Automation is a wonderful thing. I'm in a brand new expert directory started by someone in VC. It's been sitting there collecting providers for about a month until finally today, a project posted on Friday got approved in the portal - the first project to show up.

I responded to it within 2 hours, and it was a robust enough project it took about an hour to craft my response.

How? I was notified when it was posted. Not because the portal itself had any such ability. But because *I* set up *my own* automation to notify me of new project posts there.

What are the chances I'll get this project ($15k+) without any of the other providers on that portal even being aware a project was posted? P.S. Logo is unrelated - one of our old brands we'll be reviving soon enough, stay tuned!