Find and qualify enterprise edtech leads without a sales team.
Indie hackers can't compete for lucrative enterprise edtech deals against incumbents like LinkedIn Learning because they lack the massive sales teams required.
EduLeadForge uses AI to scrape and enrich leads from LinkedIn and company directories, focusing on L&D managers at Fortune 1000 companies interested in edtech. It auto-qualifies leads based on job postings and recent funding, then generates personalized cold emails. Indie hackers get warm intros ready to send, bypassing the need for massive outreach teams.
Indie hackers and solo founders building edtech SaaS products targeting enterprise clients
Edtech-specific lead scoring using niche signals like 'learning management system' job reqs and competitor mentions.
supportive/professional
AI searches for L&D decision-makers at enterprises posting edtech-relevant jobs.
Pulls emails, phone, and company intel from public sources.
Scores leads 1-100 based on edtech buy signals.
Creates personalized cold email templates.
Tracks open/reply rates with one-click integrations.
CSV/CRM export with one click.
Test email variants automatically.
Notify on hot leads.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| linkedin_url | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | No | |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| company | text | No |
| score | int | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| open_rate | int | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/leads/searchSearch and generate leads
/api/leads/:idGet single lead details
/api/campaignsCreate campaign
/api/campaigns/:id/statsGet campaign analytics
/api/emails/generateGenerate email for lead
No exports
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 50 | 5% | $50 | $600 |
| Month 6 | 300 | 8% | $1,000 | $12,000 |
AI finds L&D leads craving your SaaS – no sales team needed.
Post in r/indiehackers and Indie Hackers forum with a free beta invite; DM 10 edtech builders from Twitter searches for 'building edtech SaaS'; offer lifetime Pro for feedback.
Massive database
Generic, no edtech focus
Niche signals and cheaper for solos
Proprietary edtech lead signals dataset from ongoing scraping.
Edtech boom post-remote work; enterprises cutting sales costs, solos rising.
Scraping blocks
Use proxies and Apify
GDPR compliance
EU opt-in notices
Low lead quality
Beta validate with users
Success: 5 pains confirmed
Success: 10 paid conversions
Success: 200 signups
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