John Ciannello

I help commercial property tax advisors use AI to analyze portfolios 10x faster @ Appeal IQ

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@elriclegloire This is the kind of thing that absolutely grinds my gears.

Passing off being scummy as good selling.

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

This is impressive implementation of customer feedback. Which other platforms of this scale do you see this kind of thing on?

I can’t think of any honestly.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

As promised

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

Now we repeat.

I’m not a genius, nor am I a guru, but this worked.

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

9. Came ready to the second call, demonstrated changes, got them excited, quoted price, set next steps.

10. Followed up. Followed up. Then followed up again.

11. Set a third call, settled on terms, sent final agreement.

12. Got signature, got paid.

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

5. Set a same day meeting

6. Went in curious, asked questions, was radically transparent

7. Piqued interest, explained how Appeal IQ is a custom setup and we can adjust to what they need, set a second call

8. Worked on features over the weekend

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

How I went from cold email to closed won in less than 2 weeks 👇🏻

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

1. Built a list of ICP accounts and contacts with Claude

2. Wrote an email campaign, with my brain and my fingers

3. Loaded those leads and emails into Smartlead via API and AI.

4. Got a reply to email 3 in the sequence (shocking, I know)

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@SilasMahner So baller bro

[Silas Mähner @SilasMahner]

I didn’t get into the tech scene to help guys build another b2b saas startup.

Let’s be real. When someone says tech, what do you think of?

The invention of the wheel?
The steam engine?
Flight?

Or do you think of soft blue gradients, sans-serif fonts promising incremental rev impact if yuo sign up for the latest b2b saas solution?

Tech has gotten so synonymous with digital that we forget that the greatest, most impactful civilizational leaps have all happened in the real world.

But now the pendulum is swinging back toward reality.

And I, for one, am excited to be a part of it.

The Truth About the Frontier

I grew up in rural Wisconsin. Without the internet (despite being GenZ), my world was power tools, firewood, and campfires.

When I started recruiting in 2020, I was fascinated by CleanTech. I thought we were reinventing the world.

But "CleanTech" lost its way. It traded optimism for fear-mongering and word-police politics. It stopped being about the future and started being about how much you aren't allowed to do.

That’s not the future I want to build.

I'm rebranding because I’m looking for a different kind of builder.

I’m looking for the frontiersmen. The kind of people who understand that technology should be a tool for stewardship. Not a source of shame.

The frontier isn't another b2b saas calendar app.

It’s the physical world. It’s that horse-riding, gun-slinging cowboy who respects the land that sustains him. He knows nature can be harsh, but he understands that if we use technology correctly, we can make this dusty rock better for the next generation.

The Mission
I may not be the scientist uncovering nature’s secrets, but I get to be the one who finds the crew that does.

I’m using my firm to rally the wild adventurers. The builders who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the real world.

If you’re a frontiersman in pursuit of technologies that actually matter, you and I are cut from the same cloth.

Introducing Roosevelt Talent - Staff the Frontier

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@CiprianiRanieri https://t.co/8tUj4EdSS3

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@mytwillot @CiprianiRanieri This actually seems quite useful! Especially for sending things to people who don’t have an account

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@morganjingram Exercise I’m getting ready to start running:

How can I do my work without AI?

If I can’t (work is AI focused), what could I do instead, should I lose AI access to?

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@willfalkenborg Missed you bro

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

https://t.co/zKqGkvcZFc is legit.

$8500 in revenue so far.

$32k in sizzling hot pipeline.

A serious moat.

So I’m dancing like a fool in a random NJ coworking space

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@CiprianiRanieri Have done $8500, waiting on signatures for another $16k

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

@morganjingram A revival

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

True.

As a precautionary measure, all user data that was uploaded to SpaceXAI before now will be completely and utterly deleted. Zero anything whatsoever will remain.

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

https://t.co/8tUj4EdSS3

[John Ciannello @johnciannello]

Appeal IQ (my product) now has a chat agent built into the software - here's why that's a big deal.

From within the app, on your own computer running a local, competent LLM like Qwen 3.6 35B, you can let AI read all of your files and even sensitive data without ever worrying about it hitting the cloud.

Companies are fearful of using cloud models because of the data risks, and honestly, it's totally warranted.

How can I use AI without forking over my IP?

For CRE property tax, the answer is Appeal IQ.

Fast & Secure AI tax appeal research, and your data never leaves your desk.

For the community on X, this isn't surprising, but so many people have no idea this is possible.

I am stoked.