- Wrong ICP, "early stage founders" is not a buyer. They don't have enough email spam problems. Later-stage founders who do already have an EA.
- You're assuming the pain. People generally don't have problem with email scheduling. And if someone were truly spending 6+ hours a week on it, they would have already delegated.
- The messaging framing hurts you. The moment Persona is compared to a human EA, you lose on judgment, context, and trust.
- Narrow to a pathological edge case. One role, one moment, one acute pain.
- Reframe away from scheduling. Don’t sell logistics or efficiency. Sell control. This is a way more powerful messaging instead.
- Stop outbound. Insert parasitically into their workflow. Live where the pain already exists. Gmail plugins, CRM edges, investor update workflows. Be an appendage, not a destination.
- Accept that this may not be a standalone company. It may only survive as a feature inside a larger assistant or email client.
Remote: Yes (experienced with US/EU hours and async workflows)
Willing to relocate: yes, within SEA
Technologies: Python, SQL, n8n automations, PostHog, Google Tag Manager (GTM), Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Shopify Web Pixels, Technical SEO, AEO/GEO indexing schemas, HTML/CSS/Tailwind
Résumé/CV: https://lightyoruichi.com/work (Password: askhn182)
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lightyoruichi
GTM/Growth Operator & Fractional CMO. I build data-driven marketing systems and organic acquisition engines, transitioning startups from paid ad dependency to compounding organic channels. I like solving hard marketing problems.
What I've done for:
- CPA firm, I built a technical search and AEO pipeline that replaced a 25,000 USD per month paid ad spend, scaling organic traffic from zero to 210,000 monthly visits and increasing leads by 10x.
- For DTC-ecom brand, I restructured their checkout funnel, cart scripts, and localization layouts, boosting site-wide conversion rate by 250% and generating >1 million USD in annual revenue.
- For a frontier AI lab, I conducted 24 developer ICP interviews to validate commercial use cases and secured 2 enterprise design partners before we built a user interface.
- I designed an organic acquisition loop on Reddit that generated 300 active signups in 30 days with zero budget.
- For another DTC-ecom brand, I managed creator marketing campaigns and a performance marketing budget of 2.5 million USD per month across Southeast Asia.
I write technical content, build webhook-driven attribution pipelines, and set up analytics dashboards (PostHog, GTM) to make marketing performance transparent. I'm basically a one-man marketing team.
Seeking contract, fractional, or full-time roles in growth engineering, technical product marketing, or growth operations.