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Anyone using Obsidian as a company knowledge base? Here's the problem we ran into
We run a startup and we've been using Obsidian as our company knowledge base. Great tool but there's one big gap, no security. Everyone with vault access sees everything. API keys, strategy docs, client info, all wide open. And when you connect AI tools they burn through tokens reading raw markdown with all the noise. We ended up building a plugin called VaultGuard that adds encryption and access control to Obsidian. Built it for ourselves first, now we are testing it. If anyone else ran into this, how do you handle sensitive info when sharing an Obsidian vault with your team? And if you're interested in VaultGuard let us know, we'd love to hear your feedback.
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@Ahmad Khan Vaultguard has many more functions than just security and permissions, example of this is the AI function which allows you to directly communicate with you AI in obsidian. And there are many more functions which we are trying to experiment with. The final goal is to build a plug-in for obsidian, which will allow you to set it up very easily and use it as you real second brain not just storage for notes.
What's actually getting you clients right now โ€” paid or free?
Quick question for anyone getting clients... I'm building an AI voice receptionist SaaS (targeting HVAC companies) and I'm at the stage where the product works but I'm still hunting for my first handful of clients. Curious how people here are actually landing clients right now. What's working for you? Paid stuff, free/organic stuff, whatever. Trying to figure out where to put my energy instead of spreading myself thin across ten channels that all sort of half work. Also genuinely interested in what didn't work for you, so I can skip the dead ends. Appreciate any honesty ๐Ÿ™
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Iโ€™d keep it way narrower than โ€œmarketing channelsโ€ at this stage. For first clients, Iโ€™d probably avoid spreading across paid ads, content, cold email, LinkedIn, partnerships, etc. all at once. You donโ€™t need a scalable channel yet, you need proof that HVAC owners care enough to respond, take a call, and maybe pay. What Iโ€™d do is pick one very specific offer and one outreach motion. For example, instead of โ€œAI voice receptionist for HVAC companies,โ€ make it something like โ€œwe help HVAC companies stop missing after-hours calls and turn them into booked jobs.โ€ Then go direct. Call or email owners with a very specific pain point. Bonus if you can reference missed calls, slow response time, bad reviews mentioning no answer, or after-hours emergency jobs. What usually works early is boring but effective. Manual outreach, founder-led calls, small local partnerships, and talking to people who already sell into HVAC companies. What I would avoid early is trying to build a big content machine before you know the exact pain and wording that gets buyers to care. Paid ads can also burn money fast if the offer and sales conversation are not dialed in yet. Iโ€™d focus your energy on 50 to 100 direct conversations with HVAC owners or office managers. Track what gets replies, what objections repeat, and what words they use to describe the problem. That will teach you more than testing ten channels lightly. Happy to share how we think about early client acquisition in our startup if you want a concrete example.
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@Jackson Dean I can't DM from this community because of the lower level. But still love to connect.
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