Josh Norris

Josh Norris is a strategic leader in capital-efficient GTM design and post-raise execution for high-growth SaaS companies. He partners with founders and CFOs to ensure new capital converts into predictable, investor-grade revenue systems rather than uncontrolled burn.

He has advised 60+ Series A-D startups, helping teams eliminate burn drift, professionalize reporting, and build GTM infrastructure that supports follow-on funding. His work has contributed to multiple clients reaching seven-figure ARR within their first year and advancing to subsequent rounds.

Josh previously led GTM, revops, partnerships, and business development at Hyperbound, scaling from zero to $5M ARR in under two years, and at Lavender during the 2022 downturn. He also managed a 36-engineer organization at a publicly traded SaaS company, giving him a rare systems-level perspective on how revenue, product, and capital deployment align.

The moment the wire hits the bank is the most dangerous point in a startup's lifecycle. Josh operates as the architecture partner between board expectations and execution, ensuring every dollar deployed compounds.

GTM Consultant

I consult on sales, marketing, and customer success.

Josh Norris 🐦‍🔥

Took a break from LinkedIn over the holidays to spend time with family. Today, I flew to Tokyo to spend 11 days with Eli Al-Shamari, Patrick Dajos 🐉, and 12 other SF-based founders. 

We’re here for fun, community, and quality time with likeminded builders.

It’s also my first time in Japan and the first real vacation I’ve given myself in years. I’m long overdue for a creative recharge.

I’ll share stories and pics!

GTM Capital Deployment Architect for Post-Raise SaaS | Series A-D Growth & Capital Efficiency

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My latest toxic opinion is that AI started using the em dash so much because the em dash is a uniquely superior punctuation mark—the best at conveying complex thoughts-within-thoughts—and the only reason the em dash has a stigma now is because most of you aren’t good enough writers to have recognized its value and used it before AI did. So now you see it as new, superfluous, and annoying—just another symbol of AI frivolousness—instead of the useful literary tool that it is. 

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Please enjoy this poem from a clothing tag from when I was shopping earlier in Shibuya. 

Words are light.

Ode to penguins.

Bob the Builder of Pipeline | Cold Calling Mercenary | Sales and Humor | Voted “#2 Best Parent” - by my 2 year old 🤷🏻

We can all agree that life is typically too serious and stressful, especially on a “professional platform”, so I enjoy breaking that norm with some laughter in both my content and sales process.

Professionally: I specialize in building and refining sales motions and top of funnel processes, bringing a unique twist that “breaks through the noise” of the modern day dreaded norm of what people believe is good revenue generation.

Before moving to Sales, I had the pleasure of coaching and treating thousands of clients through rehabilitation and personal training for almost 10 years, where I now channel the same energy and passion in leading GTM teams.

You’ve scrolled this far, we might as well get to know one another.

I’m a redneck working a white collar job living in a blue collar state 🥔

“When you turn a passion to a profession and truly love what you do, then you don’t work a day in your life.”

💥I’ve been lucky enough to do that twice💥


↙️“About me”↘️

Mission 1: To push past the “limitations” that your mind sets whether it be physical or mental.


Mission 2: To build my career in Sales and build a bridge between my old world of fitness and apply those principals to the business world.


- Constantly looking to learn. Go spark up a conversation and learn something about them and that little conversation could change your life. 

- “You don’t know till you try” I find to many people (myself included) stay comfortable and are afraid of breaking complacency.

- There is no greater feeling being coached or better yet, coaching someone else, and watching them succeed.

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You got laid off in March

The company restructured, your team got cut, and now you’re back on the market trying to explain why your last 3 roles only lasted a little over a year each

Every rejection email says the same thing: “We’re looking for candidates who demonstrate long-term commitment to their employers and require a minimum of 2 years in your last position” 

The irony?

The average SDR tenure is 1.4 years and AEs barely make it 18 months

VP of Sales tenure has dropped from 26 months to just 19 months in the last 7 years

This is the new baseline for our entire industry and it’s accelerating

Between 2022 and 2024, 578,000 tech workers got laid off

That’s 655 people per day!

And another 112,000 lost their jobs in 2025

It’s almost as popular as posting a selfie on LinkedIn 

And when people do choose to leave

They’re responding rationally to the system we built

Job switchers get 10-20% raises and “loyal” employees get 3-5%

Meanwhile, tenure doesn’t predict the things we actually care about

It doesn’t tell us if someone can communicate well, if they’re coachable, or if they can build pipeline and close deals

Yet 42% of employers won’t even interview “job hoppers”, regardless of their past performance, but then complain that they can’t find good talent

In an industry where the average rep vacates after 18 months and the average VP is asked to leave in 19

It’s time to stop screening for a stability that doesn’t exist

The system is broken, and the people stuck in this catch-22 deserve better than being rejected for a metric that means nothing

Voted #2 Best Parent - by my 4 year old 🤷🏻

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