Neil Gandhi

Paage.io

AE's deserve more than just email opens
Put your sales material in one link and track engagement

Bootstrapped, team of 2

Founder

Pandapose

Acquired in August 2022. Make personalized images at scale for your email marketing campaigns.

OneSignal

Ran growth initiatives at OneSignal as the company scaled from 22 employees -> 100

Growth

Gametakes

Acquired in December 2018

An app to record and share a podcast right from your iPhone. Used by analysts at ESPN, Bleacher Report, and the NFL.

Hi there 👋

Currently bootstrapping Paage.io. The story of how we got here is pretty interesting...

After college I spent a couple years building Gametakes - an app to record a podcast from your iPhone. Gametakes wasn't quite the success I wanted it to be, but it taught me a lot about how to get customers at scale and build retentive products. For example, I figured out how to get thousands of users for free from Reddit without paying for ads or getting banned by mods.

It was my 8th attempt at launching a consumer product. We ended up selling it but I was burnt out.

So I joined OneSignal, which exposed me to B2B, and I haven't turned back since.

Over the past two years I built a couple SaaS apps. I didn't want to raise venture, so I bootstrapped them to profitability. One of those apps, pandapose (pandapose.com) recently got acquired. 

The other one was an AI SDR that would find prospects for you, write emails to them, and send them out. This was a very bad startup idea. If you're building in this space, happy to share why.

But, there is a silver lining.
From building that product, I built a tool like Paage internally. Customers kept telling me they wanted the Paage like tool, but not the product I was selling 😂

SO, I pivoted, and Paage was born.

Paage is bootstrapped and I'm currently the only full time employee but I recently started hiring a couple contractors.

I'll be posting learnings from my journey in building Paage, so follow me to stay up to date!

If you've read this far, let me know! Would love to connect, learn more about what you're selling, and help in any way I can.

Thanks! 🚀

Send buyers a personalized, interactive link instead of a boring email. paage.io
Bootstrapped, just me right now

Neil G.

Freemium kills most startups

It sounds amazing on paper: "Let people try it free and pay when they unlock value. Less friction! More adoption!"

You then pattern match against successful PLG companies and go "well they all have a free tier. THAT's why they're successful"

But freemium only works for a few types of businesses.

It makes sense when:
- Your product is inherently viral  
- Your TAM is massive  
- Users can unlock value in under a minute
- Others joining the product makes it more valuable for you

Examples:
- Calendly: Every time you share your calendly, you’re spreading the product.  
- Grammarly: Massive TAM. Everyone is a potential customer.
- Loom: You see the magic of record a video -> get a link in seconds
- Linear: Every new teammate increases the product’s value

In those cases, freemium is worth the cost to maintain since it will bring in more customers for you.

If, however:
- Your market is limited to specific departments,  
- Your product isn’t viral by nature, or
- It takes multiple steps to get real value…

Then freemium will cost you way more than it brings in.

Even if people sharing your product helps spread it, that’s great. But freemium only makes sense when the person they share it with could also become a customer.

Freemium often feels like the shortcut to growth, but for most, it’s just a slower way to die.

Erica Stacy 🚀

Pin.com - AI Recruiting

Q2 2025 | Hit my entire year's worth of quota by June '25.

Q3 2025 | Successfully created & implemented Meta ads for Pin which resulted in an additional 25+ meetings a week.

GTM Engineering Manager & BD Team Lead

The Interseller team is back & doing it again with Pin, a whole new platform for recruiting professionals:

🔎 Find the best talent for your job within seconds.
😍 Personalize outreach to potential candidates even faster.
📞 Highly accurate phone numbers available for cold calling.
📆 Seamless scheduling tool to take away the tediousness around scheduling.
🔀 Keep track of where each candidate is in the process without breaking a sweat.

Q1 2025 | Maintained an average of 200%+ quota through successful traditional BD methodologies along with using AI to increase output without increasing headcount.

Q4 2024 | Helped to grow Pin's ARR by 108.15% by crafting several successful email and LinkedIn sequences. Booked over a meeting a day despite being in a new role. Stepped into a growth role by assisting marketing with copy and creating social marketing campaigns.

Business Development Manager

DigiTools Consulting, LLC

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined DigiTools Consulting as a Growth Advisor!

Throughout my career, I’ve loved helping startups and scrappy teams scale smarter and faster. From building outbound processes from scratch to consistently hitting 150–200%+ of quota, I thrive where strategy meets execution. Along the way, I’ve had the privilege of working with incredible teams at Pin, Clearfind, Included, Sprout, and Interseller — leading both growth and marketing efforts that drove measurable impact.

At Pin, I paired sales leadership with marketing campaigns that helped fuel brand growth, and at Clearfind, I scaled GTM while building out marketing strategies that supported expansion. Across every role, my focus has always been the same: connecting people to solutions, opportunities, and results.

What makes this new chapter especially exciting is DigiTools Consulting’s commitment to working with nonprofits that are changing the world. Combining my passion for growth with their mission-driven partnerships is a perfect alignment, and I can’t wait to get started.

Here’s to unlocking new opportunities, refining strategies, and making an impact — together. 🚀

Growth Advisor

Drawbridge Recruiting & Staffing

I perform full cycle sales duties by creating relationships and by walking new clients through our agreement process. I also help with some light recruiting. Focused on oil and gas, renewable energy, and IT.

Helping my client to gain new O&G and IT customers.

Outbound Consultant

Included

Included uses AI to make HR data & decision making intuitive and helpful. Just ask "Hey Included, can I see my favorite HR metrics in real time & by forecast?"

Included provides instant answers, and proactively delivers insights on your most pressing issues.

For instance, Included tells you:
1. When someone is at risk of leaving the company (Often before they even know themselves!)
2. When the ratio of men to women falls too low one way or another.
3. When you have the perfect candidate sitting in your talent pool waiting for action!

Founding Senior Sales Development Representative

Sprout

This was a six month contract, but completed the work within five.

Facilitated relationships with companies such as JPMorgan Chase, Intuit, St. Jude's Children Hospital, VITAS Healthcare, Elevance Health, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Pacific Dental Services.

Putting delight into ITAD with better communication & super clear chain of custody experiences. Never wonder where your hardware is, and if it's safe, again with Sprout.

Clearfind

Facilitated relationships with companies such as Disney, Twitter, American Express, IBM, Nationwide, Dell, Verizon, Walmart, GE Healthcare, DraftKings, Volkswagen Financial, EY, Sysco, Nestle, Intuit & Schlumberger. 

Organized social media marketing & worked with a designer to cultivate posts that were on brand.
Managed our email marketing & grew our email lists.
Trained one SDR & provided them with support.

Growth Manager

[Q4 2022] Achieved 97% quota while maintaining all of Clearfind's marketing function.
[Q3 2022] Achieve 116% quota & successfully grew into my marketing role.
[Q2 2022] Achieved 190% quota & was promoted to Growth Marketing Lead along with my current title.
[Q1 2022] Hit quota by 110% while building a new outbound process, with several new ICPs, from scratch.

Growth Marketing Lead

Interseller

Helped grow Interseller from $1 million AAR to $3 million AAR in 1 years time as the only SDR.
Booked over 240 meetings in a little over a year.
Hit my November 2021 quota + stretch goal before October was finished.
Booked 46 meetings in October 2021.
100% Outbound

[Q3 2021] Exceeded quota by 162%.

I help people reach their intended prospects & do it faster.
Ask me how to level up your cold outreach game.

[Q2 2021] Exceeded quota by 178%.
[Q1 2021] Exceeded quota by 167% in the first full quarter.
[Q4 2020] Exceeded quota during 2-month ramp-up period.

Founding Sales Development Representative

Rescue Relief

Singlehandedly founded & streamlined an out-of-the-box 501c3 nonprofit animal welfare organization that grew from no donations to over $8000 a month in donations in a little over a year with no marketing budget, no investors & no sponsorships. Only bootstraps.
[Grew] from having one large scale program, Raffles for Rescues, to a second nationwide program, Spay the Nation, in less than 6 months.
[Secured] Spay The Nation contracts with vets to cover all of Louisiana & parts of Texas.
[Works] with & awards funds to 70+ animal rescues, earning thousands of dollars every month to aid their efforts.
[Serving] the public with over 150 spays for unaltered pets in only two months.
[Projected] to personally spay 1000 animals within a years time, more if volunteers & financial support grows.
[Seeking] additional funding & sponsorships starting late Q3.

Executive Director Of Fundraising & Development

Uncomplicated Business Solutions

Owned & operated a consulting firm that helped executives on their go-to-market strategy.
[Singlehandedly] ran a full cycle sales process & completed all work for 14+ clients, earning $2000-10,000 per opportunity.
[Sold] solutions to overcome a wide range of obstacles to c-suite executives & SMB owners. 
[Worked] with multiple stakeholders to accomplish deals.
[Implemented] onboarding/customer success to ensure no churn.

NOLA Food Delivery

#1 third-party food delivery company in the Gulf South, 6 years in a row.
[Broke] profit within the Q1.
[Ran] a full cycle sales process for 200+ B2B clients paying an average of $8000 ARR.
[Consistently] doubled the amount of contracts we held every quarter of year one & two, and continued to increase by 15% year three, at which point every business in the area that wanted to deliver was working with us.
[40] direct reports & 3 managers.
[Ran] demand gen & field marketing.
[Oversaw] logistics to deliver over 2,200 meals per week

Founder & CEO

I connect people — to solutions, to opportunity, and to results.

I’m a business development pro with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for scrappy teams with big visions. My career began as a founder and operator, and that foundation drives my strategic, hands-on approach to sales and growth.

I’ve helped startups scale from $1M to $3M ARR, built outbound processes from scratch, and consistently exceed quotas (we're talking 150–200%+ on the regular). Whether I’m booking over 400 meetings in a year or crafting email and LinkedIn sequences that fuel 100%+ growth, I thrive where hustle meets heart.

Currently, I’m part of the founding team at Pin, building a cutting-edge platform that transforms how recruiting agencies find and reach top talent. Before this, I’ve worn many hats across roles in growth, outbound consulting, and marketing — always with one goal: helping businesses grow smarter and faster.

Some of the companies I’ve worked with include:

Clearfind – Scaling GTM and outbound while leading marketing.

Included – Bringing AI-powered HR insights to life.

Drawbridge & Sprout – Creating impact in energy, IT, and healthcare sectors.

And at the root of it all: the original Interseller team.

When I’m not driving pipeline, you’ll find me kayaking, reading something inspiring, or hanging with my dogs.

Senior Sales Development Representative

Erica Stacy Tarwater

Hit quota for the month yesterday. How, you may ask. Well, there are two main contributing factors, but I will talk about one today:

Cold calling using Koncert. 

Cold calling is what it is, but I can tell you these guys are SO helpful. Jagadeesh Thirunavukarasu being at the top for being on top of every question, concern or suggestion I've had through the buying process & patience while I test, test, and test some more. Jennifer Nickles has been very help post sale as well, including confirming that a feature I have requested will be coming out soon.

I don't use a permission based opener anymore (I did, it started getting hung up on, so I pivoted) and I just have a normal conversation.

It goes something like this:
Hi (First name), Erica from Pin here, how are you? (They usually reply with good, what is Pin) We do XYZ, is that something that's on your radar right now?" Yes, boom.

No need to over think it.

Sweet, simple, to the point. What's working for your BD efforts?

I connect people. Consistent 200-300% quota attainment. Open to advisory positions.

What are the best noise cancelling headphones out there y'all?

Asking for a friend...

Edit: Preferably wireless

Let's see how this does:

If you're hiring recruiters/TA Folks, comment below.

If you're looking for a job in TA or recruitment, comment below.

Let's connect some people!

Happy Sunday all! I run a group on Facebook called NOHungryBellies & cook most weekends for the homeless & we're doing a drive as well. 

So, just wanted to update everyone on the 50 backpacks for the homeless going out around Christmas time here in New Orleans.

The check marks show what we already have & no check means still needed if you feel inclined to donate.

Space blanket ✔️
Hoodies / Thermals - Still Needed
Blankets ✔️
Scarves ✔️
Gloves ✔️
Beanies ✔️
Socks ✔️
Drop cloths/ tarps - Still Needed
Backpack ✔️
Dried fruit, easy open canned fruit - Still Needed
Tuna pouches - Still Needed
Jerky - Still Needed
SPAM - Still Needed
Vienna sausage -l✔️
Markers - Still Needed
Blank book and pen - Still Needed
First Aid kits ✔️ (lots of stuff in these - I'm proud of my work on this)
Tissues - Still Needed
Wipes ✔️
Razors ✔️
Cough drops
Chapstick ✔️
Lotion - Still Needed
Ear plugs - Still Needed
Batteries - Still Needed
Mouthwash - Still Needed
Toothbrush ✔️
Toothpaste ✔️
Soaps - Still Needed
Hand warmers ✔️
Flashlights - Still Needed
Lighters - Still Needed

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