Your first sales hire. Without the salary.

You don't have time to prospect. You barely have time to take the meetings. Outlinq acts as your sales team while you focus on building.

The founder problem

You're the CEO. You're also the product lead, the support team, and the closer. Prospecting keeps falling to the bottom of your to-do list because everything else is on fire.

When you do find time to prospect, it's reactive — someone DMs you on LinkedIn, a referral comes in, a demo request hits your inbox. You take the meeting, but there's no system. No pipeline. No predictability.

Meanwhile, you know outbound works. You've seen competitors close customers through LinkedIn. But hiring a full-time SDR costs $60K–$80K/year plus onboarding time, and you're not ready to make that bet yet.

What Outlinq does for founders

Acts as your first sales hire

We handle prospecting, outreach, follow-ups, and meeting booking. You show up to close. It's like having an SDR without the salary, onboarding, or management overhead.

Runs in the background while you build

Launch a campaign in one kickoff call. From that point on, it runs on autopilot. You get weekly updates, but no daily management required. Your calendar fills while you ship features.

Validates your market through real conversations

You'll learn faster by talking to 10 prospects than by guessing in a spreadsheet. Outlinq gets you those conversations so you can refine messaging, test pricing, and validate product-market fit.

Scales when you're ready

Start with one campaign targeting one ICP. When that's working, add a second campaign. By the time revenue supports hiring a sales team, you already have a proven playbook to hand off.

The alternative: doing it yourself

Some founders try to run LinkedIn outreach themselves. They buy a tool like Expandi or Dripify, set up a campaign, and commit to checking it daily.

Here's what actually happens:

Week 1: You spend 8 hours setting up the campaign, writing messages, and configuring sequences.
Week 2: You remember to check it twice. Acceptance rates are low. You're not sure why.
Week 3: A product fire pulls your attention. The campaign runs unmonitored.
Week 4: You realize you've been sending generic messages to the wrong audience. You pause everything to rethink strategy.
Month 2: The tool subscription auto-renews, but you haven't logged in.

It's not your fault. You're a founder, not an SDR. Your time is worth more than monitoring connection request acceptance rates.

Learn more: Done-for-you vs DIY LinkedIn automation

What it costs (compared to hiring)

Option	What you get	Monthly cost
DIY tool (Expandi, Dripify)	Software only. You do all the work.	$79/mo + 60 hours
Hire an SDR	Full-time hire. 3-month ramp. Management overhead.	$5,000–$7,000/mo
Outlinq	End-to-end done-for-you. Zero management.	~$3,000/mo

See detailed pricing: How Outlinq pricing works

When to start

Start now if:

You have a clear ICP (job title, industry, company size)
You can articulate your value prop in 2 sentences
You have the bandwidth to take 3–5 meetings per week
You want predictable pipeline in 30–60 days instead of sporadic inbound

Wait if:

You're still pre-product or validating the idea (LinkedIn won't solve that)
Your ICP isn't on LinkedIn (consumer products, local businesses)
You can't handle more sales calls right now (fix that first, then turn on outreach)

Pipeline on autopilot. No headcount required.

See how Outlinq works as your first sales hire in a 15-minute demo.

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