Building from the field, I’m Akrem Ziani, Founder and CEO of  Onzaris

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Websites built and delivered for small businesses
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lazogrowth

Direct sales and growth experiments
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onzaris

Operations software for sports organizations
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Vocalype

Desktop voice assistant for post-call work
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Built from the ground up

solo founder building Onzaris end to end

600+

cold calls and direct sales conversations

25+

students coached before going all-in on software

100+

qualified prospects mapped across earlier GTM experiments
RETROSPECTIVE

The path so far

2023
First serious sales grind600+ cold calls, learned rejection fast
2024
Started building around distributionAgency, GTM and automation experiments
2025
Moved from services to productsAI, workflows and SaaS attempts; lots of iteration
Early 2026
Started building Onzarissports operations software for organizations
MEDIA

What I’m learning from

In progress

Founder lesson

A lesson in conviction and saying no
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SaaS district

Guillaume Moubeche: Bootstrapping Lemlist from $0 to $10M ARR: A Personalized Sales Automation SaaS
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NYSE interview

Guillaume Moubeche on how Lemlist hit $10M in Revenue in just 3.5 Years (NYSE)
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Forbes article

Your employees’ social media is an underrated asset that can attract million-dollar deals.
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Sales Talk for CEOs

Bootstrapping to $20 Million ARR in Just 5 Years with Guillaume Moubeche
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Nathan Latka’s studio

How to Bootstrap to $26m (lemlist)
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The Saas Podcast

lempire: from $1k launch to $26M SaaS
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GTM Strategist

Guillaume Moubeche: Founder-Led Sales and Venture Building |
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