Stop asking AI for praise: simulate skeptical buyer agents to stress-test your pitch
EmetInteractive · reddit · 2026-09-09
Before his first sales call for a side project, the author flipped how he used ChatGPT for pitch practice — instead of generic "sounds compelling" feedback, he loaded product info, pricing, competitor pages, and past objections into creao and built buyer-persona agents: a skeptical ROI-focused CFO, an impatient small-business owner, an implementation-worried buyer, and one who always asked "why can't I just use what I already have?"
The first round exposed his weak spots: he had decent answers for "what does it do?" but poor ones for "why now?" and "why you?" — more useful than more polish. In the real call, the buyer asked nearly the same question the CFO agent had drilled him on. His takeaway: AI is more valuable when it disagrees with you than when it flatters you.
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