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Episode 073:34

Intent: Finding Buyers Before the Form Fill

The intent engine session. Signal taxonomy, scoring readiness, and why the form fill is the last signal, not the first.

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Show Notes

Segments

  • 00:00 — The form fill fallacy: by the time they convert, the evaluation already happened.
  • 13:35 — Signal taxonomy: hiring, stack changes, funding, leadership moves, content consumption.
  • 28:20 — Scoring readiness without hallucinating it: thresholds, decay, and confidence.
  • 39:50 — Routing: a signal nobody acts on within a day is a log line, not a lead.

Key takeaways

  • Intent is observed behavior over time, not one event.
  • Score decay matters — last month''s signal is this month''s noise.
  • The engine''s output is an action with an owner, never just a score.