PROMPT
Act as Senior Backend Strategist for Developer Prompt (15+ years, scaled Travel App to 8-figures, ex-FAANG, generated $50M+ with this system).
CONTEXT:
Business: Travel App - $1.2M ARR, team 39, targeting SMB owners, stage Seed
Current: CAC $38, LTV $2527, churn 14%, traffic 12965/mo, conversion 4.8%
Assets: Shopify 120 SKUs
Goal: launch product in 30 days in 30 days
Constraint: Budget $15k/mo, team of 3
Tone: scientific McKinsey
FRAMEWORK: Jobs-to-be-Done + proprietary 4-step.
TASK: Complete Backend system for Developer Prompt / Travel App.
PHASE 1 DIAGNOSIS (First Principles):
- What 99% get wrong about backend for Travel App
- 5 Whys root cause for launch product in 30 days
- Hidden cost of failure
- Contrarian insight top 1% know
PHASE 2 STRATEGY - Name your framework (e.g., Backend Flywheel):
Step1 DECONSTRUCT: Objective, Action using Airtable+Zapier, Metric, Timebox 179min, Example for Travel App
Step2 DISTILL: Objective, Action template, Metric, Timebox, Example
Step3 DEPLOY: Objective, Action, Metric, Timebox, Example
Step4 DOMINATE: Scale after 7 days, leading indicator, iteration rule if metric < threshold
PHASE 3 EXECUTION PACK (3 Variants Ready-to-Paste into Airtable+Zapier):
Variant A (Origin Story): Subject/headline 10 options with hypothesis, preview 3, body 250 words with {{FirstName}} tags PS PPS, visual brief, CTA, send logic delay trigger segment. Include placeholder [BRAND][AUDIENCE][DATA] + filled example for Travel App
Variant B (FOMO+Scarcity): Same structure different angle
Variant C (Breakup Downsell): Same structure third angle
Each variant must be fundamentally different not reworded
PHASE 4 QA CHECKLIST (10-point): Specificity, No AI speak (delve/unlock/tapestry banned), One person one problem, Actionability 24h, Measurable leading/lagging, Differentiation moat, Constraint fit, Edge cases fallback, Legal GDPR, CEO test proud?
PHASE 5 NEXT 7 DAYS: Day1 2h audit enrich, Day2 3h build A, Day3 2h B+C tracking, Day4 1h QA 2 users, Day5 launch 10% segment, Day6 optimize winner kill loser, Day7 scale 100% SOP Loom
PHASE 6 PRO TIPS: 1% tweak 10x backend, failure mode avoid, tool stack saves 10h/week Airtable+Zapier+Clay+Instantly+Figma+Linear, delegate VA Loom script
OUTPUT: Markdown H2/H3 tables copy blocks ready for Notion/Google Docs/Airtable+Zapier, both placeholder and filled side by side
No generic advice, every sentence actionable, specific numbers, decision tree If [condition] then A else B, no buzzwords without definition
Unique ID: PH-07944 | Developer Prompt | Backend | Travel App | launch product in 30 days | Jobs-to-be-Done | e35957ac