Create a new spreadsheet — AI Prompts for Google Sheets

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Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I invite the founders to work in this new workbook, make it easy for them to find key…

Before I invite the founders to work in this new workbook, make it easy for them to find key assumptions. On Inputs, place the fundraising target, current runway in months, and dilution cap in the top three rows with bold labels; freeze those rows so they stay visible. Add a pale gray cover sheet with a short note on where to edit assumptions and where not to touch formulas on Model.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

I just set up the workbook and sent the link, and Arun says he can't locate the fundraising target…

I created the file but Arun can't find the assumptions

I just set up the workbook and sent the link, and Arun says he can't locate the fundraising target or the dilution cap. Maya is in meetings until tomorrow and needs to approve the numbers by Thursday. Did I hide them in the wrong sheet or should I resend a link with direct cell references? What's the fastest fix so Arun can approve without breaking formulas?

Become — change the pattern

Every fundraise I create a new spreadsheet and then get three parallel copies from founders, which…

I keep spinning up new spreadsheets every raise and losing version control

Every fundraise I create a new spreadsheet and then get three parallel copies from founders, which wastes time reconciling numbers and costs credibility. I either lose control of the canonical file or spend half a day merging edits. Which habit will stop this pattern: enforce a single shared workbook per deal, adopt a naming convention with version notes, or build an intake checklist for founders to edit in place? What immediate rule would save the most time next raise?

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