysis: Channel optimization, landing pages, viral growth loops
Activation Optimization: Onboarding flows, aha moments, time-to-value
Retention Strategies: Churn prediction, engagement patterns, cohort analysis
Each prompt is structured to deliver actionable insights, not generic advice. I’m still adding to it but I wanted to share this with you as it’s already more than you have available on the market.
AI Prompt Case Study
North Star Metric Definition
Let me show you how this works in practice by using my north star prompt. This is one of my most-used prompts from the Strategic Planning section that we also tackle in my course. I organize my prompts by analysis type, when to use, copy-paste prompt, and expected output.
Fun fact: many technologists (even at SaaS companies) share that their company actually hasn’t set a clear north star. 🥲 My lesson on this got them talking for the first time with their PM and leadership teams.
Ready to learn growth design? Get the course here.
The Prompt
The Output
The difference? This isn't generic. It's tied to the specific business model, user behavior, and design opportunities.
Before the prompt library:
No growth design knowledge
3+ hours crafting prompts for your project
Multiple rounds of prompt refinement
Generic outputs that can’t be applied
With the prompt library:
Learn how growth experts think
2 minutes to copy-paste and customize
Consistent strategic, actionable outputs
Impact built into every prompt
ROI: One time investment vs. consultants & hours of prompt engineering
Growth Advisor Call: $300-500 (external benchmark)
Stakeholder meeting: 2 hours x $100/hour = $200 (internal benchmark)
The math is mathing: In either scenario it’s a 7-11x ROI on the first use. 🔥
The Essential Bytes
→ Start leveraging growth expertise to speak AI’s language strategically.
Generic prompts get generic results. 🥱
Growth design specific prompts deliver insights that actually move your metrics. This library easily gives you a year of prompt engineering work, ready to copy-paste.
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Get the Prompt Library
Access the library below as a paid subscriber or visit gumroad.
Includes 20+ copy-paste prompts for:
Strategic planning (North Star, roadmaps)
Acquisition analysis (channels, landing pages, viral growth)
Activation optimization (onboarding, aha moments)
Retention strategies (churn prevention, engagement)
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