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title: "Prospecting Training for Founders | Skipcall"
description: "Founder prospecting alone: a free track to sell yourself without losing your days, with a call simulator, then know when to hire your first SDR."
url: https://skipcall.io/en/academy/founders
language: en
---
# Founder who prospects alone

You have neither an SDR’s time nor the taste for a script. This track keeps the parts of the core that matter to you and adds two lessons on part-time prospecting and the moment to hand over.

Two calling blocks a week, not a day more

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Rookie

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19 lessons · about 2 h · 5 stages of the SDR track, 2 dedicated lessons.

Who it is for · Founders and leaders of startups or small businesses who carry prospecting themselves, between product, hiring and customers. No sales background needed.

[Start the track](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/what-an-sdr-does) [See the full SDR track](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr) [Change track](https://skipcall.io/en/academy)

## The SDR track stages to follow

In this order. Every stage ends with hands-on practice.

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   ### The SDR job

   What an SDR does, how the job is measured and what a day looks like.

   4 lessons · 24 min

   [Start](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/what-an-sdr-does)

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   ### Build your list

   ICP, persona, data sources, enrichment and clean numbers.

   3 lessons · 20 min

   [Start](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/icp-and-persona)

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   ### The cold call

   Prepare, open, get past the gatekeeper and own the first thirty seconds.

   6 lessons · 45 min

   [Start](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/prepare-a-cold-call)

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   ### Objections

   "No time", "send me an email", "we already have one": the wall and how to get through.

   2 lessons · 15 min

   [Start](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/understand-objections)

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   ### Sequences and follow-ups

   Multichannel, cadence, LinkedIn: stay present without pestering.

   2 lessons · 14 min

   [Start](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/sdr/multichannel-prospecting)

## The lessons made for you

What the SDR track does not say, because your situation is different.

1. 1

   ### [Prospect alone without losing your days](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/founders/prospect-alone-without-losing-your-days)

   7 min · +60 XP

2. 2

   ### [When to hire your first SDR, or outsource](https://skipcall.io/en/academy/founders/when-to-hire-your-first-sdr)

   6 min · +60 XP

## What you will be able to do

- Hold two calling blocks a week without sacrificing the rest of the company.
- Build a list of fifty accounts that deserve your time.
- Open a cold call and get past the gatekeeper without lying.
- Answer the five objections you will hear most.
- Spot the signals that say it is time to hire or outsource.

## A calendar full of meetings starts with a call.

[Get started now](https://app.skipcall.io/signup) [Book a demo](https://skipcall.io/en/demo)

**No commitment** · Number live in 2 minutes

## Frequently asked questions

**How much time does it take?**

About two hours of lessons, then two 90-minute calling blocks a week. The lesson “Prospect alone” shows how to protect those slots and prepare the list upfront so you never call unprepared.

**Do I have to follow the stages in order?**

Yes for the stages taken from the SDR track, which build on each other. The two dedicated lessons can be read whenever you like, the second one especially when your pipeline starts to overflow.

**Does it work for complex sales?**

A cold call opens the conversation, it does not close it. If your cycles are long, the track gets you the first meeting; discovery and negotiation remain your job as a founder.

**Is my progress saved?**

In your browser, without an account. Lessons completed on this track also count in the full SDR track, and the other way round.