We are pre revenue and trying to land 10 design partners. I can write emails but finding leads and managing deliverability is eating my week.
Are cold email services too expensive for early stage or has anyone found one that works with startup budgets? I need feedback on my product more than revenue right now. Is outsourcing even realistic before seed?
Building an AI app development MVP in Bubble, users upload PDFs, AI extracts invoice data, pushes to QuickBooks. Using Bubble’s API connector + OpenAI but hitting timeouts on 10-page PDFs and Bubble’s backend workflows are flaky. Plugins feel janky for document AI.
For nocode founders doing AI app development, did you switch to Xano/WeWeb, hire a dev for that piece, or is there a Bubble-native way to make this reliable? Can’t code but need this working for 3 pilot customers next month.
I’ve probably downloaded 6-7 different best contractor app type tools over the last couple of years. Most of them I used for a short time and then went right back to texting clients and using my phone reminders. The ones I actually kept using had a few simple things in common, they opened quickly, didn’t make me jump through a bunch of fields just to log a job, and worked fine on a phone out in the field without needing a laptop. I’m curious what others are actually using day to day and what made it stick instead of getting abandoned like the rest.
Seeing lots of ai sales agent startups. Do you guys think the SDR role in B2B/B2G is going to change significantly in the next 2 years?
I have traveled internationally a lot and some routes are just painfully inefficient. Especially with the on going geopolitical complexities in the middle east.
Has anyone used private travel for routes with terrible connections or long overnight layover?
Starting as an associate and the practice owner wants me to help pick new sensors. They’re currently on RVG 5200 and want to upgrade but the quote for new RVGs isnow a challenge.
I don’t want to recommend something that’ll get me side-eyed if it fails in 6 months. Need RVG 5200 alternatives that are budget-friendly but still give me confidence in my diagnosis as a new doc. Good warranty is a must because I can’t afford downtime or blame. What would you tell a new grad?
I’ve probably downloaded 6-7 different best contractor app type tools over the last couple of years. Most of them I used for a short time and then went right back to texting clients and using my phone reminders. The ones I actually kept using had a few simple things in common, they opened quickly, didn’t make me jump through a bunch of fields just to log a job, and worked fine on a phone out in the field without needing a laptop. I’m curious what others are actually using day to day and what made it stick instead of getting abandoned like the rest.
As our startup grows, our founders can no longer spend three hours a day manually finding leads on Apollo and sending one-by-one emails. We need to move toward a more automated system, but I’m terrified of losing the high response rates we get from our personal, manual messages.
I’m researching cold email services that provide managed outreach, where a team handles the list building and the sending but uses our specific voice. My main concern is that a service will prioritize volume that has worked for us so far. What are the best options for scaling without sounding like a robot?
My current client is a b2b saas firm spending $5k a month on LinkedIn sponsored content, but the CPL is nearly $150 and the lead quality is hit or miss. I’m thinking about proposing a pivot toward organic linkedIn marketing services, specifically managed outbound and profile authority building.
With ads, the leads start tomorrow but with organic outreach, I’m worried it’ll take months to see a meeting on the calendar. Has anyone successfully made the transition from pure paid spend to a managed outreach model? I need to justify this shift to a very data-driven founder who wants results yesterday.
Our construction firm deals with hundreds of subcontractor invoices monthly. Right now, my bookkeeper is manually entering every line item, which is leading to a lot of typos and reconciliation headaches at month-end.
I’m looking for invoice processing automation that can actually read diverse invoice formats and sync them directly into quickbooks with 100% accuracy. I’ve tried basic OCR, but it struggles with hand-written notes or blurry scans. Any recommendations for a more robust setup?
Following the Ecom-to-HVAC pipeline. Bought an HVAC shop with 9 techs. Found out 2 had expired EPA cards and 1 had a suspended trade license. Seller “forgot” to mention it. Now I’m implementing SOPs.
Need trade license verification for every tech, every month, with proof for commercial clients. How do you owners systematize this so it happens without you chasing it? I’m not in the office daily.
Following the Ecom-to-HVAC pipeline. Bought an HVAC shop with 9 techs. Found out 2 had expired EPA cards and 1 had a suspended trade license. Seller “forgot” to mention it. Now I’m implementing SOPs.
Need trade license verification for every tech, every month, with proof for commercial clients. How do you owners systematize this so it happens without you chasing it? I’m not in the office daily.
We’re looking to add a govt proposal automation tool but I’m worried about having another island of data. How are you guys integrating your AI tools with your existing stack?
I recently started tracking how I spend my time before and after introducing workflow automation platforms into my daily operations.
Before automation, a large chunk of my week was spent on repetitive operational tasks, updating dashboards, manually moving data between tools, responding to routine inquiries, and reconciling records.
After implementing automation, the distribution shifted significantly. The time spent on repetitive tasks dropped, but interestingly, time spent designing and maintaining workflows increased.
So while the total workload decreased, the nature of the work became more system-focused rather than task-focused.
What I found most interesting is how automation doesn’t just save time, it reshapes what kind of work you do entirely.
I’m curious if others have observed similar shifts in their own data.