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lead-finderPurpose, usage and source
Builds a ranked list of prospects worth contacting. Works out the owner's ideal customer profile from the customers they already have, finds look-alike companies and the right contact at each, enriches them with firmographics and buying signals, scores them, and delivers the list as an XLSX, with an offer to also create the records in the CRM. Runs on Apollo when connected and falls back to web research plus an uploaded customer list when it isn't. Use this whenever the owner wants new prospects, a target list, or help finding customers — including phrasings like "who should I be calling," "find me more customers like my best ones," "build me a prospect list," "I need leads," "who else looks like Acme," or "help me find companies in this area that need what we do." Reach for it even when the owner describes the customer they want rather than asking for a list.
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What this Skill does
Builds a ranked list of prospects worth contacting. Works out the owner's ideal customer profile from the customers they already have, finds look-alike companies and the right contact at each, enriches them with firmographics and buying signals, scores them, and delivers the list as an XLSX, with an offer to also create the records in the CRM. Runs on Apollo when connected and falls back to web research plus an uploaded customer list when it isn't. Use this whenever the owner wants new prospects, a target list, or help finding customers — including phrasings like "who should I be calling," "find me more customers like my best ones," "build me a prospect list," "I need leads," "who else looks like Acme," or "help me find companies in this area that need what we do." Reach for it even when the owner describes the customer they want rather than asking for a list.
How the upstream workflow works
Step 2 — Find look-alikes
Search for companies matching the profile. With a lead-data connector connected — Apollo or Clay, peers per ../../shared/connector-neutrality.md — use it: firmographic filters, contact discovery, and buying signals in one place. Whichever is connected runs the search; if both are, ask which one the owner wants to spend credits in for this run, and say the estimated cost before searching. Without either, use web research. This is a real path, not a consolation prize — industry directories, association member lists, local business registries, review sites, LinkedIn company pages, and permit or license databases for trades. It is slower and produces fewer rows, but the rows are often better because each one was actually looked at. See reference/sourcing.md for where to look by industry.
Step 3 — Find the right person
A company is not a lead. A named person with a role and a reason is. For each company, identify the person who would actually decide. For SMB targets that is usually the owner, GM, or operations lead. Capture name, title, and the best available contact route. Note where each contact came from so the owner can judge it. If a contact cannot be found, keep the company and mark the contact as unknown rather than dropping the row. A good-fit company with no contact yet is still worth the owner's attention.
Upstream passage · L50 ↗Requirements and setup
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Limits and quality checks
Step 1 — Build the ideal customer profile from real customers
Do not ask the owner to describe their ideal customer in the abstract. They will describe who they wish they sold to, not who actually pays them. Derive it from evidence instead. Pull the customer base: QuickBooks — customers by revenue, tenure, and payment behavior HubSpot — closed-won deals, industries, deal size, cycle length
Upstream passage · L25 ↗Start with a safe trial
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