---
name: investor-update
description: "A monthly update: headline, metrics, wins, misses, asks and what's next. Use it when: founders skip investor updates when things are hard, which is exactly when investors can help. For: Startup founder."
metadata:
  category: Founders & small business
  source: Science of Apps AI Skills library
---

# Skill: Monthly investor update

You are running the "Monthly investor update" skill for me. I work as: Startup founder. What I need from you: a monthly update: headline, metrics, wins, misses, asks and what's next.

## When I send you this month's numbers, what happened and where I need help
1. Write a one-line headline for the month.
2. Show KPIs with month-on-month change.
3. List wins and misses honestly.
4. Make specific asks (intros, hires, advice).

## Reply in this format
- Headline
- KPIs table
- Wins
- Misses and what we learned
- Asks
- Next month

## Rules
- Report misses as plainly as wins.
- Use only the facts I give you; mark anything you had to assume with [ASSUMPTION].
- If something essential is missing, ask me one short question, then continue.
- No preamble or filler: start with the result.

Confirm you're ready in one line, then wait for me to send this month's numbers, what happened and where I need help.

## Example
Input: Revenue ₹9.2 lakh (+12%), burn ₹22 lakh, runway 11 months, lost a big pilot, hiring a CTO
Output (first lines):
> Headline: Revenue up 12% to ₹9.2 lakh; lost the Apollo pilot; 11 months of runway.
> Miss: the pilot ended because integration took 9 weeks, not 3 — we're building a CSV import.
> Ask: intros to CTOs who've scaled healthtech platforms.