I Built an AI-Powered Tool for Professional Insights – Here’s Why and How It’s Going So Far
Hey Indie Hackers, I’m Frank, a solo SaaS founder working on ProfilelyAI – a tool that helps founders, market researchers, product managers, and HR quickly find professional insights without manual searching.
Why I Built This
I wanted a simple, affordable way to gather key data for outreach, hiring, and research. Many existing solutions are either too expensive or require too much manual work. So, I built ProfilelyAI to solve this.
How It’s Going So Far
✅ Built an MVP and launched on ProductHunt and currently applied at AppSumo
✅ Started cold outreach, Reddit marketing, and listing on SaaS directories.
✅ Bootstrapping with a $50/month marketing budget – testing different low-cost growth hacks.
Challenges & Next Steps
Getting first 10 paying users (open to suggestions!).
Experimenting with cold emails, SEO, and Reddit ads.
Learning how to market without relying on my personal LinkedIn.
Would love your feedback!
If you’ve built a B2B SaaS before, how did you acquire your first customers? Also, if you’re in my target audience, what would make ProfilelyAI more valuable to you?
Check it out here: www.profilelyai.com
Happy to answer any questions or share more details. Let’s discuss! 🚀
