David Fastuca

CEO & Co-Founder, Growth Forum | Proven Sales Systems Add Up To 57% More Deals in 8 Weeks or Less.

When sales teams get stuck, they search everywhere for answers.

Google. ChatGPT. YouTube.

What they usually find is recycled advice:

“Follow up more.”

“Build rapport.”

“Handle objections.”

Tips that sound good in theory but miss the context of your industry, your buyer, and your deal.

By the time reps finish searching, the opportunity is gone.

The moment to act has passed.

Coach Pilot fixes that.

It gives your team real-time guidance while the deal is still alive, not post-mortem.

The right move, in the right moment, directly in their workflow.

That’s how top teams turn hesitation into control and pipeline into revenue.

Find out more: https://www.coachpilot.com/

CMO & Co-Founder

150+ founders walk into a room.

No, this isn't a joke setup.

(Okay, maybe it is.)

Next week I'm on a panel at The First Move, and if you're trying to figure out sales without losing your mind, this one's for you.

Here's my lane:
→ How early-stage B2B teams build a sales engine that actually runs 
→ $75M in exits, what I learned that wasn't in the playbook 
→ Sales mistakes I see founders make constantly (ps made them too) 
→ Quick wins that move pipeline faster than you'd expect

A bit about me:
Built and sold companies. 
Now building Coach Pilot. 
Coach founders on sales and AI every week.

The pattern?
Founders don't lack ideas. 

They lack:
Clear next steps
Honest feedback
People who know how lonely this actually is

I care about rooms where "here's where I'm stuck" isn't followed by awkward silence.

The First Move is that room.

What you'll get:
→ Tools you can deploy immediately
→ Frameworks from real deals, not case studies
→ A network that actually follows up

Come join me Desmond John, Tara Salmon Kate Pollard, Grant Gwynne and Megan Luttrell

I'll be the one making sales jokes nobody asked for. 

Link's in the comments.👇

CEO, coachpilot.com • 2 Exits (75M Value) • Revenue Leaders Podcast, Co-Host

I stopped relying on inbound and outbound alone. 

My last 10 deals came from partners I treated like teammates.

At first, I pushed harder on email.

More sequences.
More LinkedIn messages.

Pipeline grew a bit.

Then stalled.

I felt stuck.

Heavy targets.
Same accounts.
Same buyer list.

No one wins that game.

I tried a different move.

I pulled my last 10 closed deals.
I asked one question: who else already had access?

I saw a pattern.

3–4 companies sold into the same accounts.
Same champions.
Same budget cycles.

They were already inside.

I reached out and said:

Let’s act as one team.

Monthly call.
Shared intel.
Warm intros both ways.
Mutual success plans for key accounts.

I helped them hit their number.

Market insights.
Deal strategy.
Air cover with my contacts.

In return, they opened doors I could not reach.

Those partners became my ecosystem.

Not a “program”.
A small crew I went deep with.

That crew filled my next quarter.

If you carry a bag and feel stuck in outbound, pull your last 10 deals and find the people who were already there.

Link in the COMMENTS to this episode with the Master of Partnerships Bryan Williams

Your reps don’t need another full-day training.

They need one 30‑minute call review that changes how they sell this week.

I learned this the hard way.

I ran full-day workshops.
Big decks.
Role plays.
Everyone said “great session” on the day.

Next week

Same calls
Same weak questions
Same “send me the deck” endings

The truth is:

- Reps cannot use 20 ideas from one long day.
- They can use one upgrade from one real call.

Here is how I run a 30‑minute review that sticks

- First 5 minutes
- AI finds key moments in the call.
- I pick one short clip that matters.

Next 5 minutes

- We watch the clip together.
- I pause at the key second.
- I ask the rep: “What do you see here?”

Now the work starts

We talk about the buyer.
Their risk.
Their power.
Their emotion.

I help the rep see the story under the words.

Then we shape one clear upgrade line

For example
How to open price.
How to ask a deeper question.
How to set one strong next step.

We write the new line together in simple words.

Last 10 minutes

We practice only that moment.
Three fast reps.
We swap words until the rep feels calm, not tense.

End of session

AI logs the focus, the new line, the next call to test it.
We track what happens on live deals.

The Result:
- Reps stop fearing call reviews.
- They start asking for them.

We built Coach Pilot to make sessions like this easy to run at scale.

If you want to see how our platform handles call reviews and the guidance it gives, check the link in my profile.

If you vanished tomorrow, which customer would miss you first?

Now ask: why did they choose you in the first place?

You think you know the answer.

Product.
Price.
Features.
Relationships.

This is "Noise".

When teams slow down and ask the hard question, a new story starts to show.

Customers say things like:
“You called when others sent links.”
“You listened when others pitched.”
“You made the next step clear.”

Real reasons.

Value lives in the small moments they remember.
Not the pitch you rehearsed.
Not the slide you love.
Not the feature you keep naming.

I ask sellers and leaders to do one simple thing.

Call three customers and say:
“I am not selling. I want to learn. Why did you choose us first? Why do you stay?”

Then write every word they say.

Patterns appear.

You start to see the real job you do in their world.
You see where you give safety, not software.
You see where you give clarity, not content.

From there, everything gets sharp.

Positioning.
Messaging.
Sales calls.
Product roadmap.

All change when you sell the reason customers chose you, not the story you tell yourself.

Start with one call today.

P.S. I'm on a journey to create the most useful platform to help sellers and leaders win more revenue in less time. 

If this interests you, check out my profile for more info.

Sales is getting harder.

Buyers are more informed. 
Cycles are longer. 
Reps are burning out.

The gap between top performers and everyone else keeps widening.

Here's what closes that gap: a sales playbook.

Not a static PDF that collects dust. 

A living system that: 
→ Captures your best sales practices 
→ Trains your team to execute them consistently 
→ Guides reps through every deal in real-time

We've spent months rebuilding our program to help you create exactly this.

Want free access? 

Fill out a 5-minute survey and it's yours—a $10,000+ value, on us.

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Senior Copywriter

The Ace Career

- Created copy that resulted in a 20% increase in email conversions.
- Crafted engaging content, increasing the community base by 50% within three months.
- Collaborated with design team to develop visually captivating email campaigns, resulting in a 15% higher click-through rate.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously, consistently meeting tight deadlines and delivering high-quality copy.
- Adapted writing style to effectively communicate brand messaging across various industries and target demographics.
- Received recognition for exceptional attention to detail, ensuring accurate and error-free copy in all deliverables.
- Actively participated in brainstorming sessions, contributing innovative ideas that enhanced campaign creativity and effectiveness.
- Established strong working relationships with the community, earning positive feedback for exceptional communication and satisfaction.

Advertising Copywriter

Efluence

- Created social media content that was both informative and entertaining.
- Partnered with the design team to develop visually stunning campaigns.
- Conducted in-depth market research to identify the needs and wants of consumers, which informed the development of product messaging strategies that resonated with target audiences.
- Developed and implemented an SEO-driven content strategies
- Contributed to brainstorming sessions by sharing innovative ideas that helped to enhance the creativity and effectiveness of campaigns.

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Sales Assistant

The Copy Scientist 🔥 || I help Brands and Businesses TURN ON their customers' BUY BUTTON with the POWER of psychology & emotional words that SELL || DR-Copywriter & Storyteller + Author

Financial Retirement Consultants: How I Became Known As The Copy Scientist [My Backstory]

I struggled with Upwork as a newbie for almost 2 years. Failed at it. And every other freelance platform on the internet.

Then my good buddy, Philip Ajadi, advised me to try my luck with LinkedIn - a platform I had abandoned since 2016.

And that was how my “brand building” journey on LinkedIn started, posting and engaging for 8-10 hours almost every day.

One of those days… an idea for a post struck me and I decided to try it out.

It started with the headline: 
“Ever Heard Of Scientists Who Hate Their Lab Coats?”

The idea behind the post was about copywriters being scientists who don't just write copy, but who use science as an approach for researching their audience and testing copy/marketing ideas over and over again…

…until they find what works.

That post got tons of people talking about me since it stood out from the tons of copywriting posts on LinkedIn. 

And soon, they started calling me a copywriting scientist.

Well, I thought it sounded cool and I adopted it for my brand - The Copy Scientist. 

But how does this relate to you as a financial retirement consultant?

I've been waiting for you to ask.

You see… my “science” approach to copy will help you increase your brand awareness and online expertise. 

It's about me spending a good deal of time doing in-depth research on your audience and how your expertise can help them solve their money problems.

And that's why my copywriting process makes all the sense for you.

I help you build trust by providing clear, transparent, and engaging content that addresses your client's concerns, demonstrates your expertise,, and shows them you're the best person to help them reach their financial goals.

My in-depth research system helps me get into the head of your audience and find out their biggest pain points so I can help you create relatable marketing campaigns. 

What about explaining complex financial concepts to your clients in plain language? It's easier with my unique “science” process that lets me know where they are at…

…while creating content that becomes the connecting bridge between you and them.

PLUS using the power of storytelling - case studies - to show them you can deliver the results they desire.

"The Copy Scientist" is NOT just the next catchy name out there. It's the BIG PROCESS behind what I do.

I'm Damilola Michael, The Copy Scientist for FINANCIAL RETIREMENT CONSULTANTS who want to be better positioned as an authority, build trust and showcase their expertise.

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