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Find founders who have a reason to pay before the idea fades.

Lead generation for a startup consultant is the steady supply of founders who have decided to start and want an adviser by their side. GullySales works on the pages, introductions and first-call questions that bring those founders in and screen out the ones who only want a free opinion.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What lead generation means

Lead generation is the combined work of every channel that brings in a new enquiry, whether from search, adverts, referrals or a stall at an exhibition. GullySales runs these channels together and reports the number of enquiries each one produced, not the activity behind it.

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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The best lead is a founder with a deadline”

    A founder facing a recognition application, a grant window or an investor meeting has a reason to hire this week. A founder with only an idea has a reason to chat. Build every entry point around the first kind of moment.

  • “Two incubators are a source, not a pipeline”

    When the bulk of clients arrive through the same programmes, a change in their mentor panel empties your diary. Search, CA referrals and co-working managers are sources you can widen on your own account.

  • “Free calls attract the half-formed plan”

    An open invitation to talk brings every idea in the city. A short form that asks the stage, the budget range and the next date the founder is working toward lets you spend the hour on the ones who can act.

  • “The founder who says they will think about it”

    Founders leave the first call to wait for the pitch or the first customer. Without a note in your diary to return at that point, the next consultant they meet gets the work.

What we do

What we deliver for startup consultants.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A map of where your paying founders came from

    Past engagements traced back to the incubator, the CA, the search or the friend that sent them, with the free work you gave away marked beside each.

    Result: You can see which source has produced paid work.

  2. Entry pages for the moments founders act

    One page each for the recognition application, the grant window, the first hire and the investor meeting, written for the founder arriving at that point.

    Result: A founder lands on a page that matches why they searched.

  3. An enquiry form with qualifying questions

    Stage, what is already registered, the next date and a budget range, asked in plain words before the call is booked.

    Result: Each enquiry arrives with enough detail to rank it.

  4. An introductions list for CAs and co-working managers

    A drafted note for each partner, sent only after your approval, saying which founders you take and what you hand back to them.

    Result: Partners know exactly which founders to send.

  5. A return-call diary for the founders who waited

    Each founder who said they would come back is logged with the event they are waiting on, and a message is drafted for that moment.

    Result: No waiting founder is left without a follow-up date.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries generated
  • Cost per enquiry
  • Enquiries by source

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Who it is for

This is written for these startup consultants.

  • First-time founders leaving a job to start a company
  • Technical founders building software or hardware products
  • Family businesses launching a new venture or a separate company
  • Women entrepreneurs applying for state and central schemes
  • Student and campus startup teams
  • Small manufacturers starting a product company
  • Professionals turning a practice into a company, such as doctors and architects
  • Agri and rural startups looking for scheme support

How it works

How the lead generation work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Understand your capacity

    We agree how many enquiries your sales team can actually handle well, so the system is not built to overwhelm it.

  2. 2

    Audit current sources

    We check what already brings in enquiries today, even informally, before adding anything new.

  3. 3

    Strategise the channel mix

    Content, search and paid channels are chosen based on where your buyers already look.

  4. 4

    Implement capture and follow-up

    Pages, forms and a follow-up process are built and connected end to end.

  5. 5

    Measure and optimise

    We track enquiry volume and quality and adjust the channel mix to match.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 1, prospecting and lead generation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2 · you are here

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Can lead generation bring founders who can pay?
It brings founders who are at a decision point, which is where payment happens. It cannot give a budget to an idea that has none, so the form and the first-call questions are built to show you that early.
Should I run ads for founders?
Ads suit the weeks when a scheme window is open and founders are searching. Outside those weeks, explainer pages and partner introductions reach founders before they have a budget conversation. Check the platform's current rules before any ad runs.
How will I know which source produces paid clients?
Every enquiry is recorded with where it came from and what became of it. After a few engagements close you can read which source produced paid work and which only produced calls.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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