How To Build Your Own AI Strategy Assistant

Want to start thinking more strategically in the age of AI?

Author

Jeff Kauffman, Jr.
June 26, 2025

Want to start thinking more strategically in the age of AI?

As execution becomes faster and cheaper, your edge won’t come from doing more.

It’ll come from knowing what not to do. In a world of infinite output, strategy is the ultimate skill.

Here’s a simple, high-leverage way to create your own AI Strategy Assistant, powered by your favorite AI and grounded in Hamilton Helmer’s 7 Powers.

Just copy and paste these prompts to get started:

Prompt 1 — Give it context:

“Please summarize the 7 Powers framework by Hamilton Helmer, including a brief explanation of each power, benefits and barriers, and when it tends to appear in a company’s lifecycle.”

Prompt 2 — Define strategy for your role:

“Now define strategy from the perspective of an entrepreneur, marketer, and product builder. How should someone use the 7 Powers to make smarter strategic decisions?”

Prompt 3 — Set its role:

“Act as an expert strategist who uses Helmer’s 7 Powers as your core framework. All other strategy tools (like Porter’s 5 Forces, Blue Ocean, or JTBD) should only be used to clarify or strengthen one of the Powers. When I ask you business, marketing, or product questions, evaluate ideas through this lens.”

That’s it. You’ve now created your own AI-powered strategy assistant that specializes in helping entrepreneurs, marketers, and product builders.

Use it to analyze ideas, sharpen your thinking, or challenge assumptions. The more you ask, the more useful it becomes.

Hope this is helpful!

P.S. If you want to learn why I believe Helmer’s 7 Powers framework should be the foundation of all strategy decisions, read Innovators Brief #157.