Building an AI agency from zero. Writing from inside the cave: avoidance, shame, and the cost of asking. Pulling threads from psychology, business, and culture.
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From the SMS I sent out: I'm doing research in small business that needs to cut out repetitive busywork. Any small business you deal with yourself (contractors, shops) that seems buried in paperwork or slow to get back to you? Anyone come to mind?
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The guy who gave that feedback was a project manager type, scrum master, etc. He used to run a few professional meetups, scrum and project management stuff, in the software space inside corporations.
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I tried connecting my warm outreach list with a direct ask for SMB referrals over text. I got nothing. I sent at least 6 SMS messages, the exchanges were interesting, but no referrals came out of any of them.
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One in-person business networking meeting turned into a remote one-on-one, just a get-to-know-me call. It doesn't directly produce a discovery call, but it does produce some interest, maybe more down the road.
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