I dropped out of college, skipped the “safe” path, and built my first marketing agency from scratch. We worked with countless brands, driving traffic and leads but I kept seeing the same painful gap: businesses were spending big to get attention, yet losing customers before they ever closed the deal. Why? Slow follow-ups, missed messages, and zero guidance for the customer journey. Studies show that replying within 60 seconds can boost conversions by over 50%, while companies with strong follow-up systems see revenue grow by 30–40%. I’d always been intimidated by tech, but I knew it was the only way to fix this problem. So I built Automize, a way to take a lead from first click to closed deal through fast, human-like automation that works 24/7.