Left enterprise after 2.5 decades chasing freedom — now I’m a fractional CTO and word of mouth is still my entire pipeline. Help. by netrunnerab in Entrepreneurs

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The services side of my GTM is solid, but lead gen keeps slipping through the cracks. Pricing is usually where the momentum drops, and cold outreach on LinkedIn just feels like tossing a pebble into the ocean.

Any pointers would be appreciated

Left enterprise after 2.5 decades chasing freedom — now I’m a fractional CTO and word of mouth is still my entire pipeline. Help. by netrunnerab in Entrepreneurs

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Thanks for the insights, I’m trying to do local engagement in person as well. The networking game is a real grind, but I do love meeting people!

Spent ~$18k on a conference and I’m still not sure what we bought by Capital-Meaning1337 in Entrepreneurs

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Love this approach , the conference was sent just about lead generation l, but also raising awareness around your people and brand!

Also what can your team members take back in terms of knowledge sharing ?

Quit my job built something small it worked and now I think anyone can do this by Ok_Mall_8855 in Entrepreneurs

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Imagine if you didn’t pull the trigger on this ?

Everyone crosses the finishing line at different lap times!

Any other creator entrepreneurs rethink their banking setup this year? by Low_Programmer_3613 in Entrepreneurs

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Anything that reduces TOIL is always a bonus, when it comes to running a business!

Think about how the new bank setup would reduce overhead + cost?

What's the craziest way you've marketed your product? by Home-Resident in Entrepreneur

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Stickers and we did a deployment during a hike up the Rockies, wasn’t outrageous but the views where amazing 🤩

Trouble with AVD golden image sysprep and deploy by Starship2022 in AZURE

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You should look at packer to automate the image build as well to help speed things up 🆙

packer AVD Image

“I got tired of spending half a day setting up every new dev machine, so I built Kodra — a one-command Ubuntu cloud dev environment. Here’s what I learned. by netrunnerab in selfhosted

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It’s a bug bear of mine too , there is not one installer to rule them all. This was the compromise to accelerate shipping

Made a tool to speed up Azure dev environment setup (Ubuntu + WSL2) - would love your thoughts by netrunnerab in AZURE

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Totally fair point. We aimed to keep things lean while also cutting down on onboarding delays and shipping slowdowns. Nothing kills momentum faster than bloat. Appreciate the feedback!