Building your Go-To-Market Strategy

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8 Days

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Cohort-based Course

Master GTM strategies using real-world examples. Learn to align teams, prioritize tactics, and craft your own winning strategy.

Course overview

A distillation of real GTM strategies and what made them successful

I've been advising startups who face a few challenges including how to align the GTM team, how to prioritize tactics, and how to identify the right people to hire. The answers to these questions all start with having a well articulated GTM strategy. Many leaders might think it's obvious and don't make the time to document the basics of who they are targeting and why, what the buying journey should be for a customer, and how they are going to differentiate their product and brand.


In this short action packed 2-session course (Oct 2&9 at 12-1:30 PT), we will walk through 3 examples of what made certain companies GTM strategy successful, including Figma. We'll look at strategies that target their marketing at users as opposed to buyers and what drives that decision.


You will draft your own company's strategy if you don't have one already. We'll then look at a couple class drafts in the 2nd session and give feedback. Everyone will walk away with personalized feedback and insights from me on your own strategy.

Who is this course for

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Startup founders & sales/marketing leaders that want to set up new hires for success but could use some help articulating the strategy.

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Leaders of support, product marketing, growth, demand gen, sales ops, finance or other functions that want to be better versed in GTM strat.

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These sessions are most applicable for leaders at single product private companies. Examples will be focused in software.

What you’ll get out of this course

A refreshed understanding of what goes into a GTM strategy

Strategy is hard to articulate for people because you take for granted your assumptions. Looking at real world examples helps showcase what you need to express in your own.

Encouragement to document your own GTM strategy

The hardest part of a good GTM strategy is defining your target customer. Most people don't realize that if you aren't crisp about your target customer, you'll create challenges for everyone else. You'll realize how your own target customer articulation works or needs work.

Direct feedback from me on your strategy, whether it's async or in class

I'm an operator at heart, so this class isn't about theory. We're going to learn by going through examples, including yours.

How to think about a customer buying journey

We'll talk about the customer experience of buying so you can better align with your colleagues on what yours looks like today

Understand the various ways to differentiate your business

We'll see examples where product, brand, support experience, community, and buying experience can all lead to a differentiated experience that wins.

Understand how your strategy evolves once you have momentum

The strategy to win your first 100 customers will be different from the rest. We'll touch on some examples of what the differences look like.

This course includes

2 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

5 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 2—Oct 6

    Oct

    2

    Building your GTM strategy: Session 1

    Wed 10/27:00 PM—8:30 PM (UTC)

    Foundations of a GTM strategy

    3 items

Week 2

Oct 7—Oct 9

    Oct

    9

    Building your GTM strategy: Session 2

    Wed 10/97:00 PM—8:30 PM (UTC)

    Applying and evolving your GTM strategy

    2 items

Meet your instructor

Amanda Kleha

Amanda Kleha

I'm an experienced GTM advisor. I love building companies, and I specialize in working with B2B tech startups.

Previously, I led all go-to-market functions at Figma, where I built and scaled the marketing, sales, and customer support teams as we grew from $1M ARR to $600M ARR within 5 years. Prior to that, I was the SVP of of Marketing and Sales at Zendesk, where I built out the marketing function, had a focused business unit that optimized online and velocity sales, as well as assisted in the IPO process. I joined as the first marketing hire and contributed to the growth phase of $1M->$400M ARR. I'm especially excited about working with startups who are figuring out how to market and sell in a more predictable way. I'm teaching this course to share my learnings and help you craft winning strategies. 


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