The Anti‑CRM Manifesto

What we mean by anti‑CRM

A traditional CRM tries to be your system of record, reporting engine, workflow builder, and compliance layer. That is useful when you have a big team and a big pipeline.

An anti‑CRM strips that away. BareCRM is a single place to put a lead, set a follow‑up window, and get reminded when it's time to reach out again. Nothing more dressed up as \"engagement\" or \"enablement\".

Who BareCRM is for (and not for)

BareCRM is for people who sell by talking to humans, not by managing dashboards. Solo operators, small agencies, tiny sales teams, and founders who still own the pipeline.

If any of these are true, you are our people:

• You forget to follow up because your \"CRM\" is a tab you dread opening.
• You mostly live in your inbox and calendar already.
• You do not have (or want) a full‑time CRM admin.

If you need advanced reporting, multi‑team permissions, or custom objects for every edge case, you should stay with a full enterprise CRM. BareCRM will not try to compete there.

How BareCRM is different from traditional CRMs

Most CRMs start with structure: stages, fields, pipelines, and dashboards. You spend days naming things before you talk to a single lead.

BareCRM starts with one question: \"Who do you need to email next?\"

• No dashboards to configure.
• No drag‑and‑drop pipelines to maintain.
• No AI \"next best action\" layer guessing what you already know.

The product is small so the habit can be strong. Capture the lead fast. Get a clear reminder. Follow up.

What BareCRM actually does today

Today, BareCRM is a tiny CRM and waitlist. You add people you care about, we keep track of them, and we nudge you when it is time to follow up.

• One form to add a lead with basic context.
• A simple reminder flow so you do not forget to reply.
• A clean way to mark things done or push them forward.

Future features will follow the same rule: they must help you remember and act, not help us ship more menu items. Anything beyond that stays out.