How can CEOs, CMOs, and revenue leaders truly create a high-performance GTM engine? 

This episode is a live event that Chris Walker did with Sangram Vajre (co-founder & CEO at GTM Partners) where they answer exactly that.

Key topics from this episode:

• Who should really own GTM?

• Moving beyond “marketing vs. sales”

• The 4 pillars of pipeline creation

• Why marketing needs more of a business mindset

• The importance of retention vs. acquisition

• How to fix broken revenue metrics

• Why “slow is fast” in GTM

• How to build an agile GTM team

• What the future of marketing leadership looks like

Why do so many companies struggle to generate pipeline efficiently? In this episode, Chris shares exactly why (and new and more effective GTM strategies). 

Whether you're a CMO, CRO, CEO, or CFO, this episode will challenge your thinking and help you build a smarter GTM strategy with marketing investments that are actually delivering returns.

Key topics from this episode:

• The Fundamental Flaws in Pipeline Creation 

• The 3 Phases of Pipeline Creation

• Why "Marketing vs. SDRs" is a Broken Debate

• How to Fix Attribution & Measurement 

• Rethinking RevOps & Sales Productivity 

• The Hidden Costs of Inefficiency 

• How CMOs, CROs, and CFOs Can Align on GTM Efficiency 

Chris joined Brad Zomick’s show (LinkedIn Famous), where he shared insights on personal growth as a founder, his learnings from executing on LinkedIn for 5 years, and the new playbook founders can use to build and grow their companies. 

Key topics from this episode:

The right way to approach LinkedIn (hint: vanity metrics don’t matter)

Personal growth and intuition as a founder

Learnings and mistakes from scaling Refine Labs & Passetto

Live events as a compounding asset

Why founders should re-think the VC-funded model

The future of social media in B2B

Why the most important thing as a founder is to take action

This is the first GTM Live episode of 2025, and Chris shares his most recent GTM strategies to help you win. These lessons are especially crucial for companies who want to scale past $10 million ARR.

Key topics from this episode:

• The 3 Pillars of GTM Success: GTM Strategy, GTM Optimization, and GTM Operations.

• Cost of Growth: Reframing GTM efficiency as "cost of growth" to measure true ROI and organizational health.

• AI and Copycat Products: How AI is accelerating product cloning and forcing companies to change how they differentiate.

• Challenges of PLG Integration: The pitfalls of mixing product-led and sales-led growth motions together in established companies.

• Smaller, Agile Teams: The shift towards AI-enabled, lean marketing and sales teams for efficiency and flexibility.

• Flawed Metrics: Why reliance on outdated KPIs like MQLs and traditional attribution models is a mistake.

• Siloed Departments: The need to remove organizational silos to create a Unified Revenue Factory.

• Future-Proofing Sales and Marketing: Strategies to align compensation, integrate data, and streamline processes for sustainable pipeline creation.

This is a must-listen episode where Chris Walker joined Dave Gerhardt (Founder & CEO of Exit Five) on the B2B Marketing with Dave Gerhardt podcast. 

Key topics from this episode:

• Why being “early” in seeing how marketing is changing is often misunderstood as being wrong

• How to manage negativity on social media while staying focused on your goals

• Using podcasts, live events, and social media to gather actionable customer insights in real time

• Breaking down marketing into Strategy vs. Pipeline Creation for clarity and efficiency

• Why AI is an accelerant for creativity and execution, not a replacement for strategic thinking

• How smaller and more agile marketing teams are outperforming larger ones

• Calculating true marketing ROI by accounting for headcount, tools, and overall efficiency

• How senior marketing leaders can improve outcomes by staying hands-on and closer to the execution process

In this episode, Chris Walker talks with hosts Mikkel Kiærulf Plæhn and Toni Hohlbein about the GTM challenges B2B companies face. He shares common mistakes companies are making, how to better use data for decision-making, and predictions for what the future of GTM looks like.

Key topics from this episode:

• Why unit economics at the top of the funnel are the root of most GTM inefficiencies

• The CEO’s pivotal role in aligning the entire GTM function

• Why current data structures fail executives and how to fix them

• Predictions for 2025: Centralized decision-making, smaller teams, and AI-native organizations

• The pitfalls of relying on outdated KPIs like MQLs and demo requests

• Why traditional attribution models hinder strategic decision-making

• How AI will reshape GTM strategies and why data architecture is critical

• The shift from RevOps to a more streamlined approach to operations

• Chris’s vision for post-sale functions: Aligning customer success with measurable outcomes

• Strategies for improving per-rep productivity and scaling efficiently

In this episode, Chris Walker joins a live event by Finn Thormeier to share his current approach to content, and what it takes to create a B2B content strategy in 2025 that actually works. 

Topics covered in this episode:

• Chris’s current content approach and strategy while building Passetto

• The problem with sharing your IP too freely in your content

• Lead gen vs. audience building

• Invite-only events as a secret weapon

• When to focus on niche vs. broad content

• How to develop your content POV’s

• The most effective way to source weekly content topics

• Who should be the face of your content brand

• Why distribution won’t save bad strategy

• How to measure results from content

• The future of content creation roles

In this episode, Chris Walker shares how GTM teams can achieve better results. He breaks down the steps revenue and marketing leaders can take to understand their spending, measure their impact, and drive more effective outcomes.

Key topics include:

• Transitioning from growth-at-all-costs to efficiency-first strategies

• The critical role of financial data in optimizing GTM investments

• How to build a closed-loop feedback system for greater pipeline efficiency

• The problem with blanket cost-cutting and why it doesn’t solve GTM inefficiencies

• Rethinking the marketing leader’s role: From tactician to strategic revenue driver

• The concept of marketing as a portfolio of investments and how to optimize it

• Why marketing and sales alignment is critical but often misunderstood

In this episode, Chris Walker shares why many companies have GTM efforts that fail to deliver the expected results, which can often result in missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder value. 

He breaks down the root causes—disconnected teams, poor data, and misaligned goals—and provides actionable steps to address them.

Key topics include:

• Why the CEO—not the CFO—should be responsible for fixing GTM efficiency.

• The inefficiency of traditional KPI systems and how they hinder strategic decision-making.

• How to align GTM strategies across finance, marketing, sales, and RevOps.

• How flawed data architecture leads to misaligned budgets and reduced pipeline efficiency.

• The importance of early-warning metrics like pipeline efficiency to avoid costly performance degradation.

• Practical ways to integrate financial data with CRM insights for better executive-level decisions.

• Why AI, SDRs, and marketing teams must unite under a shared accountability framework.

• Transforming the prospecting engine: A case for marketing-led SDR management.

In this episode, Chris Walker talks with host Nick Flamini about practical ways to improve go-to-market strategies, strengthen the connection between finance and marketing, and make small teams more effective with AI.

Key topics include:

• Why CFOs should lead the go-to-market planning model that drives how marketing operates.

• The inefficiencies in traditional SDR roles and how to rethink sales processes with AI and full-cycle AEs.

• Why companies must adopt a portfolio approach to marketing investments to maximize ROI.

• The fallacy of blanket advice and how businesses can find the right strategies for their unique circumstances.

• Why bootstrapping to $10M ARR is the new benchmark for success.

• How to transform event participation into a high-ROI strategy without costly trade show booths.

• The shift to AI-powered small teams and why they’re outperforming large, traditional teams.

• Rethinking inbound marketing and why it no longer serves as the best practice for B2B companies.

Listen to the full episode to learn actionable strategies for building a more efficient and effective revenue engine.