I lost my job and got stuck clicking Google Maps and IG for hours. I tried to find leads.

Not kidding. I spent days copying business names and emails by hand. It was so slow and boring. I almost quit before I even started.

One night I stayed up just to see if I could make something to do it for me.

My first version was full of bugs and froze my laptop twice. But it started working. I sent out a few emails. Someone replied and actually paid me. Then someone else wanted a list for their business. So I made another one.

Now I have people asking how I get lists so fast. It is a weird feeling.

Some weeks nobody signs up. I think it is over. Then I wake up to a random sale from someone I do not even know.

I still mess up sometimes.

Once I lost half a day of work when my computer crashed. Another day I copied the wrong data and had to start over. But I do not spend every night dragging my eyes across spreadsheets anymore.

I figured out how to build something that does the boring part for me. If anyone is scraping leads by hand right now I feel your pain.

Honestly,most people started this way

My first client for ads came from Google trader
And some directory making happy WordPress sites

Things are quite easy this days though
Many people can get a 5 dollar scrapper and do stuff

megakim said:

Not kidding. I spent days copying business names and emails by hand. It was so slow and boring. I almost quit before I even started.

One night I stayed up just to see if I could make something to do it for me.

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you need to learn how to leverage ai into your daily life lol
i am assuming you copying means onto your pc, not handwriting... right

yes when give solution for a issue that will make money , dont give up keep try buyers for your tool

Automate it; An AI-powered job application framework built on Claude Code
https://github.com/MadsLorentzen/ai-job-search