For B2B software and AI founders

We build the GTM engine you own.

The best go-to-market tools, combined into one system that turns replies into revenue.

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38demos booked in 30 days
$412,800pipeline from our own engine
184KLinkedIn impressions in 30 days
The problem placeholder copy

Three routes you can't time. One you can.

Most founders' first buyers come from people they already know. Then it gets harder.

Your network
Referral
Referral
No one left

Referrals run out

Great until you've worked through your network. Then what?

Postsmonth 1
Audiencemonth 6
Pipelinemonth 12+

Content takes a year

It compounds, eventually. Most runways can't wait 12 months to find out.

Ad spend
Clicks
Callsmostly off-ICP
Right buyerrare

Ads miss niche buyers

Ads get you calls, with little control over who's on them.

Advice
More advice
Conflicting advice
Youguessing
Time and moneyspent

Outbound gets guessed

No shortage of channels, just conflicting advice. So most founders guess.

Referrals, content and ads: you don't control the timing. Outbound, you do. It just has to be built properly.

The engine

Every moving part, in one place.

We don't sell software. We orchestrate the best of it into one system.

An animation of the Acumen system. A globe of potential buyers collapses into one list of contacts, each checked against your ideal customer profile. Sixteen best-in-class tools spin into the Acumen system and come back out working together. Your offer goes out across your market, a positive reply comes back, and the reply is handled in Slack through to a booked call and a closed deal. Then the cycle starts again.

How it works

From blueprint to booked calls.

We do the heavy lifting. You make the calls that matter.

Blueprint · Step 01

ICP and market mapping

Who buys, why now, and how many of them exist, documented before anything is built.

GTM OS components 1
FathomSales callsYour customersOnboardingExaParallelResearch agents
Your knowledge basebuilt by Acumen
ICP.md
Segments
Personas
Services and deliverables.md
Market sizevalidated
Signed off by you
Blueprint · Step 02

Engineer the offer

Build positioning around the problem each buyer already pays to solve, then create the sales assets to support it.

GTM OS components 2 · 3
Persona 1Persona 2Persona 3
The problem they pay to solve
Positioning
Messaging
WistiaVSLyou record it
Case study
guide
Lead magnetPDF
Build · Step 03

Data sourcing and enrichment

Every account and contact checked against your ICP before they hear from you. No fit, no message.

GTM OS components 4
High priority
contact 1
Company fits your ICP
Role fits a persona
Email verified
Active on LinkedIn
Recent signal
SendKitEmail campaign0 contacts
HeyReachLinkedIn campaign0 contacts
No fit, no message0 contacts
Build · Step 04

Build the machine

We do the wiring so you don't have to. Complex underneath, simple on top: one inbox, clear next steps, every touch logged.

GTM OS components 5 · 6 · 7
InboxKit3SendKit5HeyReach2n8n9Slack12Calendly1Fathom2Quo4MillionVerifier6Clay3Wistia1Exa2
SlackYour inboxin Slack
SendKitNew reply
HeyReachFollow up today
New lead: call now
CalendlyCalendar empty
Every touch logged
The optimal stack
Live by week 3first messages go out
Go live · Step 05

Turn replies into revenue

Never stare at a reply wondering what to say. Advice on every response, a script for every call, and workflows that get booked calls to actually show up.

GTM OS components 8
Slack#repliesyour workspace
New reply email
Suggested responses
A
B
C
Phone number foundin the background
Editing B
B
HeyReach
Connect on LinkedIn?
Calling
Call transcript loggedin the background
Calendly
Demo booked Thu
Reminder sentin the background
Showed up
S
Deal closed
Go live · Step 06

Optimise and enable

Winners scaled, losers retired, the playbook written down. The system is yours to run, or ours to keep running with you.

GTM OS components 9 · 10
Offer A
Offer B
Offer C
your playbook
Winning sequences
ICP insights
Objection handling
AccountsyoursDatayoursSystemyours
Yours to runOurs to keep running with you
The toolkit

Meet the stack.

No passengers. HoverTap to find out what each brings to the team.

Why us

Hire it, buy it, rent it, or build it.

You'd compare us anyway, so we did it for you.

AcumenAll-in-one SaaSFull-time hireTraditional agencyFractional / consultant
Strategy and execution in one●○◐◐◐
You own the accounts, data and system●●●◐●
Best-in-class tools●○◐◐◐
Every lead qualified before contact●◐◐◐○
Covers replies through to booked calls●◐●◐○
Time to first send3 weeksVariesAfter hiring and ramp-upVariesNot their role
FAQ

Questions founders ask first.

What does Acumen do?+

We build B2B software and AI founders a go-to-market system for cold email and LinkedIn. We find and qualify the right buyers, set up the infrastructure and campaigns, and help you turn replies into sales calls. It runs on best-in-class tools, set up in your name.

Who is it for?+

Founders and commercial leads at B2B software, SaaS and AI-native companies, from bootstrapped to Series A, with a live product, real revenue or funding, and proof it works, but no predictable outbound channel. It isn't for ideas or weekend builds that haven't sold yet.

How is this different from an agency?+

A traditional agency usually runs outreach on its own lists and inboxes, so the pipeline stops when you stop paying. We build the system inside your business, in your name, and write down the playbook. Everything we build stays with you.

Why not just hire an SDR in-house?+

You can, and one day you might. A hire still needs lists, inboxes, tools, copy and a process before they can send, plus time to hire and ramp up. We build that system first, so campaigns go live in about 3 weeks, and the playbook means a future hire can run it.

Who owns the accounts, inboxes and data?+

You do, from day one. The domains, inboxes, lists and data sit in your accounts, and the playbook is documented for your team.

Does AI write to my prospects?+

No. AI researches and qualifies every lead and suggests responses to replies. People write the campaigns, and you decide what's sent. AI never contacts a prospect on its own.

How long does it take?+

Campaigns go live in about 3 weeks. The full engagement runs 16 weeks across three phases: Blueprint, Build and Go live.

What happens after the engagement?+

The system is yours to run, with the playbook documented for your team, or ours to keep running with you.

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