US Government Shutdown Tracker vs Discovery Call Prep

US Government Shutdown Tracker

By Fleury (McKinsey-style Skills)

Monitor how government shutdowns affect financial markets and liquidity conditions.

Discovery Call Prep

By Mohit Agarwal (PM Skills)

Get a research brief, smart questions, and a clear game plan before every sales call.

US Government Shutdown Tracker

• Pulls live Treasury and Federal Reserve data to track liquidity during shutdowns
• Compares current conditions to historical shutdowns (2013, 2018-19) for context
• Generates charts showing Treasury balances, bank reserves, and funding rate changes
• Classifies market conditions as easing, tightening, stable, or mixed
• Produces plain-English summaries of whether shutdown effects are worsening or improving

Discovery Call Prep

• Researches the prospect company — size, stage, recent news, and what someone in their role likely cares about
• Writes a call hypothesis: their probable pain, why they'd care about you, and what might kill the deal
• Builds a question flow that moves from context to pain to buying process without feeling like an interrogation
• Defines what success looks like so you know if the call actually moved things forward
• Suggests a specific next step to propose at the end of the call

Reach for US Government Shutdown Tracker when…

• You're tracking how a government shutdown affects markets or the economy
• You need to brief your team or stakeholders on liquidity conditions during fiscal disruptions
• You want to compare current shutdown effects to past episodes
• You're monitoring macro risks for business planning or investment decisions

Reach for Discovery Call Prep when…

• You have a discovery call with a new prospect and want to show up with context
• You're doing founder-led sales and need structure so every call gets better
• You want to ask smarter questions instead of pitching too early
• You need to qualify whether this lead is real or just 'sounds interesting'