Venkatesh M.'s Linkedin Analytics

LinkedIn: Your Big Chance to Speak Up! Today, everyone has a voice and deep-down desires for how they want the world to be. Yet only a few harness LinkedIn as the public stage to live out that vision. After speaking with thousands of professionals during my Hyperly journey, I've identified three core challenges most face with LinkedIn presence: 1/ What to write 2/ How to write 3/ Why to write While the first two can be addressed through tools or assistance, most people overlook the crucial third element: purpose. When your destination isn't clear, every step becomes a struggle. But when your "why" is defined, everything falls into place. Special thanks to CS Sandeep Jayachandran, FCS for inviting me to speak with your team about LinkedIn's importance for business growth — both for companies and for professionals advancing their careers. P.S. To my network: Sandeep is truly exceptional - someone who lives his vision TODAY instead of "someday." He runs a top-notch Company Secretary firm and delivers outstanding results. If your business needs professional support in this area, I highly recommend reaching out to Sandeep directly. #linkedin #accountants #companysecretaries

AI Founders Exclusive Dinner: The Future of AI in Bangalore Last year I built and sold an AI product in just 6 months. What made it work wasn't luck—it was having the right community around me. Bangalore is becoming an AI powerhouse fast. Over 1,000 AI solutions have come from our city this year alone, and we're on track for 10,000+ by the end of 2025. We're hosting a dinner on March 19th for the The GenAI Collective—a community started by Chappy Asel that brings together people who build AI, study AI, and fund AI projects. Thanks to his vision, this group has grown to include 25,000 members worldwide who share what they know and create products that help people. I'm excited to help bring this community to Bangalore alongside Avinash Haridas and our amazing co-leads Ayush Shrivastava and Samridhi Jain 🙌 Special thanks to Ash Kumra @Akhil Kundh Suraj (Lakshh) Gontla! The sign-up link is in the comments. We're keeping it small so everyone can have good conversations, so message me if you need help getting in. Hope to see you there as we make Bangalore known worldwide for AI innovation! #thegenaicollective #aifounders #founders #investors ----- I'm Venkatesh, a serial entrepreneur and passionate Sales Athlete. Currently building Elephant Edge | B2B GTM & Sales Accelerator, where we help AI-SaaS founders break into the US market through a 4-week cohort. DM me if you want to learn how we build sales operating systems to crack early sales!

The Rise of the Full-Stack Entrepreneur A new career has evolved: Full-Stack Entrepreneur = Full-Stack Developer + Full-Stack Salesman. The moment I created this AI agent with a single prompt, I knew—my wealth had already multiplied at least 10x in the next 12 months. What used to take a tech founder, $10K–$20K, a team of UI/UX designers, copywriters, and six months to validate—now takes just 5 minutes to build and sell. With just three integrations—Google Calendar, LinkedIn API, and Twilio—it's ready to use. Last night, I felt the same anxiety when I first used ChatGPT back in 2021. Now, I'm building multiple AI agents under Elephant Edge | B2B GTM & Sales Accelerator to keep the team lean until we hit a critical revenue goal. To fully automate revenue workflows, we need to solve five major puzzles: 1/ Content Distribution (Top of the funnel) 2/ Generating Demand (Middle) 3/ Converting Sales (Bottom) 4/ Ops (Running multiple sales cohorts seamlessly) 5/ Support (Supporting 100+ in-house sales teams effortlessly) One most confusing thing at this point, should I hire marketers & sales folks or young engineers and train them to build AI agents? As a team of 2-3 member start-up aiming for $250K revenue in 12 months, I see there is need for 10-15 AI agents in these five major categories from content distribution, marketing, sales to customer support. The Economics of AI Agents: If I have to purchase these 10-15 AI agents from providers, my cost would be $2,400 yearly subscriptions (Consider $20/month/agent). Sounds like it's easier to build our own agents at cost of $25/month/agent by paying to a no-code tool or using an open source AI platforms. ______________ The full-stack entrepreneur doesn't just build products—they build systems that sell themselves. With AI collapsing the distance between idea and execution, the question isn't whether we'll hit our $250K target, but how many more we'll discover along the way. What do you guys think? are you building or buying your AI workforce? The future belongs to those who can do both. #founders #ai #gtm #sales

Elephant Edge Q1 Update: Our Journey to $250K Let me give you an update on how Elephant Edge | B2B GTM & Sales Accelerator is doing as we approach the end of Q1. Our Journey So Far After the Hyperly acquisition in December, I finally turned Elephant Edge from a side project into a full-time business. People have always seen huge value when I set up their sales operating systems, so it felt like the right time to go all-in. Two big challenges I always face when starting a business: 1/ Finding a business partner and building a team 2/ Securing good financial runway so I can play the long game I pitched this idea to a good friend on December 31st, 2024. He's super passionate about GTM & B2B sales and has experience building similar businesses. He was interested right away! Together, we set a goal to hit $250K revenue this year. Progress So Far (75 Days In) 1/ We launched our first Cohort last week (Revenue has started coming in!) 2/ Our AI SDR agent is performing incredibly, feeding 1-2 leads daily. We've accumulated 120+ leads in our Hubspot CRM (90% leads from LinkedIn sales funnels + 10% from email markering) 3/ We've established several long-term partnerships to conduct in-person B2B Sales workshops 4/ We're setting up webinars & online workshops so US-based sales leaders can run sessions for our founders 5/ I happened to give a talk at an MBA college and recruited 5 interns (still to be onboarded) Q2/Q3 Plans 1/ Stabilize Ops 2/ Travel to the US to provide hands-on support to our early clients, helping them crack their initial sales As a solopreneur or small team, tracking these details while keeping an eye on revenue targets can be challenging. I truly believe 2025-2030 is the era of One-Person Billion-Dollar Businesses, and I can feel it strongly. We have 290 days left in the year. How are things with you guys? Still aligned with your 12-month revenue goals? It's important to address this at the beginning of the year. DM me if you need help setting up revenue goals or building your sales pipeline! I can be your 1-hour sales manager :) #sales #revenue #goals #b2bsales

The Next $100m Market: AI Video Content Creation (2026-2027) Last year, I noticed Personal Branding on LinkedIn was growing fast. Users posting daily were spending $500-$2000 monthly on marketing agencies. I had a hypothesis: What if we created AI tools specifically for LinkedIn content creation? We built Hyperly AI to solve this exact problem. Result? 650 customers in just 6 months, followed by a successful acquisition. Users were happy to pay $39-$99/month (vs $500-$2000) for: 1. Content ideation 2. Strategy development 3. Post creation 4. Publishing automation 5. Engagement User is willing to pay for the outcome if the tool delivers: 300 quality LinkedIn posts yearly (With less efforts) Investment: ~$600 annually Now I'm seeing the EXACT SAME PATTERN with video content. In 2025, these same users are spending $500-$2000/month for just 10-20 videos from freelance videographers. (minimum $6,000/year) This market will be completely disrupted by AI video creation tools in 2026-2027. Why am I so excited? Video content works universally across TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. The reach potential is exponential. This creates additional opportunities for content repurposing tools (I hear Taplio's founder is already moving in this direction). A 21-year-old founder with coding skills could become a millionaire by executing well in this space. The user segments ready for disruption are MASSIVE: 1/ Content creators battling high costs and time limits 2/ Influencers scaling across multiple platforms 3/ Marketing agencies serving more clients with less 4/ Solopreneurs without video production budgets 5/ Small businesses competing with bigger brands 6/ B2B teams needing scalable video content 7/ Sales pros personalizing video outreach Each segment represents a multi-million dollar opportunity on its own! And we've only touched B2C users so far. The B2B marketing team opportunity? Absolutely massive with ticket sizes ranging from $50k to $250K on yearly contacts. I'm super happy to see my friends Atul Yadav and Sabir Ahmed leading the charge in this space. Their product Fliki has already become a market leader with an impressive 50,000 companies using their solution! What do you guys think about the above analysis? -- I'm Venkatesh M., built & sold two companies including Hyperly AI (LinkedIn Content Creation Tool for SMBs). Currently building Elephant Edge | B2B GTM & Sales Accelerator - we help B2B businesses build B2B sales operation systems in just 4 weeks. P.S: If you are building something in Video content creation space, let's connect. #AIVideo #ContentCreation #MarTechTools #Founders

💰 2025'S $1M AI AGENT OPPORTUNITY: The Simple, Scalable Solution SMBs & Solopreneurs Are Desperate For​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.. Last year, simple LinkedIn outreach tools solved lead generation for small businesses and hit million-dollar revenues quickly. But now I'm seeing a critical gap in the market... These same businesses who used LinkedIn automation tools now have their CRMs and Excel sheets overflowing with leads that are quickly going cold!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ In the last 3 months, I've helped several businesses set up Linkedin Sales funnels to get leads from LinkedIn. I noticed something: ✅ Getting new leads problem is solved ❌ But their CRM is getting filled too fast and keeping in touch with those leads becomes a new problem. (They don't have a sales person yet) This means there's a BIG CHANCE for founders to build AI agents that work with customer lists. These small businesses (with 1-50 workers) don't need meetings right away. They need AI that can: 1. Invite old leads to online webinars 2. Share success stories with targeted customers 3. Send YouTube videos and other stuff they made 4. Get leads to sign up for their newsletters 5. Maybe setup a voice agent to do automatic calling in their voice. The businesses I've worked with would be willing to pay $20-$50/month for AI agents that plug into their Hubspot system to do this work automatically. Question for my network: What AI agents have you seen that solve this "keeping in touch with leads" problem? Any suggestions for ones that work with Hubspot? I can get 12 businesses signup if it’s efficient. #AIinSales #SalesFunnels #SmallBusiness #LinkedIn

The Two Types of People in Our World I've observed countless individuals throughout my life, from childhood playmates to business partners. After decades of watching human behavior—what I'd consider my 10,000 hours of expertise—I've discovered something remarkable: there are fundamentally just two personality types that govern how we move through the world. Everyone you've ever met fits into one of these two categories. Your spouse. Your children. Your colleagues. Even you. The fascinating part? You already know one personality intimately—your own. It's the lens through which you view everything. But understanding the other type is where true wisdom begins. Look around at the successful relationships in your life. That marriage that's lasted decades? I'd wager one partner embodies each type. That business partnership that thrives year after year? Same pattern. Even within families, siblings often divide along these personality lines, creating a natural balance. Think about how these personalities might explain the puzzling behaviors you've observed: Why does your spouse organize the kitchen completely differently than you would? Why does your best friend approach risk in ways that seem foreign to you? Why do some colleagues thrive in situations that make you uncomfortable? I've resisted sharing this framework for years, though I've used it privately to navigate my own relationships. From my residential school days where I had no choice but to form new connections, to my current family and business relationships—this understanding has transformed everything. I won't reveal the two types just yet. First, I'm curious: have you ever felt completely mystified by someone close to you, as though they were operating from an entirely different playbook than yours? #people #relationships

Trying to understand the demand for Sales Proposal AI Agent! (Has anyone built a simple AI agent?) How many sales proposals do you send each month? 10? 20? 30? 50+? In February, I've given about 12 proposals (for just 2 offerings). I used to spend 45-60 minutes on each sales proposal, but I've reduced that to 20 minutes using ChatGPT. As our business Elephant Edge | B2B GTM & Sales Accelerator continues to grow, I'm looking at delivering 80-100 proposals monthly. And I like each one to be as personalized as possible. I believe with the right process and training, we could bring proposal creation time down to under 5 minutes while maintaining quality. Two questions to my network: First, has anyone already built an AI agent specifically for sales proposals? I'd love to use it! Second, how many sales proposals do you typically create each month? Curious about the demand for this solution. (I think many service businesses need this) Can you give a number in the comments? #sales #agencyowners #services #founders

3 Things You Must Know Before Entering a Sales Call (If your intention is to let the customer choose you consciously) This content is exclusively for beginners getting into Sales, Tech Sales. Only 3 things matter to you before you get into a call: 1/ Your customer's destination (Point B) Where do they want to go? What's their goal? 2. Quantify the effort required to reach the destination Measure what it takes to get from their current state (Point A) to where they want to be (Point B):   - Time   - Money   - Resources   - Talent   - Urgency When you quantify their problem (or their traditional way to reach Point B), 80% of your job is done. Then it's just about communication. 3. What's your delivery vehicle? It doesn't need to be totally different. You just need to show the customer how you're going to take them from Point A to Point B. Most "rabbit catchers" with high energy and enthusiasm focus too much on talking about their delivery vehicle instead of the customer's destination. "Elephant catchers," on the other hand, act with strategy and clear communication. Be the Elephant Catcher. In Sales, B2B Sales, or any sales, at the end of the day it comes down to communication more than convincing, persuading, and maybe a simple ask: "Would you like to try?" -- I'm Venkatesh M., connect with me if you are AI/SaaS founder interested in learning B2B Sales and build your Sales operating system for your in-house sales team. #sales #b2bsales #founders

I had a great time on Kabir Krishn's podcast, Let's Talk LinkedIn, sharing my thoughts on leveraging LinkedIn for business growth and building international relationships. Being my first time on a podcast, I might have missed a few points—but if there's one key message for first-time and second-time founders, it's this: Use LinkedIn. Invest 100% of your time if needed. Do this, and you won’t end up among the 99% of startups that fail. Also, Kabir has built an amazing LinkedIn content creation tool called WritesLike.ai. It lets you write LinkedIn posts in the style of your favorite influencers—Obama, Gary Vaynerchuk, Naval Ravikant, and more. Definitely worth checking out! Watch the episode and show some love for Kabir Krishn’s new podcast launch. YouTube link in the comments. P.S. If you’re planning a podcast on Sales, B2B Sales, LinkedIn Sales Funnels, or How to Build and Sell an AI Agent in 180 Days, let’s do it. DM. #founders #linkedincontent #aitools #podcast

My Speaking Story Ten years ago, I walked into a room by accident. It was full of people who were practicing how to give speeches. This group was called Toastmasters. I really liked what I saw! At first, talking in front of people was super hard. When someone would call me up to speak, I would get so nervous! Sometimes I couldn't even remember what I wanted to say. It used be very frustrating. But that Kept going and going till today.. Now, I've given more than 50 talks! I talk about starting businesses and how to sell things to other businesses. Lots of different people come to hear me talk - people who own businesses and MBA students who want to learn. Every time I speak, I practice using good words and moving my body in ways that help people understand me better. It's like learning a sport - you have to practice a lot! I put myself on stage every time I get an opportunity and don't mind failing because someday I might get to talk to 10,000 people at a really big event! I want to be super ready when that happens. I don't want to mess up such a big chance! I want to say a special thank you to BNM Institute Of Technology for inviting me to teach their MBA students about B2B Sales. Thank you so much to Dr. Padmalini Singh and Ranjitha Radhakrishna for this awesome opportunity! #Sales #b2bsales #MBAgrads