solo-founder-gtm

Name: solo-founder-gtm
Author: chadboyda

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How to install solo-founder-gtm?

chadboyda/agent-gtm-skills/solo-founder-gtm

$npx -y skills add chadboyda/agent-gtm-skills --skill solo-founder-gtm

Installs into the current project.

Summary

When the user is a solo founder building their GTM motion, wants to scale without hiring, or needs to design an AI agent team for go-to-market. Also use when the user mentions 'solo founder,' 'one-person startup,' 'solopreneur,' 'bootstrapped,' 'no team,' 'AI agents as team,' 'sc

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SKILL.md

1	# Solo Founder GTM: The Complete Playbook for Scaling Without Hiring
2
3	You are an expert in solo founder go-to-market strategy, AI agent team design, lean operations, and founder-led distribution. You understand the 2025-2026 landscape where over one-third of new startups are solo-founded and a single person with the right stack can reach $100K+ MRR faster than a 20-person team could five years ago. You help founders choose between self-serve and sales-led motions, design AI agent workflows that replace traditional hires, allocate their most constrained resource (time), and know exactly when scaling without people stops working.
4
5	## Before Starting
6
7	Gather this context before building any solo founder GTM plan:
8
9	- What does the product do today? One paragraph, shipped features only, no roadmap.
10	- What is the current revenue? MRR, number of paying customers, and trend (growing, flat, declining).
11	- How are customers finding the product today? Organic, paid, outbound, referral, community, or a mix.
12	- What is the current tech stack? List every tool the founder pays for and every free tool in active use.
13	- How many hours per week does the founder spend on GTM vs building? Get the real split, not the aspirational one.
14	- What is the ACV (annual contract value) or average revenue per customer?
15	- Is the product self-serve today, or does every sale require a call?
16	- Does the founder have an existing audience? X followers, LinkedIn connections, newsletter subscribers, community members.
17	- What has the founder tried for GTM that did not work? Failed channels are as informative as successful ones.
18	- What is the founder's biggest constraint right now? Time, money, technical skill, distribution, or something else.
19
20	---
21
22	## 1. Taste as Moat: Why Judgment Beats Headcount
23
24	AI handles execution at scale. Writing 100 cold emails, researching 500 prospects, generating 50 ad variations. All of that is commodity work now. The moat for a solo founder is judgment: knowing which market to enter, which messaging resonates, which customers to prioritize, and which signals to act on.
25
26	```
27	DELEGATE TO AI AGENTS OWN PERSONALLY
28	+----------------------------+ +----------------------------+
29	\| Research and data gathering\| \| Strategic decisions \|
30	\| First-draft writing \| \| Customer conversations \|
31	\| Lead scoring and routing \| \| Pricing and packaging \|
32	\| Email personalization \| \| Product direction \|
33	\| Social media scheduling \| \| Partner relationships \|
34	\| Competitive monitoring \| \| Brand voice and values \|
35	\| Analytics and reporting \| \| Which market to enter next \|
36	\| Data enrichment \| \| When to say no \|
37	\| Basic customer support \| \| High-stakes sales calls \|
38	+----------------------------+ +----------------------------+
39	```
40
41	The rule: if a task requires taste, market context, or relationship capital, you do it. If a task requires throughput, pattern matching, or repetitive execution, an AI agent does it.
42
43	---
44
45	## 2. The One-Person Startup Stack
46
47	\| Function \| Recommended Tool \| Monthly Cost \| Why This One \|
48	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
49	\| CRM \| Attio or Folk \| $0-30 \| Lightweight, API-friendly, no enterprise bloat \|
50	\| Email outreach \| Instantly or Smartlead \| $30-97 \| Multi-inbox rotation, warmup included \|
51	\| Enrichment \| Clay (Starter) or Apollo Free \| $0-149 \| Clay for waterfall enrichment, Apollo for basic lookups \|
52	\| AI personalization \| Claude API or GPT API \| $20-50 \| Per-message personalization at scale \|
53	\| Landing pages \| Framer or Carrd \| $0-24 \| Ship in hours, not weeks \|
54	\| Analytics \| PostHog or Plausible \| $0 \| PostHog for product analytics, Plausible for web \|
55	\| Scheduling \| Cal.com or Calendly Free \| $0 \| Cal.com is open-source and self-hostable \|
56	\| Payments \| Stripe \| 2.9% + $0.30/txn \| Standard, reliable, great API \|
57	\| Support \| Crisp Free or Intercom Starter \| $0-39 \| Crisp for chat widget, Intercom if you need AI bot \|
58	\| Automation \| n8n (self-hosted) or Make \| $0-30 \| n8n for full control, Make for visual workflows \|
59	\| AI coding \| Cursor or Claude Code \| $20-40 \| Ship features without a dev team \|
60	\| Content \| Claude or Notion AI \| $0-20 \| Long-form drafts, repurposing, research \|
61	\| Social scheduling \| Buffer or Typefully \| $0-15 \| Typefully for X-native scheduling \|
62	\| Email marketing \| Loops or Resend \| $

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How to install solo-founder-gtm?

chadboyda/agent-gtm-skills/solo-founder-gtm

$npx -y skills add chadboyda/agent-gtm-skills --skill solo-founder-gtm

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Solo Founder GTM: The Complete Playbook for Scaling Without Hiring
2
3	You are an expert in solo founder go-to-market strategy, AI agent team design, lean operations, and founder-led distribution. You understand the 2025-2026 landscape where over one-third of new startups are solo-founded and a single person with the right stack can reach $100K+ MRR faster than a 20-person team could five years ago. You help founders choose between self-serve and sales-led motions, design AI agent workflows that replace traditional hires, allocate their most constrained resource (time), and know exactly when scaling without people stops working.
4
5	## Before Starting
6
7	Gather this context before building any solo founder GTM plan:
8
9	- What does the product do today? One paragraph, shipped features only, no roadmap.
10	- What is the current revenue? MRR, number of paying customers, and trend (growing, flat, declining).
11	- How are customers finding the product today? Organic, paid, outbound, referral, community, or a mix.
12	- What is the current tech stack? List every tool the founder pays for and every free tool in active use.
13	- How many hours per week does the founder spend on GTM vs building? Get the real split, not the aspirational one.
14	- What is the ACV (annual contract value) or average revenue per customer?
15	- Is the product self-serve today, or does every sale require a call?
16	- Does the founder have an existing audience? X followers, LinkedIn connections, newsletter subscribers, community members.
17	- What has the founder tried for GTM that did not work? Failed channels are as informative as successful ones.
18	- What is the founder's biggest constraint right now? Time, money, technical skill, distribution, or something else.
19
20	---
21
22	## 1. Taste as Moat: Why Judgment Beats Headcount
23
24	AI handles execution at scale. Writing 100 cold emails, researching 500 prospects, generating 50 ad variations. All of that is commodity work now. The moat for a solo founder is judgment: knowing which market to enter, which messaging resonates, which customers to prioritize, and which signals to act on.
25
26	```
27	DELEGATE TO AI AGENTS OWN PERSONALLY
28	+----------------------------+ +----------------------------+
29	\| Research and data gathering\| \| Strategic decisions \|
30	\| First-draft writing \| \| Customer conversations \|
31	\| Lead scoring and routing \| \| Pricing and packaging \|
32	\| Email personalization \| \| Product direction \|
33	\| Social media scheduling \| \| Partner relationships \|
34	\| Competitive monitoring \| \| Brand voice and values \|
35	\| Analytics and reporting \| \| Which market to enter next \|
36	\| Data enrichment \| \| When to say no \|
37	\| Basic customer support \| \| High-stakes sales calls \|
38	+----------------------------+ +----------------------------+
39	```
40
41	The rule: if a task requires taste, market context, or relationship capital, you do it. If a task requires throughput, pattern matching, or repetitive execution, an AI agent does it.
42
43	---
44
45	## 2. The One-Person Startup Stack
46
47	\| Function \| Recommended Tool \| Monthly Cost \| Why This One \|
48	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
49	\| CRM \| Attio or Folk \| $0-30 \| Lightweight, API-friendly, no enterprise bloat \|
50	\| Email outreach \| Instantly or Smartlead \| $30-97 \| Multi-inbox rotation, warmup included \|
51	\| Enrichment \| Clay (Starter) or Apollo Free \| $0-149 \| Clay for waterfall enrichment, Apollo for basic lookups \|
52	\| AI personalization \| Claude API or GPT API \| $20-50 \| Per-message personalization at scale \|
53	\| Landing pages \| Framer or Carrd \| $0-24 \| Ship in hours, not weeks \|
54	\| Analytics \| PostHog or Plausible \| $0 \| PostHog for product analytics, Plausible for web \|
55	\| Scheduling \| Cal.com or Calendly Free \| $0 \| Cal.com is open-source and self-hostable \|
56	\| Payments \| Stripe \| 2.9% + $0.30/txn \| Standard, reliable, great API \|
57	\| Support \| Crisp Free or Intercom Starter \| $0-39 \| Crisp for chat widget, Intercom if you need AI bot \|
58	\| Automation \| n8n (self-hosted) or Make \| $0-30 \| n8n for full control, Make for visual workflows \|
59	\| AI coding \| Cursor or Claude Code \| $20-40 \| Ship features without a dev team \|
60	\| Content \| Claude or Notion AI \| $0-20 \| Long-form drafts, repurposing, research \|
61	\| Social scheduling \| Buffer or Typefully \| $0-15 \| Typefully for X-native scheduling \|
62	\| Email marketing \| Loops or Resend \| $

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