Solo founder builds an AI sales agent that found 400+ leads in one run, 22 hot
RainbowFatDragon · reddit · 2026-11-07
A growth-marketing consultant details how he rebuilt lead gen with a self-built sales agent, convinced AI agents will dominate sales by 2027.
- 4-dimension ICP filter: companies launching products soon, hiring marketers, funded, and with a quality product.
- Run 1: no MCPs, 40+ leads found, 10+ ideal matches after manual review.
- Run 2 (signal-based): agent crawls LinkedIn/Twitter via Apify API (direct crawling nearly got his IP banned twice; $10 in credits fixed it), and was taught to read discussion context instead of keywords. One run surfaced 400+ leads, auto-classified as 22 Hot, 186 Warm, rest Cold.
- Outreach: a second writer agent produces personalized 3-step sequences; author stresses never sending generic openers and updating messaging as trends shift.
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