Per Clingweld

We started off bootstrapped but ended up getting some VC-money back in summar of 2021 when things were insane and every fund out there suddenly had the mandate from their LPs to invest in early-stage startups. Looking back now, I'm not sure we would have made the same decision today, but at the same time it has been a great learning experience for us all.

I've learned lately that it's less about blogging and more about building a structured knowledge tree with sub-pages, and sub-sub-pages, that you then cross-link keywords-wise. Got some great help from the pros at Pixel.se - best experts in the field I've run into so far.

I try to create loops where we're always attentive to the needs and reality of the user. What does the everyday life look like for the person we're creating value for? What are their frustrations, time-thiefs, things they procrastrinate etc. Ps. It's launch day for me today - please support a n00b! 🫣

Yes, it is - but also the most fun and rewarding. No other jobs have been stimulating enough for me. We just launched today - that's another scary part of building a startup!

I had the luck to run into @jasondainter who has been a hunter since back in the days with this was still foundr-led. His help has been invaluable to us as we're complete newbies in the world of Product Hunt, at least when it comes to launching on our own.

Because it requires so much effort over time to get the traction needed. Hitting #1 Product of The Day is not luck. It's pure effort.

@jasondainter thanks for hunting us and believing in our product! 🙏 The inspiration stems from one of the founders' first hand experience as a Growth Consultant and how cumbersome (and expernsive) it was to get an array of scattered tools to work well together. What if there was an all-in-one solution with such a smooth UX, that even non-techies would love using it? Fast forward 3 years, and...

Was discussing this with our advisors the other day, what the future of sales will look like. Our bet was that in the future we would basically have a sales AI and a procurement AI talking to each other. With your product launch, it sounds like the future is already here @jasparcj ? 🤩

If this week refers to Oct 23-26th 2023, then yes! ;)

I am, Hubspot for follow-ups and Zaplify (ofc!) for prospecting. Are tons of tools out there, but it's hard to navigate for sure.

I think AI-generated copy is here to stay, but in order for it to not become redundant we'll start seeing services allowing you to randomize and personalize a lot deeper than what's possible with most services today. At Zaplify, we believe that the step after that is that you'll have your own qualification/procurement AI handling it for you, so that you don't even have to bother the spam any...