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Abhimanyu Godara, founder and CEO of BOTTR.me. He previously managed portfolio investments at TLabs where he worked with over 40 startups around strategies and things similar to that. He\u2019s very well educated and now sitting on a platform that he thinks is going to be very exciting for him coming up.

Famous Five:

• Favorite Book? \u2013 Zero to One
• What CEO do you follow? \u2013\xa0 Steve Jobs

• Favorite online tool? \u2014 Trello
• Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\u2014 No
• If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? \u2013 \u201cThe world doesn\u2019t work the way you want it to work\u201d

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Time Stamped Show Notes:

• 01:31 \u2013 Nathan introduces Abhimanyu to the show
• 02:08 \u2013 BOTTR is a personal bot platform that one can converse with to ask questions they\u2019d essentially want to be asking you (ex. How much for your services? When is the next podcast coming out?)
• 03:01 \u2013 BOTTR is like a personal assistant or replica of someone
• 03:09 \u2013 BOTTR is currently focused on influencers and celebrities
• 04:10 \u2013 BOTTR\u2019s current business model
• 05:05 \u2013 Still validating the potential of the business
• 05:40 \u2013 BOTTR currently has 250 paying customers
• 06:40 \u2013 BOTTR\u2019s next version will have all the data pre-filled for every user
• • 06:58 \u2013 BOTTR will gather information from social media channels like LinkedIn
  • 07:34 \u2013 BOTTR can make you save time because now you do not need to address every question that comes up in email as it can already answer most questions
• 07:44 \u2013 BOTTR had a funding round
• 08:25 \u2013 Current team size is 7-10
• 09:35 \u2013 Abhimanyu shares how users of BOTTR can get paid
• 10:00 \u2013 There are bloggers who have already reached out to BOTTR
• 11:15 \u2013 BOTTR is an ecommerce product to find information and services
• 12:16 \u2013 Connect with Abhimanyu through BOTTR.me/Abhimanyu
• 13:55 \u2013 The Famous Five

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3 Key Points:

• Create something that is DIFFERENT in your space.
• Performing a pre-launch can help you gauge what you still need to improve upon.
• What you plan to do won\u2019t always work \u2013 ALWAYS have a plan B.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Acuity Scheduling \u2013 Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments
• Drip \u2013 Nathan uses Drip\u2019s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel
• Toptal\xa0\u2013 Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn\u2019t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal
• Host Gator\xa0\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible.
• Audible\xa0\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he\u2019s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books.
• The Top Inbox\xa0 \u2013 The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens and follow-up with email sequences
• BOTTR.me/Abhimanyu \u2013 Abhimanyu\u2019s BOTTR account
• Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives