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From Cold Calls to Customer-First GTM: Max Gartner’s Playbook to Scaling Revenue
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In this episode of the B2B Go-To-Market Leaders Podcast, Vijay sits down with Maximilian Gartner, Head of Go-To-Market at Brightwave, to explore how GTM leaders can balance sustainable growth with predictable revenue, while staying rooted in authentic, founder-led perspectives.
Max shares his journey from inside sales “boiler rooms” to leading GTM teams at high-growth companies, and how lessons from cold-calling, enterprise deal cycles, and sales leadership shaped his philosophy on customer-first GTM.
They dive deep into:
- Why founder-led POVs are powerful in early stage, and how they must evolve as companies scale.
- The critical difference between predictable and sustainable revenue, and why ignoring sustainability leads to churn.
- Lessons from inside sales: why clarity and credibility in the first 10 seconds of a call are everything.
- A Brightwave GTM pivot that front-loaded product experience, shortened feedback loops, and tripled adoption.
- Why “knowing your customer” (KYC) at every level: user, manager, executive, is the ultimate GTM advantage.
- How doubt and imposter syndrome can be reframed as signals of growth.
If you’re leading sales, marketing, CS, or product, or simply curious about how GTM leaders scale customer-first strategies, this episode is packed with tactical insights and leadership lessons.
Connect with Max Gartner on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximiliangartner/
Connect with Vijay Damojipurapu on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijdam/
Brought to you by: stratyve.com
88 episodes
Manage episode 502868280 series 2856084
In this episode of the B2B Go-To-Market Leaders Podcast, Vijay sits down with Maximilian Gartner, Head of Go-To-Market at Brightwave, to explore how GTM leaders can balance sustainable growth with predictable revenue, while staying rooted in authentic, founder-led perspectives.
Max shares his journey from inside sales “boiler rooms” to leading GTM teams at high-growth companies, and how lessons from cold-calling, enterprise deal cycles, and sales leadership shaped his philosophy on customer-first GTM.
They dive deep into:
- Why founder-led POVs are powerful in early stage, and how they must evolve as companies scale.
- The critical difference between predictable and sustainable revenue, and why ignoring sustainability leads to churn.
- Lessons from inside sales: why clarity and credibility in the first 10 seconds of a call are everything.
- A Brightwave GTM pivot that front-loaded product experience, shortened feedback loops, and tripled adoption.
- Why “knowing your customer” (KYC) at every level: user, manager, executive, is the ultimate GTM advantage.
- How doubt and imposter syndrome can be reframed as signals of growth.
If you’re leading sales, marketing, CS, or product, or simply curious about how GTM leaders scale customer-first strategies, this episode is packed with tactical insights and leadership lessons.
Connect with Max Gartner on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximiliangartner/
Connect with Vijay Damojipurapu on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijdam/
Brought to you by: stratyve.com
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