Lead-Leak CRM
A minimalist CRM that exists to catch the leads you are already losing: the ones nobody followed up on, the demo requests that never got booked, the trial signups that went cold. Built for technical founders who hate traditional sales tools but still bleed revenue from dropped follow-ups.
🎯The Problem
A technical founder gets 40 inbound leads a month (contact-form fills, demo requests, trial signups) and assumes the good ones will book themselves. They will not. A 147-point HN thread nailed it: 'leads leak, no follow-up, no booking.' The founder is heads-down shipping, a hot lead emails on Tuesday, gets no reply by Friday, and buys a competitor. There is no system flagging 'this $5k-potential lead has had zero follow-up for 4 days,' because every real CRM feels like a second job the founder refuses to take.
💡The Solution
It ingests leads from your forms, inbox, and Stripe trial signups, then watches each one for leaks: no reply within X days, no meeting booked, no trial activity. It nudges you (or auto-sends a templated follow-up) only on leads going cold, so you never manage a pipeline, you just plug leaks. Zero sales-ops ritual.
👥Target Users
Technical solo founders and 2-5 person dev-led teams getting 10-100 inbound leads a month who refuse to run a real CRM but are losing deals to dropped follow-ups.
📊Difficulty: 4/10 — Beginner-Friendly
This is a beginner-friendly micro-SaaS idea, ideal for first-time builders or developers looking for a manageable side project. Ideas at this difficulty level typically involve straightforward architectures, well-documented APIs, and clear user flows.
Estimated Timeline
A few weekends to a working MVP
Skills Needed
Basic web development, a simple database, and a payment integration
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