I’m still learning myself, but this setup has saved me a lot of manual work. AI + the right tools can take you pretty far. Simple lead-gen setup: 1. Claude Desktop Create an account and install it. 2. Apify Create an account and explore the ready-made scrapers/Actors. There are plenty of tools with free plans/trials, so test different ones before paying. 3. Connect Apify → Claude Apify has an official Claude Desktop/MCP integration: 4. Connect Google Drive Use it to keep your leads organized. 5. Build your ICP with AI Ask ChatGPT/Gemini/Claude to define your ideal customer and create a strong prompt for finding them. Then give Claude something like: “Find businesses matching this ICP, qualify them based on these criteria, remove poor-fit leads and organize the best prospects in a spreadsheet.” You can have it collect things like company, website, location, public contact info, why they fit and potential pain points. And honestly, use AI for everything 😂 Don't know how something works? Ask it. Error? Paste it into AI. Need a better scraper? Ask AI. Need a better prompt? Ask AI. Small disclaimer: AI doesn’t solve everything 😂 and you still need to think for yourself and verify what it gives you. But honestly, the amount of free information, tools, tutorials and AI available right now is insane. Take advantage of it. You don’t need to know everything before starting, search, test, ask, learn, improve and keep moving. You’d be surprised how far you can get with what’s already available for free. Good luck boys 🙏 (Links: https://apify.com/ https://claude.com/download https://chatgpt.com/ https://drive.google.com)