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Q&A: Dave Kellogg on What Startup Clichés Get Wrong

From ignoring the competition to trusting your gut, GTM wisdom is full of lessons that only sound true because the people repeating them happened to win. Dave Kellogg on the clichés worth questioning.

The Year Every Buyer Tries To Build Their Own Software

Why buyers are trying to build it in-house, and the playbook to win them back.

The Two-Company Problem

What if the only way to move fast again is to shut the whole thing down and start over?

Marketing’s Old Scorecard Is Breaking: What Modern CMOs Are Measuring Now

The old MQL-to-pipeline scorecard doesn’t survive AI-era GTM. This is the shared revenue view CMOs are building with Sales instead.

Rewiring GTM from the Top-Down

AI is coming for GTM, whether you plan for it or not. Amanda Kahlow makes the case for rebuilding roles instead of automating tasks, and what leaders get wrong when they don’t.

Quantifying the ROI of Your GTM AI Spend by Mark Roberge

How to measure ROI of AI in sales using the Revenue Velocity Formula.

Record vs. Action: The Land Grab in GTM Tech by Brendan Short

Warmly, Common Room, Pocus: three acquisitions, one pattern — the independent middle layer is disappearing into the record.

Coming to Terms with My Head Trash & the Parts That “Run” My Life by Kyle Lacy

Docebo’s CMO on the internal committee — the Achiever, the Approval Seeker, the Worrier — that’s been quietly running his leadership for years.

AI Just Took the Pants Off Your Sales Team by Jordan Crawford

AI has sped everything up and it’s about to pants the reps who have been faking it.

The Operationalization Gap Separating AI-Fluent Leaders from the Rest by James Kaikis

The leaders pulling ahead rebuilt the job before touching the tools. Here's their playbook.

Your Comp Plan Has a Zombie Liability — and Credits Just Made It Worse by Amy Konary

You’ve been paying commissions on revenue that doesn’t exist yet. Credits just made that problem five times bigger — and most CROs haven’t noticed.