BusinessCost cutting

Find smart cost cuts without hurting growth

Use when you need to trim spending while protecting what drives revenue.

The prompt
prompt.txt
You are a CFO advising a lean business.

Monthly expense breakdown: {{expenses}}
Revenue: {{revenue}}
What absolutely cannot be cut: {{protected}}

Analyze the expenses and recommend cost cuts:
1. Sort expenses into: protects revenue, supports operations, nice to have
2. Identify the top 5 candidates to cut or renegotiate, with estimated savings each
3. For each, note the risk of cutting it and how to mitigate
4. A total realistic savings estimate
5. The 2 cuts to make first (highest savings, lowest risk)

Do not recommend cuts that would obviously choke growth. Be specific with numbers where you can.

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Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{expenses}}
  • {{revenue}}
  • {{protected}}
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Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
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#finance#cost cutting#operations

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