Scrape startup directories for leads in parallel
The author used Comet to spawn multiple agents scraping ProductHunt for cold leads who could benefit from Reddit marketing.
Done withPerplexity Comet
- What they did
- Max Goh was looking for cold leads in startup directories, specifically companies that could benefit from Reddit marketing. He first had Comet, Perplexity's browser assistant, scrape ProductHunt one page at a time. He then had it spawn several agents to run the scraping jobs at the same time. The post shows this only in two GIFs and gives no prompts or setup details.
- How it went
- The post gives no numbers, lead counts or quality assessment. It shows the sequential scrape working and then the parallel version, and presents the parallel run as a way to scale up.
- Worth knowing
- ProductHunt's terms of service forbid automated data collection for commercial purposes, and the author warns against doing this commercially.
Try it yourself with Perplexity Comet
Go through [directory site, e.g. Product Hunt] and find [number] startups that [fit criteria, e.g. launched recently and could benefit from my service]. Collect company name, URL, a contact or founder link, and one line on why they're a fit. Present it as a table and stop; don't contact anyone.
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