Episode 43 How Commander AI is Automating the $100B Waste Industry
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In this episode, Andrew Lee Miller interviews David Berg about how Commander AI is transforming the waste industry with innovative technology and sales strategies.
What if the secret to closing a massive B2B deal wasn't a complex digital funnel, but a simple text message and a "phantom" flight? In this episode of The Funded, Now What?!, host Andrew Lee Miller (@growthexpertz) sits down with David Berg, the founder of Commander AI. David is a former waste hauler who traded the driver's seat for the CEO's chair to solve a massive problem: one of the world’s last "pen and paper" industries is desperately looking for technology it doesn't even know exists. Fresh off a $5 million seed round, David reveals how he built a CRM that is winning head-to-head against Salesforce by keeping things "simple" for an old-school workforce. The "Reverse-Flight" Sales Hack: How David gets a 100% meeting rate with top-tier prospects by leveraging "relentless fortitude." Fundraising from Giants: The behind-the-scenes story of how David raised $5M after hundreds of "nos" and how a relationship with Adam Neumann shaped his mindset. Engineering as Marketing: Why Commander AI launched Hauler Central (a Yelp-style marketplace) to dominate SEO and capture inbound demand. The @growthexpertz "Anti-AI" Brand Hack: Why Andrew advises startups in old-school niches to avoid…
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