Nowadays, everyone (including me) wants to sell AI-powered tools, platforms, or products.

Few people (including me 6 months ago) have any idea how hard it is to approach and convince technical people for at least 10 reasons:

1 - They're constantly bombarded with messages.

2 - Everyone sells everything, so supply >>> demand.

3 - Extremely high background noise.

4 - They see an AI-generated message from 10km away (they've trolled me several times).

5 - If they have to go through a demo to try the product, they've already closed the tab.

6 - The opinions of devs, who value any glossy slide, count much more.

7 - Product trials are unforgiving; it's like being in court accused of 16 murders. If they find bugs or poor performance at that point, for them the product is broken and the window closes.

8 - They always have a plan B: I'll make it myself.…