cyberneticlibrary

Research prospect company and contacts

customer-discoveryskillsetup L21
ConsultaddHQ/pop-sales-skills

Causal-lift measurements

sales-strategy+16pp vs no-skill baselinewith-skill 76% · baseline 60%

Measured by running the task with and without this artifact, K=5, graded by deterministic checks — no LLM judging.

What it does

Research prospect company and contact to produce discovery brief with prospect profile and personalization angles

Best for

Vetting a cold target before outreach when you need to know who they are and what they care about in <15 min

Inputs
  • · company name or LinkedIn URL or email
  • · contact name/title optional
  • · location/industry optional
Outputs
  • · company analysis (size, recent signals, competitive landscape)
  • · contact background (role, career trajectory, AI posture)
  • · prospect profile classification (solo/SMB/enterprise/partner/disqualify)
Requires
  • · WebSearch
  • · LinkedIn
Preconditions
  • · minimum: company name OR LinkedIn URL OR email
Failure modes
  • · company not found or delisted
  • · contact is gatekeeper (no buying power)
  • · profile misclassified (poor fit pursued)
Trust signals
  • · 8 prospect profile types from 141+ real calls
  • · decision-making power assessment
  • · hidden differentiator detection (side skills, hobbies)
  • · AI posture classification