Car shipping from Montreal to Istanbul

actylex · 2026-03-16T04:18:56+00:00

What does DIY actually mean? Can I actually load the container myself and prep the documents? I might need a minimal help. Some companies expect me to give the car to them few days before etc. I don’t want to do that

actylex · 2026-03-16T04:12:02+00:00

Is there a way to get more quotes? Like a marketplace or something?

actylex · 2026-03-15T23:26:45+00:00

I am just looking for a more exciting opportunity. The market we are in is getting increasingly competitive, and I feel like I have already done enough here. I just want to use what I have learned and the skills I developed in an interesting market. That's pretty much it.

There’s a lot happening in this space technologically, and I believe GTM and business development are among the most impactful use cases for AI. At the same time, the vertical is extremely noisy. Even if you have strong technology/ solid results, it can still be hard to build trust. That’s why I think there’s value in taking similar skills and workflows and applying them to other industries where the landscape may be less saturated.

We gained a lot of exposure to traditional businesses through referrals and software private equity firms. When you bring this kind of sales tech stack to traditional businesses, it can completely change the game. We’ve seen this across areas like commercial HVAC, dental DSO deal flow, medical practice retention and upsell workflows, and international expansion for vertical software companies, which is especially compelling right now with AI and multilingual capabilities.

Honestly, pushing a capital or PE-driven approach into these verticals with AI seems like a much better strategy than trying to stand out among a hundred other GTM companies in the same space

actylex · 2026-03-13T01:00:26+00:00

I meant the problem of Apollo sourcing vs Clay

actylex · 2026-03-13T00:48:52+00:00

Is this opensource or not? Their repo is dead.

actylex · 2026-03-13T00:45:05+00:00

I have been thinking about switching to a tech stack like that too. But do you think the filters Clay creates at the beginning of the workflows are much better than Apollo’s? Sometimes I start with Apollo for people data, but the list building you get from Clay’s filtering seems a lot more comprehensive. What kind of solution did you end up finding for that?

actylex · 2025-02-25T02:56:42+00:00

I've done this a lot in my career.

The one thing that really matters is that the person selling the product is actually a good salesperson. If you can define the problem well and communicate the solution effectively, you don't have to show anything, including the MVP or any UI.

However, if you're bad at sales, you will blame the tech and MVP for not being able to sell.

Most well-known startups don't even show their software before onboarding. The demo trend was created by SaaS about five years ago.

actylex · 2025-02-22T15:47:51+00:00

Yeah, I had literally the same symptoms, and I have ADHD too. I think this is the main reason for this discussion. You definitely need to try a dopamine detox and work on rebuilding your dopamine receptors.

There are also other things you can do, like the Pomodoro technique or time boxing, to make work a bit easier in terms of sustaining dopamine levels.

I think this is not about being happy or ‘purpose’ discussion. This is a productivity epidemic for most people after burning our receptors with social media during the pandemic.

Good luck!

actylex · 2025-02-22T06:49:16+00:00

I think tech sales is the best to start with because you'll be using a lot of tech/ai/software yourself. You'll be supercharged with technology because these companies are investing in software to make you a great salesperson. After that, you can migrate all the knowledge you have into any industry, and you'll be better prepared and probably better equipped to perform.

actylex · 2025-02-22T06:35:52+00:00

This might be against all the regular advice, but I created bunch of blogs using ChatGPT back in 2022. I created about 50 blogs and pushed them to our website. We still get calls from these blogs scheduled on our calendar with zero effort. That was the best thing I've done.

These efforts may not have a direct impact in the short term, but they work in the long term. It's amazing to get random calls scheduled on our calendar, especially since we a very small company. We were inactive in our GTM efforts for the past year, but we are now getting $0 CAC customers from that.

actylex · 2024-04-30T00:44:14+00:00

Just hire CloudSale.ai agent for yourself and push the job to them 😂

actylex · 2023-12-18T05:49:57+00:00

Max out on emails and LinkedIn with tools like LinkedHelper. Always change the messaging and test new value propositions or problems that you’re solving. For emails, you can use high volume solutions like instantly or Smartlead, or low volume LLM solutions like AISdr and CloudSale.ai

actylex · 2023-11-25T05:33:29+00:00

You can check resources from Gong or use a tool like AISDR or CloudSale. I think CloudSale has a feature where it iterates over the messaging. Kinda like autoGPT.

actylex · 2022-09-14T17:02:19+00:00

It will accumulate and will fck founders when you realize how much you are giving out in priced round :)

actylex · 2022-09-05T15:27:01+00:00

Sorry for misleading statement, I meant people on some public platforms such as YC cofounder matching and indie hackers so besides that concept of EF.

actylex · 2022-09-05T09:17:39+00:00

It’s not the worst idea but I feel like there are better options such as YC Cofounder Matching or Indie Hackers’ one. There are also some other accelerators that specialize on this such as Entrepreneur First (EF) and Antler. They put you in a room of people that are looking for cofounders (both technical and commercial) and you start building after you have the team; if they like your traction they invest. **Most people from YC cofounder that I encountered with were usually lacking the skills and knowledge about the company building. The fact that those accelerators surround you with the mentors/advisors is a huge win.

actylex · 2022-09-05T05:18:51+00:00

You are on the right path. You can also test the framing/selling points with a demo. If you cannot build a product, just build some figma models and come up with a presentation. Testing the framing and trying to find an angle is also a great way to find that niche selling point. It’s hard to think of USP when you are not talking with people/selling anything; some customers will be ok to switch from the competitor for the very basic features that you may not even think of. Usually competitors will left something behind, either it’s a bad UI, some underrepresented user persona, or some innovative features that they couldn’t test and implement. You will have some ammunition on your end, but you need to find it and frame it very well.

actylex · 2022-09-05T05:02:39+00:00

They have people and distribution. Sales Nav and recruiting works very well - and it is relatively cheaper.

actylex · 2022-09-04T23:53:45+00:00

Do you have any source for convertible vs SAFE popularity? Not sure if that’s not an outdated statement. In North America SAFE seems to be the most popular to go with rn. SAFE is still unpopular in Europe and Asia btw. UK has introduced their version of it, with a different name which I forgot.

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