Buyer Led Growth | Go-to-Market Acceleration for companies with $5mm - $50mm in revenue

The Internet is flooded with advice on how to scale from $0 to $100MM, which is a dangerous trap.

The "hyperscale" advice may be entertaining and aspirational, but it is not very applicable to companies that need to drive growth with capital efficiency.

I help B2B companies with $5MM - $50MM in revenue create value by demystifying Go-to-Market with a simple framework called #BuyerLedGrowth.

In the last 15 years, I've created 3 companies, sold two of them and advised nearly 50. The common theme?

Companies get "stuck" at $10MM / $20MM / $30MM in revenue. They are likely still growing, but that growth is HARD and getting harder. 

The leadership roles in marketing, sales and even customer success have become revolving doors. Two steps forward, 1.5 steps back.

These headwinds have become even more challenging as the shift in B2B buyer expectations accelerate, requiring a comprehensive, integrated revenue engine.

I help companies break through these growth barriers in a variety of roles;
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Yield Group
- Operating Partner at Boathouse Capital
- Limited Partner in and advisor to Stage 2 Capital

gtmPRO.co is the place that my team and I "open source" our frameworks, templates and learnings (coming soon!)

We are driven to help take the friction out of growth and help functional revenue leaders expand into well-rounded business leaders.

Most importantly, I am blessed to be a husband to my wife and a father to our 4 children. 🙏

Gary Schwake

FreeWill

FreeWill is a mission driven SaaS company and a leading charitable giving platform. FreeWill is on a quest to raise $1T into high-impact nonprofits. Our technology helps make the largest and most impactful charitable donations easier for donors to give, and simpler for nonprofit organizations to receive.

2023 • 116% quota attainment

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Drift

Drift, now SalesLoft, was acquired in early 2024.

Drift, headquartered in Boston, MA, is a SaaS Platform in the conversational marketing and digital experience space. Drift's leading revenue acceleration platform leverages patented AI technology to engage people with businesses in real-time conversations and is used by some of the worlds top brands like Adobe, BlackRock, Workday, and Slack.

Enterprise Account Executive - Southeast

Socialive

2021 • 112% quota attainment

Socialive, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, is a SaaS Platform that is democratizing video production within the Enterprise. Socialive is the leading cloud video production platform helping companies record, produce, and distribute video quickly and easily, at a fraction of the cost.

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Skuid

Skuid, now Nintex, was acquired in 2023.

Skuid is a low-code/no-code app development platform. Create a better user experience with apps that people actually like using. Skuid is that UI/UX layer that connects to all your data, to bring a single unified experience. Skuid is also a Salesforce App Exchange Partner. 

• Hunting Net New Business in the Southeast territory
• Closing complex deal cycles across multiple industries
• Expanding Skuid's footprint within 10+ Enterprise customer accounts (including - John Hancock, CBRE, Cytiva, B. Braun, & Warner Media)

• Managed 20 Enterprise accounts (including Wells Fargo, John Hancock, & AIG)
• Managed a book of business of $4.2+ million in ARR
• FY 2019 • Top 3 Performer - Quota
• FY 2019 • Top 3 Performer - ARR Retention at 98.5%

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