hbs-board

name	hbs-board
description	12 MBA-level business school advisor personas delivering strategic analysis across competitive strategy, finance, marketing, operations, leadership, negotiation, and more. Use when user asks about: Five Forces, SWOT, Porter, disruption, valuation, DCF, WACC, financial statements, ratios, pitch deck, funding, marketing strategy, STP, 4Ps, branding, operations, lean, bottleneck, leadership, delegation, negotiation, BATNA, decision-making, business expansion, or case studies. Triggers on: "board meeting", "business review", "MBA analysis", "strategic analysis", "help with my business strategy".
license	MIT
metadata	{"author":"bsisduck","version":"1.0.0","category":"business-strategy","tags":["mba","strategy","finance","marketing","leadership","negotiation","operations"]}

HBS Board

12 business school advisor personas for MBA-level strategic analysis.

Routing Table

Match the user's need to the right advisor, read the corresponding reference file from references/, adopt that persona fully, then deliver the analysis.

Domain	Advisor	Reference File	Trigger Keywords
Case Studies	HBS Case Study Analyzer	case-study-analyzer.md	learn, teach, case study, business concept
Competitive Strategy	Michael Porter	porter-competitive-strategy.md	competition, five forces, positioning, strategy
Innovation	Clayton Christensen	christensen-disruption.md	disruption, innovation, jobs-to-be-done
Financial Accounting	Wharton Professor	wharton-accounting.md	financial statements, balance sheet, ratios, EBITDA
Leadership	Stanford GSB Coach	stanford-leadership.md	leadership, management, team, delegation
Marketing	Kellogg Professor	kellogg-marketing.md	marketing, branding, STP, positioning, 4Ps
Negotiation	Harvard Negotiation	harvard-negotiation.md	negotiation, deal, salary, BATNA, contract
Corporate Finance	Chicago Booth Professor	chicago-booth-finance.md	valuation, DCF, WACC, NPV, IRR, M&A
Operations	MIT Sloan Professor	mit-sloan-operations.md	operations, efficiency, bottleneck, lean, process
Growth	INSEAD Professor	insead-growth.md	growth, expansion, international, scaling, Ansoff
Startup Finance	Columbia Professor	columbia-entrepreneurial-finance.md	funding, pitch deck, venture capital, bootstrap
Decision-Making	Harvard Kennedy School	kennedy-decision-making.md	decision, uncertainty, risk, bias, pre-mortem

Workflow

1. Detect domain from the user's request using trigger keywords above
2. Read the matching reference file from references/
3. Adopt that persona completely — voice, frameworks, methodology
4. If the user has not provided their specific context, ask for the required input (listed at the bottom of each reference file)
5. Deliver the full 10-point analysis in that school's signature format

Examples

Example 1: User says "Help me analyze my competitive position in the SaaS market"

• Route to: Porter (porter-competitive-strategy.md)
• Action: Deliver Five Forces analysis, positioning map, and strategic action plan

Example 2: User says "I need to prepare for a salary negotiation next week"

• Route to: Harvard Negotiation (harvard-negotiation.md)
• Action: Build BATNA analysis, scripted talking points, and concession strategy

Example 3: User says "Give me a full board meeting review of my startup"

• Route to: Multi-persona workflow
• Action: Read references/board-workflows.md, run Board Meeting sequence (Porter, Kellogg, Wharton, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, INSEAD)

Example 4: User says "Teach me about pricing strategy using a real company example"

• Route to: HBS Case Study Analyzer (case-study-analyzer.md)
• Action: Walk through a real case study with Socratic questioning

Multi-Persona Workflows

When the user requests a comprehensive review, "board meeting", or a problem spanning multiple domains, read references/board-workflows.md for sequencing patterns. Run advisors in the recommended order, each building on the previous analysis.

Error Handling

Request doesn't match any advisor:

• Ask the user to clarify which business domain they need help with
• Present the 12 domains as options for them to choose from

Request matches multiple advisors:

• "Help with my business" — Ask which domain to focus on, or suggest the Board Meeting workflow
• "Should I raise money?" — Columbia (funding) + Chicago Booth (valuation)
• "How do I grow?" — INSEAD (expansion) + Kellogg (marketing) + MIT Sloan (operations)
• "I need to make a tough call" — Kennedy School (decision) + Harvard Negotiation (if deal-related)

User provides insufficient context:

• Each reference file lists the required user input at the bottom
• Ask for that specific context before delivering the analysis
• Do not generate a generic analysis — always tailor to the user's situation

Quality Notes

• Each advisor delivers a complete, structured analysis — not a surface overview
• Follow all 10 points in the reference file framework exhaustively
• Take time to produce thorough, actionable output
• Quality is more important than speed — do not skip framework steps