That or they just lie on socials.

I could easily give you that title. Or maybe you can even do that yourself.

Lots of new companies are either faked, or amplified.

Example: If I made a sale of $100 this hour, it can become $864K ARR, with amplification (100 x 24 x 30 x 12).

What to do? Focus on your job and forget everybody else. Don't ever judge progress by revenue alone. A low revenue company who invents something in energy could be worth all companies exist today. But you never hear about it, because it is the real stuff.

You can automate some of it, but it's good to start manually and learn the ropes first.

You need to understand who your ideal customer is and what channels are they on.

Linkedin is a common one for b2b sales.

If you make 200 connections on linkedin every week and send them a message, some % of that will convert to meetings and sales (the exact % depends on your audience, message, and how urgent the pain you're solving is)

It is extremely hard at start, especially for engineer types (like myself)

Fortunately, it's a skill like any other that can be learned.

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