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Cold outbound sales generates manual awareness, not buyer demand
“It's because cold outbound doesn't generate demand. Cold outbound generates awareness manually among, you know, otherwise highly targeted folks.”
Most business books could have been a blog post
“I think most business books could have been a blog post and most blog posts could have been a tweet”
Ecosystem-led growth requires pipeline cross-pollination, not just product integrations
“ELG doesn't really come in to the fold until you start thinking about the ways in which your go-to-market team is actually leveraging those facts the ways in which your sales pipelines cross-pollinate, the ways in which your messaging cross-pollinates, the way…”
Validate partnership demand via go-to-market before building product integrations
“Put the cart before the horse and get the go to market benefits before you even do the product investment work. And what a great, great way to validate That if you do build those integrations, so that you do go into a deeper strategic partnership, that it's go…”
Repeat founders with scar tissue and muscle memory possess superior DNA
“A founder that's gone through the full motions and develop this really interesting blend of muscle memory and scar tissue that will kind of take them into their next business, knowing Where to flex and lean into what they're strong at, but also knowing where t…”
The best partner intent signals occur within a week of deal close
“The most valuable signal of intent from your partner ecosystem probably happens in the 48 hours to one week after your partner closes a deal with someone that you're trying to sell to.”
Ecosystem-led growth acts as a force multiplier without adding headcount
“ELG turns out to be a really, really awesome strategy for that because at its core, this is not a strategy that requires you to hire incremental human beings in order to do the work better. This is a force multiplier that sits on top of your existing go-to-mar…”
Partnerships require a heavier lift from smaller companies than their larger partners
“If you're small, then you are less likely to have kind of the gravitational pull of other companies, which means investing in a partnership will more often than not require heavier lift from you than it will from the partner.”