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Faisal Ahmed Shariff — Founder

Faisal Ahmed Shariff.

I've gotten your attention. Good. I'm Faisal, a 20 year old entrepreneur from Bengaluru building CRM platforms that compete with Zoho and Salesforce. Started in sales, never stopped building around it.

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Builder.
Founder.
Entrepreneur.

I'm a 20 year old entrepreneur based in Bengaluru, India.

Before college started I was already deep in sales, bringing in clients for three digital marketing agencies and a web development agency. No theory, no classroom. Just real conversations with real business owners, learning how they think, what they need, and how deals actually get done.

That's where the obsession started. I've met hundreds of business owners, sat across the table from people building serious companies, and realised early that the best way to learn business is to be in it.

Now I co-lead two companies. ZIVO is an AI driven CRM competing in the space Zoho and Salesforce operate in. Clyxit is a vertical CRM built specifically for the construction and real estate industry. Both are being built by engineering teams I work closely with every day.

I'm still a student. But everything that matters is being built outside the classroom.

I love connecting with founders, operators and people who are genuinely building things. If that's you, let's talk.

Updates

Oct

Started running dropservicing operations.

Launched a dropservicing model, onboarding the first of three digital marketing agencies. The real learning begins.

Operations
Jul

Began mastering B2B sales fundamentals.

Cold outreach, pitch decks, negotiation. Understanding how real buying decisions get made inside organisations.

Sales
Mar

Scaled to managing 3 agencies + 1 web dev agency.

Running operations across multiple service lines. Learning cash flow, client delivery, and team coordination simultaneously.

Scale
Mid

Launched TheSalesDude — personal sales agency.

Built and ran a direct sales agency, personally driving client acquisition and pitching for service businesses.

Agency
Nov

Started exploring AI tooling and automation workflows.

Began research into how AI systems could replace manual work inside CRM pipelines and sales processes.

AI
Feb

Joined first highly qualified AI engineering team.

Began collaborating with a senior AI/ML team to prototype the ZIVO CRM intelligence layer.

AI Engineering
Jul

Recruited second specialised engineering team for Clyxit.

Onboarded a vertical software team with deep experience in real estate and construction workflows.

PropTech
Dec

Both products reached internal MVP milestone.

ZIVO and Clyxit hit their first internal milestones. Core feature sets functional, ready for early testers.

Milestone
Jan

ZIVO officially launched.

ZIVO Automations formally launched — an AI-driven CRM built to challenge Zoho and Salesforce. zivoautomations.com ↗

Launch
Jan

Clyxit officially launched.

Clyxit launched as a vertical CRM purpose-built for construction and real estate. Clyxit.com ↗

Launch
Now

Building. Shipping. Growing.

Two companies, two engineering teams, one mission: build essential software for markets that still rely on legacy tools.

Active

Ventures

ZIVO Automations logo

ZIVO — AI-Driven CRM Platform

zivoautomations.com · 2026

CLYXIT

Clyxit — Vertical CRM for Construction & Real Estate

Clyxit.com · 2026

The
SalesDude

TheSalesDude — Sales Agency

Founded & run by Faisal · 2024–2025

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