I build the sales engine fintech founders install after the raise — so your first sales hire doesn't fail.
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Who I Work With
I work with a narrow profile of founder. The specifics matter — because they're what determine whether a 90-day engagement produces real revenue, or just another set of board slides.
You just raised between $1M and $25M. The board is asking about pipeline. The runway is no longer theoretical.
NYC Metro (Boston / Philly / remote US). Regulated buyers, slow sales cycles, expensive mistakes — industries where trust and credibility close deals.
Big enough to need a real GTM motion. Small enough that one wrong senior hire burns $350K and 6 months. You need a system before you need a seat.
You built the product, you understand the numbers. But founder-led selling is starting to cap your pipeline. You need a sales leader, not another engineer.
Mid-ticket B2B contracts — large enough to need a real close motion, short enough that a working sprint can move the number. Below $5K it's PLG; above $100K it's enterprise.
And if this is you…
Saving us both time. If any of these three are true, another operator will serve you better than I will.
No MVP, no paying customer, or fewer than 10 paying customers. Build the product first; sales is downstream — and a Sprint can't fix what doesn't exist.
Looking for someone to hand over a contact list and call it a day. A Sprint installs a motion that runs without my contacts — that's the point.
Self-serve funnel, low ACV, no human-touch sale. The work is product + lifecycle, not GTM. I'll cheer you on but I'm not the operator for this.
How It Works
Four phases. One operator. Measurable outcomes at every milestone — not a deliverable you read at week 12.
Free 30-min call. We review pipeline, ICP definition, and current close mechanics. You walk away with a concrete read on the three bottlenecks worth fixing in the next 90 days — even if you never hire me.
Tight ICP definition, outbound motion, and first 30 qualified meetings on the calendar. The CRM stops being a graveyard and starts being a working funnel.
Stage hygiene, deal reviews, and a written sales playbook your team can run without me in the room. Pipeline coverage, forecast accuracy, and conversion rates are now legible.
Predictable pipeline, a closing motion that works, and a board-ready read on what to scale next. The question shifts from "where is the next deal?" to "which seat do we backfill first?"
Engagement Terms
$10,000 – $17,500 / month
Equity / commission kickers available · Convert-to-FTE option · 90-day engagement, one operator, in the seat.
FOUNDER, TORQUE AI · PODSTREET CORNER
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Proof
Four companies where I held the seat. The pattern across all of them — regulated buyers, slow sales cycles, expensive mistakes — is the same pattern your founder is hiring me to fix.
CRO at a regulated fintech, pre-launch. Built the GTM motion from zero, hired and led the team, set the price, opened the categories — drove the company from founding to a $32M annual run rate.
Led revenue for a compliance platform sold into regulated banks and Fortune 500 buyers. 220% growth across the engagement period — long sales cycles, trust-heavy buyers, multi-stakeholder committees.
Built the agency from a standing start, hired the team, won the clients, and sold the business. The operator track record that anchors every engagement today.
Built multi-region GTM motion for a category-leading product platform. 42% ARR growth across the engagement period across NA, EMEA, APAC.
For Revenue Leaders at $50M – $2B
Working with a larger organization? I also work with Revenue Leaders at $50M – $2B companies who need to show the board an AI number this year. Same 90-day cadence, tailored to a corporate GTM motion that already has structure and just needs an AI read the board can't argue with.
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From the Field
Practical thinking on GTM execution — written from inside the engagements, not from a distance.
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The 90-Day Revenue Sprint is the engagement most founders come in for. Academy is for teams that need a cohort. Summit is for operators who want the peer network.
Free. 30 minutes. A real look at your GTM — no pitch, no obligation.
A fractional CRO who installs ICP, pipeline, CRM discipline, playbook, and first repeatable wins — without the $350K full-time hire.
Book a Free GTM DiagnosticYou just closed the round. The board wants pipeline. You can't afford a $350K CRO who'll take 6 months to ramp into your regulated vertical. I sit in the seat at $10K–$17.5K/month for 90 days. By the end, you have a tightened ICP, a working outbound motion, a CRM that runs itself, a written playbook, and a board-ready read on what to scale next.
Cohort-based GTM training for teams ready to execute.
Join the Next CohortA structured 8-week program that trains your team on modern GTM execution — not abstract concepts, but practical motions and discipline they can run on Monday.
An intimate, invite-only gathering of senior business leaders exploring what actually works in applied AI and GTM execution. No pitches, no vendor displays — candid conversations about what works, what doesn't, and what's coming next.
Get in Touch
Free. 30 minutes. A real look at your GTM — no pitch, no obligation.
You'll get a confirmation email immediately and a 5-minute prep note the morning of. No discovery call tax, no back-and-forth.
Book a Free GTM DiagnosticBooking link: https://calendar.app.google/oPdpjiykqApsSQKN8
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