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Researching approval pain — 10-min call?

I'm researching how teams handle internal approvals (expenses, requests, sign-offs) — trying to understand if this is a real universal pain or specific to certain team types.

If you've dealt with approval bottlenecks (Slack threads, email chains, spreadsheets, whatever), I'd love to hear:

  • How does your team handle it today?
  • What's the most frustrating part?
  • Would you be open to a quick 10-min call to share more?

Not selling anything — just trying to understand the problem before building anything.

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Building in Public
on July 6, 2026
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    Instead of asking for calls cold, try flipping it: post 3-4 specific questions right here and let people answer async. Calls are a big ask from strangers — I'm validating my own thing right now and written micro-surveys get 10x the responses of call requests. You can always invite the best respondents to a call after.

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