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Sharing this for my Indian founder friends who can benefit from this

Paras Mani mentioned in this comment, "I don't chase ideas, I let them find me," and that really stuck with me. We’re always ON. Always thinking of what to fix, what to build, what to ship, who to talk to, who to reach out to, etc. We're constantly on the lookout for ideas. But his comment was a reminder to pause, take a breath, and let ideas *come to you*. Some days back, I tried something unusual... 2 days of complete isolation. And it has been life-changing! No phone. No books. No talking. No looking at nature. Not even eye contact with my family when I stepped out to eat. Just me in my room all alone with myself. Not doing anything, just existing. Tbh, the first few hours were brutal. My mind was flooded with thoughts, worries, and distractions. I was tempted to call it off, grab my phone, and check in on life outside. But once I resisted those first few hours, something shifted in me. As the outside noise quieted, a sense of clarity emerged in me. The answers I've been looking for were already within me, just buried deep under too much input. This small experiment has helped me reconnect with myself in ways I didn't expect. I did it once last year and then again this year. Every time I do it, I come out more grounded, focused, and clear-headed. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do for your ideas is to stop trying so hard and let them come to you. Thanks for the reminder, Paras!

We can all agree that AI automation is the “hot take” nowadays. Everything’s getting automated. And everybody seems to be jumping on this train, without knowing where it’s headed or even where it started from. Yup, AI is powerful. Automation can be magical. You should implement it in your product. But the problem is everyone’s in such a rush, they’ll automate anything before even trying it themselves. It’s like… You’ve never brewed coffee before. You’ve never even tasted coffee. But you go ahead and build a machine that magically makes the “perfect” coffee?? Make it make sense? If you’re automating something before knowing what works manually, you’re just automating chaos! Say I want to use LinkedIn comments to engage my ICP. And I jump into building some fancy AI agent to do it, without ever doing it myself? It’s pointless. I won’t even know: – What tone works – What gets replies – What sounds spammy – What sparks real convos And if I don’t know that, how do I expect AI to? That’s exactly how Reachfast started btw. We manually dug contacts before building our fancy software. When we got our first few clients and saw real traction, then we knew it could scale. That’s when we built the software. That’s when we plugged in AI. Because we weren’t guessing anymore. We had real signal. Real results. Here’s what’s worked for me (and for a lot of early-stage founders I know): Start manual → Get real results → Then automate AI should amplify what already works. Not guess what might.

I'm curious, which of these four features would make the biggest difference in your cold outreach? Do vote below & drop your thoughts in the comments!

Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, once said “Startups die when founders burn out, not when users churn.” And that stayed with me. Running an early-stage startup is not just about product-market fit or revenue. It’s about how many punches you can take in a week and still show up on Monday. Because most days are not LinkedIn-update-worthy. You launch something → no one cares. Your “aha” feature → gets zero usage. Your best performer → resigns out of the blue. You build for 3 months → customer wants something completely different. Sales pipeline? Looks like a desert some months. You get the idea. And yet, you keep building, you adapt, you stay in the game. It’s not just IQ that gets you through – It’s IQ and emotional resilience. It’s strategy and persistence. Scaling only happens after you’ve figured out how to survive. And weirdly enough, just staying alive long enough to learn what works…is often the moat.

I know the pain of cold outreach. The rejections, the ghosting, the silence after hours of effort. But that rush when you finally book the demo or close the deal? It’s unbeatable! Over time, I’ve learned that cold outreach doesn’t have to feel like shooting arrows in the dark, and honestly, it shouldn’t. It’s not about blasting messages based on job title or location. That approach drains your credits – and your energy fast. What actually works is being strategic. And that starts with signals. Real signals that tell you if someone’s worth your time. So we took it upon ourselves to build something around that. Until now, Reachfast gave you contact info by just dropping in a URL- emails, phone numbers (the basics). Now we’re adding a richer layer of context: things like whether a company is hiring, what roles they’re hiring for, recent job posts, tech stack, company size, and much more. Basically, everything that helps you decide if the lead is worth reaching out. If you’re spending hours crafting the “perfect” message, you might as well send it to the ones actually worth the shot. And if we can save you time, effort, and a few dozen wasted credits, we’ll take that win. This is just the beginning. More fun stuff coming soon.

Ran a quick poll in the Sales 101 Community and asked a bunch of SDRs how they find contact data. Out of 15 SDRs, 10 said they’re still using one or two data providers Only 5 are using a waterfall of providers. Here’s the problem with the single-source method: → You get limited coverage. Match rates are lower. → If it fails, you're stuck, or wasting more time trying somewhere else. → Worst part? You might assume the data doesn’t exist when it’s actually sitting in another source. A waterfall approach fixes that. → More coverage. Higher accuracy. → Lower bounce rates. Better connect rates. → And way less time spent chasing dead ends. That’s exactly why we built POWER MODE in Reachfast. It pulls from 18+ data sources and 3.1 billion contacts (triple verified). One credit = the power of 18+ tools working for you. That kind of depth across sources would cost you $400+ per month if you stitched it manually. We built POWER MODE so SDRs never hit a dead end. And tbh, if we can’t find a number, chances are...no one can.