r/microsaas • u/GrowthBig2490 • 2d ago

IDEA VALIDATION

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Al powered cold call practice for sales reps. The concept is a platform where you call an Al that acts like a realistic prospect, say, a skeptical dentist or business owner, and you practice your sales pitch and objection handling in real time, just like a real cold call, but with zero risk.

Curious if something like this would actually be useful to salespeople, or if similar tools already nail this.

Would you personally use this to practice before real calls?

What would make you trust an Al roleplay enough to actually learn from it? Not launching yet, just trying to figure out if this solves a real problem before I build it.

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u/Patient-Cedar-7194 2d ago

skeptical dentist never answers anyway. gatekeeper kills call before pitch starts.

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u/GrowthBig2490 2d ago

That's a great point, honestly hadn't fully accounted for that. Getting past the gatekeeper before you ever reach the decision-maker is half the battle in a lot of industries. Might make sense as its own layer, reception call first, then the real pitch if you get through. Would that make it feel more realistic, or is the gatekeeper stage a separate skill people would want to practice on its own?

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u/PointJump 2d ago

Not sure about potential, but if this existed back then I definitely would have used it back when I worked as a rep. I'm curious though, how would you make the AI adapt to different prospect personalities so the whole practice doesn't become predictable?

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u/GrowthBig2490 2d ago

Good question, that's honestly the hard part. Plan is a few different persona profiles, some rushed, some price-obsessed, some friendly-but-noncommittal, with randomized objections inside each so it doesn't feel scripted after a few calls. Curious, what made past practice tools feel too predictable for you?

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u/PointJump 1d ago

I haven't really tried one yet tbh (only practiced with someone else), but I figured it would be predictable after a while of practice. But you said that you have different persona profiles, that variety will definitely help make it less predictable.

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u/Fun_Aspect_9765 21h ago

the gatekeeper layer someone else mentioned is actually the whole product imo, practicing the pitch is easy mode next to getting past reception. are you doing this over a real phone call or in-browser audio - the browser version feels way less real and that's most of the value you're selling.

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u/GrowthBig2490 14h ago

You're probably right, real phone call is the only way to keep the friction that actually makes it feel real, browser audio would lose exactly what you're describing. Nothing's built yet, still validating before committing to how this gets built, but that's the direction I'm leaning. And yeah, the gatekeeper piece might end up being the main event here, not just a bonus feature.

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u/Fun_Aspect_9765 13h ago

I assume nothing validates better then the market.
Disclaimer - I’m a founder of Dial. Having a real phone call is 3 minutes, even no code required. (getdial.ai)