So begins another year complete with a fresh – and likely higher – revenue expectation from your board and yourself! While there may be a few reasons you’ve already identified by reflecting upon the previous year’s performance, if your sales team treats your customer like a compiler that needs debugging, you’re not selling – you’re […]
Tag Archives: go-to-market strategy
Content Strategy, Demand Generation, Execution, GTM Strategy, Positioning, Presentations, Sales
How to Stop Your Roadmap from Getting You Ghosted
29
Dec
Dec
Done well, your product roadmap can convince enterprise customers your product is not only worth the investment now, but one they won’t outgrow in the future. Be warned though, if compelling outcomes are years away, you’ll delay sales rather than accelerate them. You poured your heart and sole into a gorgeous product roadmap – color-coded […]
Demand Generation, Execution, Go-to-Market Strategy, GTM Strategy, Lead Generation
Demand on a Dime – How Smart Founders Cheat Their Way to Traction
22
Dec
Dec
Founders, ready for some holiday cheer?? The “shortcut” you’re chasing isn’t a shortcut – it’s discipline with fire under your feet. There are no viral hacks that magically carry you across the chasm from idea to adoption to commercialization. In fact, thinking back on my personal shortcut quest over the years reveals the only thing […]
Content Marketing, Content Strategy, Go-to-Market Strategy, Positioning, Sales
Sorry, Your Innovative Product Isn’t “Scary” Enough to Change Behavior
15
Dec
Dec
If you think you’re selling innovation, you’re already two steps behind reality. Despite what your gut or your PR agency might be telling you, here’s the painful truth about technical audiences: engineers don’t buy innovation – they avoid risk. They tackle problems. They solve critical issues. They only change what they absolutely must because failure […]
Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Messaging, Positioning
You’re Not Steve Jobs, and This Isn’t the iPhone
17
Jul
Jul
So, you think your B2B tech startup’s next-gen widget is the iPhone of [insert niche]? Newsflash: your hero fantasies won’t pay the bills. Crossing the chasm from idea to adoption isn’t about revolutionary press events – it’s about carving your own identity in a herd of look-alikes. First truth: B2B buyers aren’t dazzled by specs […]
Brand, Content Strategy, Execution, Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Messaging, Sales, Value Proposition
Unsexy but Unstoppable: How to Make Your Boring Tech Irresistible
25
Jun
Jun
Not every product was born to sparkle – that doesn’t mean they won’t drive significant revenue. Some tech isn’t flashy, doesn’t demo like a magic show, and won’t make headlines at CES. But it’s damn useful. It’s the quiet engine behind real productivity, uptime, safety, savings, or control. The problem? Useful doesn’t equal attention-grabbing. And […]
Content Marketing, Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Messaging, Positioning, Sales, Uncategorized
Nobody Cares About Your Science – Until You Make Them
17
Jun
Jun
You’ve built the next quantum-leap in biotech, AI, or industrial automation. Congrats. But guess what? That’s not enough – at least not initially. To make PEOPLE care, you’ve got to tell a story. You can’t pitch “the science”. Here’s why: Even the most buttoned-up technical buyers are human. Neuroscience says stories fire up smell, sound, […]
Content Strategy, Execution, Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Positioning, Sales, Value Proposition
Competitors Make Great Teachers but Even Better Roadkill
11
Jun
Jun
A seasoned product executive colleague I know lives by the mantra, “Steal all good ideas.” For product, this is certainly sage advice, but not necessarily efficient when it comes to facing competitive threats and can unnecessarily burn a startup’s precious time and resources when not a priority. Founders must remain aware that the B2B battlefield […]
Brand, Execution, Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy
Marketing Is Not a Last Mile Problem. It Is the Business.
27
May
May
Let’s get one thing straight: if you think marketing is something you “add later,” you’re not building a business – you’re building a science fair project. The world doesn’t reward innovation. It rewards traction. And traction requires marketing baked in from day one – not bolted on after you’ve burned through your seed round. If […]
Go-to-Market Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Messaging, Sales, Uncategorized
Technical Superiority Is a Lie You Tell Yourself
20
May
May
You’ve built a marvel of engineering – a product that’s faster, smarter, and more elegant than anything else out there. But here’s the brutal truth: technical superiority alone won’t close deals. In the B2B world, especially for tech startups, success hinges not just on what your product does, but on how well you communicate its […]
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