Ashish Rai

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@PhiliDips_ @thesamparr True

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@marclou I can tell one thing about this with confidence that this is going to be much bigger than TrustMMR. @marclou

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@GoldilocksOrbit @V_Khomichenko @noahkagan Indeed

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@acecreamu Problem is every users have their own unique ICP. And every prompt needs some custom play around.

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

500 users in 30 days.

No growth team. No big ad budget. No fancy funnel.

Just launched LeadOcean, talked to users, fixed things, and kept shipping.

The numbers:

→ 500 signups
→ 377 API users
→ 362 MCP users
→ 107 from LinkedIn
→ 52 from cold email
→ 45 from Google
But here's what surprised me.
Some users struggled to find 100 leads.
With a better prompt, they found thousands.
Same database. Same product. Different outcome.
Everyone talks about distribution.

But getting users is a distribution problem. Getting them to value is a product problem.

And 500 signups mean nothing if nobody sticks around.

Still fixing data quality, onboarding, and paid conversion.

Not celebrating victory.

Back to building. 🚀

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@its_ronc Yes, prompting is something our new users always have issues getting good results. I am thinking to release some skills to help them find better leads.

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@i_mika_el We update monthly

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

Last time I offered this, 147 people asked for it.
So I’m doing it again, with one change. 👀

I’ll build your full TAM (Total Addressable Market) for free.

The actual list, not just the number.

I’m opening a few free TAM builds to show what LeadOcean can actually find from a real ICP.

Describe your target market in one sentence.

Example:
“US B2B SaaS companies with 10–200 employees, targeting VP Sales and Head of GTM.”

I’ll give you:
→ Matching companies
→ Matching decision-makers
→ Verified work emails
→ Phone numbers where we have them
→ Coverage by country, so you see your real market size

You’ll get a full downloadable CSV or Google Sheet link.

No signup.
No credits.
No sales call.

Just the list. Free.

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@goldglovecb @noahkagan Awesome man. Welcome to the club.

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@faqdev @faqdev you have to break down it to sub-marketing tool.

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@noahkagan @noahkagan That's why we build https://t.co/woVF07cJNj to find customer for outbound.

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@MakerThrive @marclou @beehiiv @AlexHormozi used to say if you have much demand, raise your price. i guess that’s what @beehhive is trying to do

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@abhagsain @noahkagan When you dont have audience or initial budget for paid ads. Dont have any choice but hey it’s good money for early traction :)

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@abhagsain @noahkagan That’s other way to look into it. But for us was kind of free distribution. Just applied and listed and sales coming in. Getting exposure and getting bookings for way bigger contracts

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@abhagsain @noahkagan Yes, on ballpark they are

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@noahkagan @marclou @denk_tweets My bet is on @marclou

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@simonmoxon @noahkagan That’s what you do when you do not have your audience or paid ads

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@shayannadeem123 @noahkagan 100%

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

Every data vendor tells you how many profiles they have.
Almost none tell you how many are in your country. 👀

Global numbers are easy to brag about. 693M profiles sounds great until you only sell into Germany 🇩🇪, or Brazil 🇧🇷, or the Nordics, and realise you have no idea how much of that number is actually your market. And even when the profiles are there, the real question is how many come with an email you can send to, or a phone number that works.

Usually you find that out after you’ve paid. 🙃

So we built a coverage view inside LeadOcean. Pick a region or a country and you see three things before you spend anything: how many profiles we have there, what share has a verified work email, and what share has a phone number.

It’s not always flattering 😂 Some countries are strong. Some have plenty of profiles but thinner email coverage, and you’ll see that too. I’d rather you know that on day one than find out from your bounce rate on day thirty.

It’s the same reason we cut 100 million emails from our verified pool a few weeks ago. A big number only helps you if it’s true for the market you’re actually selling into.

If you sell outside the US, I’m curious: which country has been hardest for you to get good data on? 🌍👇

[Ashish Rai @heyashishrai]

@noahkagan Dang… Testing now