Sharpen your sales pitch by practicing your cold-calls with realistic AI buyers! Choose from a list of AI buyers or create your own with customizable personalities, objections, and instructions tailored to your business context.
👋 Hi Product Hunt community!
As startup founders, we’re constantly selling and we’ve realised that sales is actually pretty hard. Especially when you sell remotely because you don’t get to interact with your customer face-to-face.
We wore multiple hats as founders, with sales being the toughest of them all. From our conversations with hundreds of SDRs and AEs, it became clear that we weren’t alone in this struggle. We understood that sales reps more often than not ended up burning leads in this struggle.
But, who do you practice with? Practicing on real customer calls sounds risky - and you’d definitely leave some money 💸 on the table. You could ask your manager to roleplay as a customer and then get feedback on your pitch. This can get pretty awkward, pretty fast. Plus, sales managers are busy people. Who has the time ⌛️?
We believe there’s a better way to help sales reps practice and eliminate dial anxiety.
PaddleBoat enables companies to create their own custom voice-bots, tailored to fit their target buyer.
With PaddleBoat,
🚀 Companies can simulate real-life sales scenarios, providing on-demand roleplay experiences that align perfectly with the business context
♾️ Sales reps can engage in relentless practice sessions, receiving detailed feedback without having to wait for their managers.
⏱️ Managers can reclaim their time and have peace of mind, knowing that their team is thoroughly prepared for any challenges.
The real world doesn't pull punches. Why should your training?
We've been hard at work and would love to get feedback from the PH community. I'll be here all day with my team to answer any questions you have. Thank you so, so much for hunting us @kevin! Really appreciate your support.
P.S. Visit www.padboat.com and see if you can persuade ‘Daniel’ to schedule a demo :)
As someone who's trying to develop better phone closing skills this is awesome. Is there an individual plan?
Woo-hoo! So interesting! You can create your own AI persona and try to sell them something, so you can work with objections and understand which elements of your selling offer are wrong.
And even its free version can improve your skills greatly.
Congrats on the launch 🎉 interesting idea, Looks definitely a game changer for sales ops :)
Congrats on launching PaddleBoat! It's clear you've identified a genuine problem in sales training and have created a unique solution. The idea of custom voice-bots for roleplay experiences seems really innovative. 👍👍
Love it love it love it! Already forwarded this amazing product to our sales team. Plus, I'm going to include it to the onboarding workflow of the new teammates. I think it is a great way to practice your product knowledge and speaking skills no matter what your occupation is.
Congratulations on the launch, Ashutosh, Harsh, Shriprasad, and Maitreyi! PaddleBoat sounds like a game-changer for sharpening sales skills in a remote environment. The idea of customizable AI roleplays is impressive. Have you considered integrating feedback mechanisms for users to track their progress over time? Great work, looking forward to seeing PaddleBoat in action!
Congrats on the launch! Love the idea of realistic voice bots for sales practice🙌🏻
Congrats on the launch!
I'm pretty sure there's a product that does something similar to yours, but I can't remember its name.
Haven't tried PaddleBoat yet but from the video, I am intrigued by the innovation. The design looks good as well. Congratulations 👏
Just tried it @ashutosh_raj and wow, very useful for someone like me who want to evaluate his pitch
Congrats, can know more about the pricing offers?
Really like the concept and look forward to trying it! I think this would really help overcoming some pre-pitch nerves. Is it mainly for sales or could this also be used for practicing investment pitches?
