Solo founders
A CRM for solo founders
When you are the only founder, outreach happens in the gaps between building. The hard part is not writing one good message. It is remembering the twenty people you already talked to. Founder CRM keeps that list in Chrome so the gaps add up.
Outreach in the gaps
A solo founder does not get a sales block on the calendar. You ship a fix, answer support, and then have twenty minutes before the next thing. That is when outreach happens, and it is also when context goes missing.
Twenty minutes is enough to write two honest replies. It is not enough to find the thread again, remember who the person was, and check what you said last week. That search is the part worth handing to software.
What a working day looks like
- A flow you wrote once looks on Reddit, X or Product Hunt in your own Chrome and keeps the people who fit your description.
- You open the side panel and see who is new and who is due for a follow-up.
- You read the thread, write one specific reply yourself, and mark the next date.
- You close the laptop. The list is still there tomorrow, on this machine.
Flows can run on a schedule, so the list is waiting when you sit down. You can also add a person by hand while you are reading their profile, or save the thread you are on as a follow-up.
Keep the record small
Name, link, what they asked, what you said, when to look again. That is the whole record. The guide on tracking outreach from public conversations is the habit in more detail.
If you are wondering whether to set up HubSpot first, read CRM without HubSpot for early stage. If you are planning a launch, launching without Product Hunt is the same work spread over a few weeks.
What it will not do for you
It will not write the message, auto-DM, or reply on your behalf. A solo founder's advantage is that the person on the other end is talking to the builder. A bot throws that away. The safety page has the full list.
It costs nothing and needs no account. Pricing says the same thing at more length. Add Founder CRM to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store.
Not quite you?
A short list of people you met in public and a date to look again. Not a pipeline.
Before HubSpot, before a sales hire: the people who described the problem your SaaS solves.
No seat, no subscription, no account. The list stays on your machine.
Keep the people from launch day, and follow up after the leaderboard resets.
Questions founders ask
- How much time does it take each day?
- As much as you give it. The list and reminders mean the time goes into writing messages, not finding threads again.
- Can I use it without writing a flow?
- Yes. Add people by hand from the side panel, or save the thread you are on. Flows are optional.
- Does it work if I take a week off?
- Yes. Follow-ups stay in the list with their dates. Nothing is sent while you are away.
- Can a co-founder see my list later?
- The list lives in your Chrome profile. You can export CSV or JSON and share that. There is no shared cloud workspace.
Install Founder CRM
Free, local, no account. A short list of who to message today, and you write every message.