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How I’d Do Outbound in 10 Minutes a Day as a Founder

No fluff, no pressure—just a system that works when you’re short on time

Author

Alexander Shartsis
May 23, 2025

Let’s be honest: most founders don’t want to spend 3 hours a day on outbound. You’ve got product to build, hires to make, investors to update, and Slack to ignore.

But if you’re pre–$1M ARR and don’t have a repeatable way to book meetings, you can’t afford to not do outbound.

The good news?
You don’t need to go full SDR mode. Here’s how I’d run founder-led outbound in just 10 minutes a day—and still book meetings.

🎯 The 10-Minute Routine

📍 Step 1: Pick 5 Targets (2 min)

Start narrow.
Use whatever tool you’ve got (Apollo, LinkedIn, even Google).
Filter for relevance—job title, hiring triggers, funding news, recent content.
You’re not building a 1,000-person list.
You’re picking 5 people you’d actually want to talk to.

✍️ Step 2: Write One-Line Openers (5 min)

Personalize just the first line—something specific that shows it’s not mass-blasted:

  • “Saw you just launched [feature]—nicely done.”

  • “Noticed you’re hiring your first CS lead. Curious how you’re thinking about onboarding.”

Then plug that into a short email template.

(This is where tools like Skyp.ai come in—you can spin up personalized outbound with one-line openers built in, and have your sequences running without spending hours fiddling around.)

You’re not trying to be clever. You’re trying to sound human.

📨 Step 3: Hit Send + Trust the Sequence (1 min)

Let the sequence handle the follow-ups. Make sure your CTA is low-friction:

“Worth a quick look?”
“Want to see how others are handling this?”

Don't overthink it.
Momentum > perfection.

📬 Step 4: Reply to Anything Warm (2 min)

If someone’s even vaguely interested, reply fast.
No pitch decks. Just start a real conversation.
This is where founder advantage kicks in.

🧠 Why This Works

Most founders overcomplicate outbound. They think they need a perfect tool stack, complex sequences, and high-volume campaigns.

But what you actually need is:

  • A clear ICP

  • A message that sounds like you

  • A system you’ll actually use

This 10-minute loop gives you all three. And when you show up consistently, things start to compound.
That’s how you get better—fast.

If you want to run this kind of lean, founder-led outbound without burning your whole afternoon, Skyp.ai was built for exactly this.
Write, sequence, and reply—all in about an hour a week, without losing the personal edge that makes founder outreach work.