The 20 Doors Map

One Most Placeable Candidate. 5 prompts, one afternoon.

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01 · Free · the prompts

One candidate in. A market map out.

Run them in order, in one Claude chat, so each step reads the one before. Steps 1, 2 and 5 work in any Claude account. Steps 3 and 4 use the live people search (setup in section 03).

02 · What you end up with

One MPC, 20 doors, sorted by who to call first

Hot means a reason to call from the last 90 days. Warm means a strong fit with an older reason or none. Later is for next month. Every reason comes with a link, so you can check it before you dial.

Nadia K. · FP&A Director

9 years in SaaS finance · built the forecast model at a 400-person software company · took it through a Series C · Denver, open to hybrid · reports to a CFO

Company	Why now	She'd report to
HOT6 companies · call this week
BrightvaultFintech · 350 · Denver	New CFO started in August, came from a public company	R. Alvarez, CFO
TallyhausSaaS · 220 · Remote US	FP&A Manager job open for 5 weeks	J. Okafor, VP Finance
OrbitpayPayments · 600 · Boulder	Raised a Series C last month	S. Lindqvist, CFO
Kestrel DataSaaS · 180 · Denver	3 finance jobs posted in 60 days	M. Chen, Head of Finance
Northpine HealthHealth tech · 450 · Denver	Bought a smaller rival in September	D. Haas, CFO
StackfieldSaaS · 300 · Austin	New VP Finance, hired from a Series C company	A. Park, VP Finance
WARM8 companies · call next week
LedgerlineFintech · 500 · Denver	Same stage Nadia's company was at, finance team of 4	K. Brennan, CFO
QuaywiseSaaS · 260 · Remote US	Raised a Series B in March	T. Mwangi, VP Finance
Fernhill LabsDeveloper software · 150 · Boulder	Controller left in the spring, role not posted	L. Ortega, CFO
Saltbox AnalyticsSaaS · 340 · Denver	Opened a second office in Salt Lake City	P. Shah, CFO
CobaltworksIndustrial software · 700 · Denver	Moving from a services model to subscriptions	E. Novak, VP FP&A
MeadowrunMarketplace · 280 · Remote US	CFO posted about building the planning team	G. Adeyemi, CFO
PinemarkSaaS · 210 · Denver	Strong fit, no news	H. Russo, VP Finance
HarborlightFintech · 390 · Remote US	Strong fit, no news	C. Dubois, CFO
LATER6 companies · next month
VeltrixSaaS · 120 · Denver	Small finance team, may hire after the next round	B. Lund, Head of Finance
Sundial HRHR tech · 160 · Remote US	Hiring freeze until January	N. Fischer, CFO
GrainlineSupply chain · 240 · Denver	Fit, but finance reports into the CEO	O. Patel, CEO
ClearbrookSaaS · 90 · Boulder	Under 100 people, may be too early	W. Torres, CEO
TessellateData · 330 · Remote US	Hired an FP&A Director 4 months ago	I. Yamada, CFO
BoldwaterFintech · 270 · Denver	No public news in a year	F. Berg, VP Finance

Mock example · people and companies are made up

Steps 3 and 4 fill the "She'd report to" column and the emails. Your free trial covers the whole Hot list.

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03 · Managers and emails

The right manager at every company, in the same chat

Claude can find the companies on its own. Finding the person she'd report to, and their personal email, needs live people data. Connect The Cognitive to Claude once and steps 3 and 4 run in the chat you already have open.

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Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, paste https://app.thecognitive.io/mcp and sign in.
Go back to your map chat and paste the step 3 prompt.

Nadia K. market map Example

Find the person she'd report to at the Hot and Warm companies.

Searched for CFO, VP Finance, Head of Finance at 14 companies17 shown · 17 credits

1 or 2 people per company · HR and recruiters left out

Get emails for the Hot 6.

Found personal emails for the Hot list6 found · 24 credits

Brightvault · Tallyhaus · Orbitpay · Kestrel Data · Northpine Health · Stackfield

Your Hot list, with the reason to call each one:

RAR. Alvarez · CFO · BrightvaultHOTNew in the seat since August. Came from a public company.

JOJ. Okafor · VP Finance · TallyhausHOTFP&A Manager job open for 5 weeks.

SLS. Lindqvist · CFO · OrbitpayHOTSeries C last month. Board will want a forecast they trust.

Write the first line for Alvarez.

Draft · not sentCongrats on the new seat at Brightvault. I know an FP&A Director who built the forecast a Series C board signed off on, and she's in Denver. Worth a 10-minute call this week?

Reply to Claude…

Example · people and companies are made up

04 · What it costs

Steps 1, 2 and 5 are free. Here is 3 and 4.

You pay for people shown and emails found, nothing else. A search that finds nobody costs nothing, and nothing is ever sent without your yes.

Step 3 · managersup to 401 credit per person shown. 20 companies, at most 2 people each.

Step 4 · Hot emails244 credits per email. 6 Hot managers.

All 20 emails80Only if you want the whole map at once. Most people start with Hot.

Hot list, start to finishup to 64Fits inside the 100 free credits of the trial.

The offer

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