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dd-meeting-prep
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Prepare for due diligence meetings — management presentations, expert network calls, customer references, and advisor sessions. Generates targeted question lists, benchmarks to reference, and red flags to probe. Use before any diligence meeting or call. Triggers on "prep for management meeting", "diligence call prep", "expert call questions", "customer reference questions", or "meeting prep for [company]".
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Someone about to sit in a diligence session — a management presentation, an expert network call, or a customer reference call — who wants a targeted question list, benchmarks, and red flags pulled together beforehand.
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- “Help me prep for the management meeting with the target next Tuesday”
- “I have an expert network call tomorrow — what should I be asking?”
- “Put together diligence call prep for the customer reference calls this week”
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2name: dd-meeting-prep
3description: Prepare for due diligence meetings — management presentations, expert network calls, customer references, and advisor sessions. Generates targeted question lists, benchmarks to reference, and red flags to probe. Use before any diligence meeting or call. Triggers on "prep for management meeting", "diligence call prep", "expert call questions", "customer reference questions", or "meeting prep for [company]".
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6# Diligence Meeting Prep
Diligence Meeting Prep
Raw lines 1 to 7Workflow
Raw lines 8 to 910### Step 1: Meeting Context
12Ask the user for:
13- **Meeting type**: Management presentation, expert call, customer reference, advisor check-in, site visit
14- **Attendees**: Who from the target company or third party
15- **Topic focus**: Full business overview, or specific workstream (financial, commercial, operational, tech)
16- **What you already know**: Prior meetings, CIM, data room findings
17- **Key concerns**: Specific issues to probe
Step 1: Meeting Context
Ask the user for:
- Meeting type: Management presentation, expert call, customer reference, advisor check-in, site visit
- Attendees: Who from the target company or third party
- Topic focus: Full business overview, or specific workstream (financial, commercial, operational, tech)
- What you already know: Prior meetings, CIM, data room findings
- Key concerns: Specific issues to probe
Involves a person Ask the user :12
19### Step 2: Generate Question List
21Organize questions by priority and topic. Structure depends on meeting type:
23#### Management Presentation
24**Business Overview (warm-up)**
25- Walk us through the founding story and key milestones
26- How do you describe the business to someone unfamiliar with the space?
27- What are you most proud of? What would you do differently?
29**Revenue & Growth**
30- Walk us through revenue by customer/segment/geography
31- What's driving growth? Price vs. volume vs. new customers
32- What does the sales cycle look like? How has win rate trended?
33- Where do you see the biggest growth opportunities in the next 3-5 years?
35**Competitive Positioning**
36- Who do you lose deals to and why?
37- What's your moat? How defensible is it?
38- How do customers evaluate you vs. alternatives?
40**Operations & Team**
41- Walk us through the org chart — who are the key people?
42- What roles are you hiring for? What's been hardest to fill?
43- What keeps you up at night operationally?
45**Financial Deep-Dive**
46- Walk us through the margin bridge — what's changed and why?
47- Any one-time or non-recurring items we should understand?
48- How do you think about capex — maintenance vs. growth?
49- Working capital seasonality?
51**Forward Look**
52- Walk us through the budget/plan for next year
53- What assumptions are you most/least confident in?
54- What would need to go right/wrong to significantly beat/miss plan?
56#### Expert Network Call
57- How do you view [company]'s positioning in the market?
58- What are the secular trends driving this space?
59- Who are the strongest competitors and why?
60- What risks should an investor be aware of?
61- If you were buying this business, what would you diligence most carefully?
63#### Customer Reference Call
64- How did you find [company] and why did you choose them?
65- What alternatives did you evaluate?
66- What do they do well? Where could they improve?
67- How likely are you to renew/expand? What would change that?
68- If they raised prices 10-20%, how would you react?
Step 2: Generate Question List
Organize questions by priority and topic. Structure depends on meeting type:
Management Presentation
Business Overview (warm-up)
- Walk us through the founding story and key milestones
- How do you describe the business to someone unfamiliar with the space?
- What are you most proud of? What would you do differently?
Revenue & Growth
- Walk us through revenue by customer/segment/geography
- What's driving growth? Price vs. volume vs. new customers
- What does the sales cycle look like? How has win rate trended?
- Where do you see the biggest growth opportunities in the next 3-5 years?
Competitive Positioning
- Who do you lose deals to and why?
- What's your moat? How defensible is it?
- How do customers evaluate you vs. alternatives?
Operations & Team
- Walk us through the org chart — who are the key people?
- What roles are you hiring for? What's been hardest to fill?
- What keeps you up at night operationally?
Financial Deep-Dive
- Walk us through the margin bridge — what's changed and why?
- Any one-time or non-recurring items we should understand?
- How do you think about capex — maintenance vs. growth?
- Working capital seasonality?
Forward Look
- Walk us through the budget/plan for next year
- What assumptions are you most/least confident in?
- What would need to go right/wrong to significantly beat/miss plan?
Expert Network Call
- How do you view [company]'s positioning in the market?
- What are the secular trends driving this space?
- Who are the strongest competitors and why?
- What risks should an investor be aware of?
- If you were buying this business, what would you diligence most carefully?
Customer Reference Call
- How did you find [company] and why did you choose them?
- What alternatives did you evaluate?
- What do they do well? Where could they improve?
- How likely are you to renew/expand? What would change that?
- If they raised prices 10-20%, how would you react?
70### Step 3: Benchmarks & Context
72For each key topic, provide relevant benchmarks:
73- Industry growth rates and margin profiles
74- Comparable company metrics (if comps analysis exists in session)
75- Data points from the CIM or data room that warrant follow-up
76- Discrepancies between different data sources to clarify
Step 3: Benchmarks & Context
For each key topic, provide relevant benchmarks:
- Industry growth rates and margin profiles
- Comparable company metrics (if comps analysis exists in session)
- Data points from the CIM or data room that warrant follow-up
- Discrepancies between different data sources to clarify
78### Step 4: Red Flags to Probe
80Based on what's known, flag specific areas to dig into:
81- Inconsistencies in the CIM or financials
82- Customer concentration or churn signals
83- Management team gaps or recent departures
84- Unusual accounting treatments
85- Missing data room items
Step 4: Red Flags to Probe
Based on what's known, flag specific areas to dig into:
- Inconsistencies in the CIM or financials
- Customer concentration or churn signals
- Management team gaps or recent departures
- Unusual accounting treatments
- Missing data room items
87### Step 5: Output
89One-page meeting prep doc:
901. **Meeting logistics**: Who, when, where, duration
912. **Objectives**: Top 3 things you need to learn from this meeting
923. **Question list**: Prioritized, grouped by topic (star the must-asks)
934. **Benchmarks**: Key numbers to reference
945. **Red flags**: Specific items to probe
956. **Follow-up items**: What to request after the meeting
Step 5: Output
One-page meeting prep doc:
- Meeting logistics: Who, when, where, duration
- Objectives: Top 3 things you need to learn from this meeting
- Question list: Prioritized, grouped by topic (star the must-asks)
- Benchmarks: Key numbers to reference
- Red flags: Specific items to probe
- Follow-up items: What to request after the meeting
97## Important Notes
99- Lead with open-ended questions — let management talk, then follow up on specifics
100- Don't lead the witness — ask neutral questions, not "isn't it true that..."
101- Take notes on body language and confidence levels, not just answers
102- Always end with: "What haven't we asked about that we should?"
103- Keep the question list to 15-20 max — you won't get through more in a 60-90 min session
Important Notes
- Lead with open-ended questions — let management talk, then follow up on specifics
- Don't lead the witness — ask neutral questions, not "isn't it true that..."
- Take notes on body language and confidence levels, not just answers
- Always end with: "What haven't we asked about that we should?"
- Keep the question list to 15-20 max — you won't get through more in a 60-90 min session
From anthropics/financial-services at 6056506, 2026-10-28. Skills read by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash on 2026-11-04. Summary and techniques by Claude Opus 5.5 on 2026-11-06.