Building Revenue Team Alignment

Building Revenue Team Alignment

Today will be interesting. I have to tell a CEO that “yes, he really does need to lead go-to-market strategy.” Revenue team alignment has to replace revenue team acrimony. I want to be as polite as possible. But, wow, conflict between these sales, marketing, and...
Customer as the Source of All Truth

Customer as the Source of All Truth

Simple story, important insight. Your customers are the source of all truth. I was connected with a CEO working to turn around a company with a disruptive video infrastructure technology. They’d quickly gotten to $1MM in ARR then stalled. This CEO had a previous exit,...
Gap Discovery Leads to Top Performance

Gap Discovery Leads to Top Performance

One simple thing sets top revenue teams apart from other teams. They get buyers to answer this question: “What is holding you back from reaching your goals?” The focus on gap discovery leads to top performance for at least four reasons. The first is that it anchors...
We Do That Already

We Do That Already

“We do that already!” blurted out the VP of Marketing and VP of Sales almost in unison at a once promising $10M MarTech company.   Growth had flatlined. So, a board member asked me to answer a seemingly complex question:  “Why is this promising company underperforming...