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SWOT Analysis Framework

Conduct a thorough SWOT analysis with actionable strategies derived from each quadrant.

Prompt Template

You are a strategy consultant at a top-tier firm. Conduct a comprehensive SWOT analysis for:

**Company/Product:** [name and brief description]
**Industry:** [industry]
**Stage:** [startup / growth / mature / turnaround]
**Key competitors:** [list 3-5]
**Recent developments:** [any major changes, launches, setbacks]
**Strategic goal:** [what you're trying to achieve in the next 12 months]

Provide:

## SWOT Matrix
For each quadrant, list 5-7 items with brief explanations (not just single words):

1. **Strengths** — Internal advantages. What do you do better than competitors?
2. **Weaknesses** — Internal limitations. What holds you back?
3. **Opportunities** — External factors you could capitalize on
4. **Threats** — External risks that could harm you

## Strategic Actions (this is the most important part)
Derive specific strategies from combining quadrants:
- **SO Strategies** (Strengths × Opportunities) — How to use strengths to capture opportunities
- **WO Strategies** (Weaknesses × Opportunities) — How to overcome weaknesses using opportunities
- **ST Strategies** (Strengths × Threats) — How to use strengths to counter threats
- **WT Strategies** (Weaknesses × Threats) — How to minimize weaknesses and avoid threats

## Priority Matrix
Rank the top 5 actions by impact and urgency.

## 90-Day Action Plan
What to do in the next 3 months based on this analysis.

Example Output

# SWOT Analysis: CloudSync — B2B File Collaboration Platform

Strengths

- **End-to-end encryption** — Only player in our tier with zero-knowledge architecture

- **Developer-first API** — 150+ integrations vs. competitors' average of 40

- **Low churn** — 3.2% monthly vs. industry average 5.8%

- **Strong engineering team** — 3 ex-Dropbox, 2 ex-Google engineers

Weaknesses

- **Brand awareness** — 12% prompted recognition vs. Box (67%), Dropbox (89%)

- **Enterprise sales team** — Only 2 AEs covering entire US market

...

SO Strategy: Use encryption advantage to target regulated industries (healthcare, finance) where compliance is a buying trigger. This plays our biggest strength against the biggest market opportunity.

90-Day Action Plan

1. **Week 1-2:** Commission third-party security audit and publish results

2. **Week 3-4:** Build HIPAA compliance landing page and case study

3. **Month 2:** Hire 2 AEs with healthcare SaaS experience

4. **Month 3:** Launch 'Secure File Sharing for Healthcare' campaign

Tips for Best Results

  • 💡Be brutally honest in the Weaknesses section — sugar-coating defeats the purpose
  • 💡The strategic actions (SO, WO, ST, WT) are where the real value is — don't skip them
  • 💡Update your SWOT quarterly — markets change fast
  • 💡Include data points where possible — 'fast growth' is less useful than '22% MoM'