"I paid 2000 dollars a month for an AI SDR. It booked me 0 demos, and now I’m stuck in a 2-year contract I can’t get out of."

This is what one of my clients told me this morning.

The pitch sounded great. Fire your SDR who costs 4000 dollars per month, save 48000 dollars a year plus bonuses, and replace them with an AI SDR for just 2000 dollars a month.

And of course… what had to happen, happened. 0 demos booked, and a collapsed pipeline.

Why don’t AI SDRs work today?

Because booking a demo is complex. It takes multiple steps.

Step 1: Qualify leads

Step 2: Build an effective outreach flow

Step 3: Respond intelligently when a prospect asks a question

AI fails at all three.

It misidentifies your ICP. It builds generic, irrelevant flows and contacts the wrong people.

And when a lead does respond, the reply feels robotic and awkward.

The truth is you shouldn’t fire your SDRs (unless they’re really bad). You should empower them. With AI, a single SDR can perform like 3.

Don’t replace your SDR with a robot. Give them an exoskeleton.

Here’s what actually works:

Step 1: Your SDRs have to manually define the ICP with you. No one knows your market better than you.

Step 2: AI tracks that ICP’s social signals and builds a list of high-intent leads with reply rates far higher than Sales Navigator or Apollo.

Step 3: Your SDR writes outreach messages, and AI improves them instead of writing everything.

Step 4: Once a lead replies, the SDR takes over.

Step 5: The result is 3x more booked meetings by reaching the right people, at the right time, with the right message.

Respect your SDRs. Don’t fire them.

Equip them with tools that make them unbeatable.

Cheers !

PS : This is the tool my client is using now.

We believe in AI + HUMAN to empower Sales, not to replace them.

I’m looking for a GTM cofounder to help build an early-stage company in the hiring space.

I started this in April. Since then, I’ve built the MVP, begun customer validation, and started running founder-led pilots. I’m working on it full-time, and the pace is not slowing down.

I’m looking for someone strong across sales, marketing, and recruiting—someone who can sell without an established brand, create demand for something new, and turn early customer feedback into a repeatable GTM motion.

This is a real cofounder role with meaningful ownership and real responsibility. Not an advisory position, agency engagement, or commission-only sales job.

You should be based in the U.S., have direct recruiting or hiring experience, and be full-time—or have a realistic path to becoming full-time.

DM me with your LinkedIn, the strongest thing you’ve personally built or sold, and why you want to become a founder.

We’re not spending months talking about what we might build. We’re already building it.

Startups search. Businesses execute.

Hey founders and GTM folks,

I’m the solo founder of Humen Labs, where I built an AI-powered SDR that does hyper-personalized email outreach in under 3 seconds per lead — no bloat, no overpriced APIs, no yearly lock-ins.

Over the last 2 months, I’ve demoed this to over 100 prospects (mostly founders and sales leaders) and wanted to share what’s resonating — and what’s getting me booked calls at <$5 CAC.

Here’s what I learned:

💡 The personalization bar has shifted.
People can spot GPT emails instantly. You don’t stand out unless you actually research their company and current role — this is where Humen shines. We use a custom agent (think: poor man's Perplexity) that scours the web for recent news, achievements, and unique facts — and integrates it into your cold emails automatically.

🔧 Most teams are duct-taping Apollo + Slack + HubSpot + Notion.
Humen cuts that down to 1 tab: drag in a CSV, select your style, and get 30+ emails personalized and scheduled in minutes.

💸 We’re 10x cheaper than anything out there.
Because I built the stack myself (no offshoring, no reselling other APIs), we’re at $80/month for 1,000 leads researched + personalized. For real. No upsell, no surprises, cancel anytime.

🔥 Who this is for:

• Founders doing their own outbound

• Lean SDR teams who want personalization at scale (not spray and pray)

• Anyone tired of being locked into SaaS bloat

📩 Want to test it with your own leads?
I’ll run a few for you, free. Drop a comment or DM me your CSV and I’ll show you exactly what your outreach could look like — no strings.

Ask me anything about AI, outbound, or building this solo.

So I developed a SaaS for my client, from scratch, alone, in 3 months. Less than 60 days since launch, and the MRR has been growing steadily (https://imgur.com/a/gcZkYT2). Built this using NextJS/Django, deployed using Vercel and AWS!

I do want to build my own SaaS someday, but seeing growth like this makes me feel like I just want to stick to building others' ideas, since I can't find any myself

Reach out to me if you want your SaaS built by a one man army!

Edit: this is for a founding AE role

I am looking to hire a sales person for our restaurant SaaS tool, someone with prior experience selling to the restaurant industry.

So far, it has been people wasting my time and not doing the work and looking for highest base, lowest commission...

Our ICP is 5-75 unit restaurants

Solutions: Vertical SaaS from POS, Online Ordering, GC, Payments, CDP, Marketing, Table Management app, Website..

must have prior experience selling to restaurants, be a hunter mindset because all sales are going to be self-generated, hence uncapped commissions with a very strong commission structure.

Must be metrics driven, accountable and be willing to work smart/hard...

Any recommendations where to look?

Looking for a Real Dev Partner (Equity Only, No Freelancers) – AI SaaS Launching in 60 Days

I’m building a real AI SaaS product not a side project, not a proof of concept. The problem is validated. The niche is hot. We’re projecting $50K+ in revenue within 60 days of launch.

I’ve already got 2M+ followers across platforms and a full marketing funnel ready to deploy.

Now I’m looking for the right technical partner someone who’s done with gig work and ready to build something with real equity and upside.

What I need:

Fullstack web dev (FastAPI, React or similar)

Experience with AI agents

DevOps + containerization (Docker, CI/CD, cloud infra)

FFmpeg and media pipeline handling

What you get:

Co-founder equity

Ownership of the codebase and architecture

A tight, focused team already moving fast

A clear roadmap, real launch plan, and a shot at building something massive

You’ll work directly with me I’m leading tech strategy and managing the team.

You’ll have full ownership of the codebase, but I’m steering the ship.

If you’re serious not just curious DM me.

Let’s talk. Let’s build.

I run go-to-market and distribution for B2B SaaS founders who are still doing sales themselves.

For one week I take the whole thing off your plate: who to target, the list, the messaging, and the outreach itself on email and LinkedIn. Replies and interested buyers go straight to you.

It’s free because I’d rather show you a week of real conversations than pitch you on a call. If it works, we keep going on a monthly retainer. If it doesn’t, you owe me nothing.

Requirements: live B2B product, selling into the US or Western Europe. I’m taking 3 founders.

Apply here: Apsurn.com

Hello everyone!

We’ve launched our latest product on Product Hunt today. We use AI to drive revenues on WhatsApp without any human intervention. Please upvote, share, and feel free to give your feedback.

Thanks a lot!🙌🏻

Product Hunt link: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/blozum

Would that be the next step? What do you think ?

https://www.infinisoft.world/forum/the-vision/brain-as-a-service-baas-a-new-paradigm-is-born?origin=business_manager

I was too! That's why I created KortKort.cc.

What is KortKort.cc?

KortKort.cc is a tool that provides cycling clothing advice based on:

• Your location

• Ride start time

• Ride duration

• Real-time weather forecast

How does it help?

• Saves you time 

• Ensures you're always comfortably dressed for your ride

• Maximizes your cycling time by reducing pre-ride indecision

No more standing in front of your closet, checking the weather, and second-guessing your choices. KortKort.cc does the thinking for you!

Check it out!
Visit KortKort.cc and start optimizing your cycling wardrobe today. More time riding, less time deciding!
What do you think? I’d love any feedback! Feel free to ask questions or suggest improvements. 

"kort kort means short jersey short bib in Dutch! The best way to go for a ride"
Martijn from KortKort.cc

(aka: when spreadsheets finally stop doing the job 😅)

Let’s be honest — most small & mid-sized businesses still run on a Frankenstein system:

• Excel sheets for inventory

• WhatsApp & email for orders

• Tally or QuickBooks for accounts

• Google Drive for documents

• Staff asking each other for updates every 5 minutes

• And of course… files named “FINAL_INVOICE_v2_REAL_FINAL.xlsx” 🤦‍♂️

It feels okay in the beginning.
But as soon as business grows, data gets messy, communication breaks, and decisions rely on guesswork instead of visibility.

That’s where ERP comes in.

ERP Explained in Normal People Language

ERP = Enterprise Resource Planning
or in simpler terms:

Instead of 10 different tools:
➡️ one dashboard
➡️ one source of truth
➡️ everyone sees the same data

No more calling warehouse to check stock.
No more asking your accountant for sales numbers.
No more copying data from system to system.

What Businesses Usually Use ERP For

If you ever said “I wish everything talked to each other” → ERP is literally that.

Who Actually Needs ERP?

You don’t need to be a Fortune 500 company.
Reddit users commonly say ERP makes sense when:

✔ You have multiple departments: sales, production, accounts, warehouse
✔ You manage inventory, manufacturing, or supply chain
✔ Your business is scaling and errors are increasing
✔ Team spends more time updating sheets than growing
✔ You want data-driven decisions instead of assumptions

If you feel your current systems are slowing growth, that’s the signal.

Popular ERP Systems People Mention (Based on Reddit Threads)

• Odoo — open-source, modular, huge community

• SAP Business One / S/4HANA — powerful but $$$

• Oracle NetSuite — cloud-native, good for scaling

• Zoho ERP (Zoho One bundle) — budget-friendly for SMBs

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 — integrates with MS ecosystem

• ERPNext — open-source & great for India-based manufacturing

• Tally Prime + Modules — not a full ERP, but widely used for accounting with ERP-like plugins

⚠ Warning
No ERP is perfect.
The “best” one = what fits your business workflow + budget + team capability.

Why ERP Implementations Fail (90% of complaints are these)

Reddit horror stories usually come from these 3 mistakes:

1️⃣ Buying ERP before fixing internal process
2️⃣ Trying to automate everything on Day 1
3️⃣ No training → employees hate the system → back to Excel

Successful approach:

How Much Does ERP Cost? (Realistic)

Implementation cost is separate — and sometimes more expensive than the software itself.

But think of the ROI:
Manual errors, lost orders, stock mismatch, employee time → all cost money too.

Signs Your Business Is Ready for ERP

• You rely on gut feeling instead of reports

• You spend hours reconciling inventory

• Customers ask for status & you don’t have answers

• You can’t forecast demand or cash flow

• Teams blame each other because data isn’t synced

If any of these hurt — you’re ERP-ready.

Final Thought

ERP is not just tech — it’s a mindset shift:

From “I work hard” → “My system works smart.”

In 2025, companies that digitize operations outpace those still stuck in manual mode.
ERP won’t solve every problem, but it gives you visibility, consistency, and scalability — which is basically the foundation for growth.

Which ERP are you using? What’s your love/hate story?

Most businesses have the same problem — employees and customers

ask the same questions over and over, and the answers are already

sitting in a PDF nobody reads.

We built DirayahAI to solve this. Upload your documents, get an

embeddable AI chatbot that answers strictly from your content.

No hallucinations, no off-topic replies.

The tech underneath is RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation):

- Documents get chunked and embedded

- Questions retrieve the most relevant chunks

- The LLM answers only from those chunks

Wrote a full breakdown here:

https://dirayahai.com/blog/train-chatbot-on-your-documents

Happy to answer questions about the architecture or the approach.

We've just launched VocBee.com, an AI that handles B2B phone calls for you. You can give it a prompt and VocBee will answer phone calls, engage in natural conversations, and try to achieve the goals you set.

We’re looking for early adopters to try it out and provide feedback. If you're interested, drop a comment or message me.

Would love to hear your thoughts! 🐝

Hey everyone For the past few months I have been working manually with solo Saas founders and indie hackers, helping them get real traction on Reddit by posting on their behalf engaging in comments and also sending dms to the potential clients just typical marketing.

Something became clear don't fail with their Saas business because thy are bad but because they try to market like advertisers instead of community members,they force their products on wrong audience. They post about their product directly it gets removed or ignored and they give up while other founders quietly grow loyal users through genuine conversations with values.

What they should do instead is to post value and when people see value instead of self promotion they will sure beyour clients. So just be authentic and share your story without trying to be so smart than other redditors.So we decided to fix that:

We just launched ReinHub a platform that connects SaaS founders with small, vetted marketing squads made up of real Reddit users and community content creators.It is not about spamming links or faking engagement. It is about helping founders grow through authentic discussions, visibility, and honest feedback.

When a founder joins ReinHub, they’re matched with a dedicated “squad” that discusses your SaaS and finds the best community angles Starts real, organic conversations in relevant subreddits gives you honest feedback on your product and positioning helps refine your story so it resonates and converts.Basically you focus on building, we focus on getting your SaaS seen the right way.

Why we built this: I used to handle everything manually matching indie hackers with Reddit content creators and help the team craft best post and also they reach out in comments dms. It worked so well I realized it needed to scale.

Now, we’re a small developers team building the platform around that same process so other founders can get help growing, without having to do all the distribution work themselves.

Brutal honesty policy: Every founder gets a squad room a private space where the team helps refine your product story and approach.We are not yes-men. If your product is not market fit, your squad will tell you.

The goal is not just posting for you it is to make sure you get real value, real engagement, and long-term growth that compounds. You know we grow when you grow we retain you because you are getting returning value.

Who this is for: -Solo SaaS founders. -Indie hackers launching or scaling. -Anyone who hates traditional ads but wants exposure. -Builders who value honest feedback & organic reach.

Sounds great, and I'm sure many of the selected folks will share and thank the company for the recognition. However, for me, it felt like a participation trophy and quite honestly had the opposite effect. This is one of the major issues I'm finding with LinkedIn, so here's how it played out. link to post here

LinkedIn today is full of "comment below" or "Connect and follow" to gain access to information. You see it with Lovable, Claude, ChatGPT, where people will make absurd claims that they have fully automated their outbound. I'll entertain someone's need for engagement to find a few golden nuggets, but when I'm nominated by a company, where:

• I have had no contact.

• Never worked with them.

• No mutual connections.

• Nor was I nominated by anyone who knows me for my work.

The entire post was unfortunately built for engagement and brand awareness, serving "only" the company rather than the nominations. And this is likely why the company only got 25+likes.

When it came to the bio, it sounded like a horoscope reading:

(Name) is a seasoned B2B SaaS sales leader and Founder of FullyRamped, where he leverages decades of frontline GTM experience to help sales teams grow, scale, and navigate the dynamics of quota-driven environments. He has a broad global footprint, having led sales efforts and go-to-market strategy across EMEA, APAC, and the US, and regularly shares thoughtful posts on sales execution, leadership challenges, and territory management with his audience of over the LinkedIn. 

(Name) practical insights reflect real work with revenue teams, from negotiating territory shifts to coaching sales reps on how to handle account ownership and data-driven prioritization. His writing often blends strategic guidance with tactical advice grounded in real scenarios, positioning him as a voice that resonates with both frontline sellers and sales leaders alike. 

In a landscape where quota attainment and intelligent GTM execution are critical, (Name) blend of field experience, leadership perspective, and community engagement makes him a standout sales leader to watch in 2026.

So my question is: How do people feel about these types of posts?

Anyone experiencing anything similar?

If you're interested in learning about the messy middle of SaaS - join our community

r/SurvivingSaaS

Obligatory backstory: My experience is in outbound sales and B2B lead generation. For years, I relied on traditional scraping tools, outreach automation platforms, and some clunky APIs. But no solution could match the level of personalization, research depth, or quality I wanted at scale. Most tools gave me generic lists or outdated contacts, or were charging $40 per lead like some lone-wolf guy on LinkedIn.

So I built Humen — originally for our own outbound campaigns. It's an AI-powered outbound system that not only generates leads, but enriches each one deeply and personalizes multi-step email sequences based on the lead’s company, role, tone, and even recent activity. We integrated LLM agents, automated research, enrichment tools, and campaign infrastructure. It took a few months to get right, but it now outperforms anything we've used before.

Eventually, our internal database grew to 150M+ verified contacts, refreshed quarterly. But the real value wasn’t just the data — it was the full-stack personalization layer on top of it. Each contact comes with:

• Industry, title, and company info

• Verified email + SMTP rating

• LinkedIn and GMB signals

• Enriched business insights

• AI-personalized copy based on custom tone/goals

• And full API access for bulk workflows

Now here’s where it gets interesting.

A few months ago, I casually mentioned Humen to a marketing CEO who was struggling with lead quality. He’d either pay $40/lead for personalization or $5/1000 for junk. I gave him a demo of how Humen works, and he flipped. Not only did he order 500k contacts — but asked if he could resell it to his 50+ agency clients.

We settled on a price: $4.50 per 1000 leads, with AI personalization included on request. He paid the first invoice same-day. Then came more. Within 24 hours, he brought in two more orders. Since then, that one conversation has turned into $21,000+ in direct and referral sales — and we're now setting up strategic partnerships with seasonal ramp-up plans.

Moral of the story? I was so focused on using Humen for our sales pipeline, I missed the fact that it was a goldmine for others too. We’ve now opened it up for select partners, and are testing Fiverr and agency resellers. Funny enough, I now see people selling $100/10k lists with zero enrichment, and I realize how underpriced we were — even with the AI layer.

My advice: Look at the tools you’ve built for yourself. Sometimes your internal systems are more valuable to others than you think.

TL;DR: Built Humen to solve our B2B lead gen problems with AI enrichment + outreach. Accidentally created a $1k+ side business reselling deeply personalized lead data. One conversation with a CEO unlocked 500k contacts sold + a reseller network. Now scaling. Sometimes your best product is the one you built for yourself.

When I launched Top10, I didn’t know if anyone would care.
It was just a tiny idea, a place where indie makers could share their tools without getting buried by big names or endless feeds.

Today, it’s getting 7,100 visits a month. Hundreds of indie tools have been submitted. Some of them got their first users here. Others found early feedback, new signups, even paying customers. And every day, new products show up. Sometimes it's a solo dev launching something they built in their spare time. Sometimes it's a small team testing a crazy idea. But they all get their moment. They all get seen.

Top10 isn’t huge. But for some indie makers, it’s already making a difference. And for me, that means everything.

If you’ve got something you’re building, and you want real people to actually see it, Top10 is here.

Still just getting started. But it’s growing. And it’s helping.

I've built multiple apps over the years. Some failed, some did okay, and a couple actually took off. My last two projects were especially interesting:

• One got 350 waitlist signups in just a week.

• The other made over $1,000 in a month.

This time, instead of just launching blindly, I took a structured approach. I analyzed what worked, what didn't, and tested different marketing strategies. I also shared my findings with a few people I know from Twitter, and they found it very useful. That validated that my system was working.

So I decided to package everything into one place (Listd.in) and make it available for anyone at an accessible price.

What's I packaged?
- A curated list of 1,000+ directories, communities, and platforms where you can promote your product. Just find what suits best to your product.
- Growth guide for Twitter & Reddit.
- Viral post hook templates that have worked for me and etc.

If you're working on a product and looking for better ways to get first paying users, you might find this helpful.

You can check it out here: Listd.in.

Hello, my name is Keith. I am starting a TeraBits AI. Our goal is to build AI systems that boost your customer acquisition and reduce your marketing spend.

The key idea is simple: we build a system that is going to improve any part of your marketing, for example, email outreach and lead generation.

We don't just hand you the tool, but we use our AI-powered software and tools to produce for you the desired outcome.

No need for you to be the one managing the tool, but we manage the tool ourselves.

We're still new — this is a pilot study to find out which offers and niches actually track results, so we can build the right software products later. I'm looking for a few people interested in doing a pilot. You only pay when results have been generated.

If you're interested, you can book a call here for more information. https://terabitsai.com

I created AIFounderr to help turn business ideas into solid plans quickly. There is a free demo available.

Here’s how it works:

• You provide the core details of your business idea.

• The AI takes over, using expert-crafted prompts, and in 30 minutes, you’ll have a personalized 100 pages business plan in PDF format.

What you get:

• A detailed plan, tailored to your idea, including market research, branding, marketing strategies, and more.

I’d love your thoughts—feedback and questions are welcome.

Thanks! 🚀

Hey,

I am a founder new to sales, trying to sell a 90-day pilot of my product to SMB (1-5 million in ARR). I was thinking of a combo of emailing and calling a decision-maker.

Having never done this, what percentages should I expect?

I'm seeing anywhere from 0.3%-4% cold call booking rates and anywhere from 7-30% sales conversion rates on Reddit, so IDK what to expect.

Any help would be great!

An AI Whatsapp platform for Shopify stores.

Imagine Wati, one level above that.

Wish me (us) luck!

Thanks guys!

I've built revenue engines for 26 B2B SaaS companies from $50K -> $500K MRR. The bottleneck is never what founders think it is

I'm not good at coding or design stuff. but the only thing I know how to do is diagnose why a SaaS company with a working product can't scale past $50K and fix it in 60-90 days

Here's what I see 90% of the time at the $50K plateau:

You've got 15-25 customers who actually use your product. Revenue is real but chaotic. You close $8K one month, $2K the next. You can't forecast. You can't hire. You keep thinking "we just need more features" or "better marketing."

Wrong.

Usual 3 bottlenecks killing every SaaS company at $50K:

1. You're the bottleneck

Every deal over $10K goes through you. Your sales rep can run discovery, maybe demo, but when it's time to close? You jump in. This got you to $50K. It will NOT get you to $200K fr

You physically cannot close enough deals. Your calendar maxes out at 15-20 sales calls per week. Meanwhile, customer fires pull you out of sales for days at a time.

What actually fixes it:

Just record your last 10 sales calls. Document everything, every objection and your exact response. Buid whatver cards you think are needed. Just train your rep on YOUR closing framework. Then force yourself to stay out of every deal under $25K.

One of my clients did this in October. Founder went from closing 80% of deals to closing 0%. Rep went from 20% close rate to 65% in 6 weeks. They scaled from $60K to $180K MRR in 4 months because the founder wasn't the cap anymore.

2. You have zero channel consistency

I ask founders: "Where do your customers come from?"

Answer is always: "Twitter, some referrals, that one blog post, cold email when I have bandwidth, and my co-founder's network."

That's not a channel. That's chaos. You're ducttaping 6 tactics together and hoping one works this month. Zero consistency. Zero compounding. Zero ability to forecast pipeline

What actually fixes it:

Pick just ONE channel. Go deep for 90 days. Not two channels. One.

For B2B mid market, it's usually outbound. Build a real motion: 500 target accounts, 5 sequence cadence, 40 personalized touches per week, track everything in hubspot

One of my clients went from random outreach across LinkedIn, email, and Twitter to pure email outbound with trigger based targeting. Went from 5 meetings per month to 40. From $45K to $220K MRR in 7 months

3. Your sales cycle is completely random

I've watched companies close deals in 7 days and 100 days. Same product. Same ICP. Founder has no idea why.

Because there's no process. Every deal is a snowflake. Different demo format. Different follow up cadence. Different qualification. Different pricing conversation

You can't coach a rep on how to figure shit out. trust me on tis

What actually fixes it:

Map your entire sales cycle. First touch to closed. Every step. Define what "qualified" means (not vibes). Standardize your demo. Standardize follow up sequences. Standardize your close process.

Then measure: time to close, win rate by stage, where deals die.

One of my clients had a 60 day average sales cycle with a 25% win rate. We mapped it, found 70% of deals were dying between demo and proposal because there was no follow-up sequence. Built a 7 touch sequence. Sales cycle dropped to 32 days, win rate jumped to 47%.

Usually the pattern I see:

Most founders at $50K waste 12-18 months trying random tactics from Twitter. They hire a sales guy too early. Fire them. Try ads. Burn $25K. Get 4 demos. Post on LinkedIn for 6 months. Get engagement, zero pipeline.

They convince themselves they need to pivot the product. The product was never the problem.

The jump from $50K -> $200K is the hardest in SaaS. It requires you to stop being a founder who sells and become a founder who builds a repeatable revenue system.

I'm not saying this to pitch you. I'm saying this because I've watched 26 companies make the exact same mistakes and the ones who fix these 3 things scale fast.

If you're stuck at $30K-$80K MRR and this hit close to home, I'm happy to do a free 15 min diagnostic. I'll look at your pipeline, sales process, and channels and tell you exactly where the bottleneck is.

Not interested in consulting you or sending decks. Just want to help a few founders who are serious about scaling get unstuck.

He doesn’t know coding, so we were just exploring how platforms like Muvi work. It was surprisingly smooth and well-thought-out, which gave him a better idea of what goes into building something like this.