PropertyTek

Private Equity Holding Company in Property Management. Anything that can drive revenue... I'm on it!

EVP of Sales

Kim Cram Consulting

Build the Funnel. Create Revenue. Retain Customers.

When you are a start up you have the blue ocean ahead of you. Success is around the corner... just depends on which road you take and how fast you want to get to that corner.

Having best practices at your finger tips can be the difference of fast growth or running out of runway. Anything from Outbound sales to CRM setup for both organization and being data driven, hiring the right talent and helping them develop in the right way.

Founder  ~ GTM Strategies that Drive Pipeline & Sales Process that Closes Deals

CaptureMyMeeting

Advisor

Northstar Financial Consulting Group

GTM Advisor

IsoTalent

Optimum Foods

Novarad

VP of Enterprise Sales 

Paystand

VP of Sales

Turning the world that still pays transaction fees upside down and still providing a way for instant payments. Add the automated reconciliation and you have a dream come true for every finance team. More money on the bottom line and less time with the manual processes!

Rebooting commercial finance by delivering seamless, simple, and intuitive ways to drive cash flow with the convenience of instant payments without all the fees associated with credit cards. Allowing the world of finance to be digital like the rest of the business.

Head of Business Development

SmartShyp

Fractional: Head of Business Development

Wooly

Taking the power of customer's voice to the next level to drive more revenue and customer engagement. Helping manage, organize and measure influencers, advocates, and fans. Everything you need to manage your influencer strategies in 1 place to help you see more, be more, and do more.

Fractional: Head of Sales

As a founder and fractional CRO, I help start-ups and new product launches build the funnel, create revenue, and retain customers. I have 20 years of sales experience in leading teams, closing deals, and creating go-to-market strategies and processes from scratch.

My mission is to help sales leaders and reps achieve their goals and grow their businesses. I offer consulting, training, and coaching services tailored to each client's needs and challenges. I also share tips and tricks about all things sales and prospecting on my weekly newsletter and online boot camp. Whether you need to review your processes, train your team, or boost your pipeline, I can help you turn your sales from a rollercoaster to a rocket ship.

🚀 Kim Cram

My son's latest for Axomo. They make it so easy when there is so much to talk about.

Axomo makes it so employees can pick exactly what they want instead of the "paint shirt" or something that goes right into the garbage. 

Minimum is 1... which means each person can get EXACTLY what they want. 

If your SWAG is still bought in bulk and everyone gets the same thing, it's time... 

🛑 stop wasting 
✅  start having your employees start  😍 LOVING 😍  your SWAG

Thanks Axomo for sponsoring Bentley's YouTube... we LOVE all the hats, shirts, sweatshirts with Ignite Velocity.

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🏁 Left PE for Fractional CRO | Helping $3M–$10M B2B Founders Build a Predictable Revenue Engine + Maximize Valuation | Revenue Ops • Forecasting • Sales Execution

🚩 Having hiring goals for 2026 to hit your numbers... Don't do it!!! 

Years ago, as a new VP of Sales, I was told to hire a lot of reps.

It was part of the math.

Revenue target ÷ quota ÷ ~80% attainment
 = number of reps to hire.

So I hired. I trained. We ramped.

We even doubled the marketing budget.

And yet… our pipeline stayed flat. 

A little bump to close rate which helped but overall... BOOKINGS FLATLINED 

Why?

They didn't focus on the details. The strategy... well there wasn't one. 

Just... let's get MORE LEADS. 

We threw people and money at the problem and hoped volume would fix it.

It didn’t. We got more than ever all the wrong leads. (Literally would get janitors and hair dressers when we sold to CFOs)

Since then, my focus has completely shifted.
- Push first on pipeline
-- Improve close rate
---- Increase average deal size
----- Make sure you are at sales rep capacity.
------ WIN BIG!!!

Moral of the story... If your pipeline can’t double... neither can your sales team.

Add in there increasing close rate and increase average deal size 😍 

Just remember.. your business planning should be math. 

The right math... the math that actually counts.

Not the spreadsheet math that gets you to a number on paper.
 
The math that produces real results — and actually helps you hit the number.

2026 is your year... when you do it the right way.

This is what NOT to do when sales are going well and you want growth.

Don't fall into the trap of doing only one thing... 

MORE
- More reps
-- More activity
--- More spend
---- More pressure

Don't get me wrong... doing more of what's working can help

BUT... it's rearely the thing that gets you to the next level. 

WHY... because "MORE" usually scales the problems along with the wins. Or produces new ones that you didn't see when it was at a smaller scale. 

✅ What you should be doing for next level growth...

💰 Improve close rate
- Find pain, understand impact, connect dots between them and solution, create sense of urgency and find objections. 

💰 Increase Deal Size
- Stop discounting or giving away what you don't need to. Have confidence in solution. PLUS the more you connect their impact to your solution, you shouldn't need to 

💰 Additional Channels or Segments
- finding other options gives you ability for true growth instead of a typical STALL or plateau that most companies go through.  

❌ Examples of what not to do... 

🙅‍♂️  Just hire more people... 
--- If you don't have enough pipeline to feed the team you already have... adding headcount doesn't increase revenue. (It only increases payroll AND frustration)

🙅‍♂️  Double Activity...
--- If you are only playing a numbers game with OK messaging, you'll burn through leads FASTER and burn your market. 

🙅‍♂️  Throw more money at marketing...
--- More money doesn't always mean more Qualified leads. It has to be dialed in and you have to be strategic or could end up being a bonfire of cash

🙅‍♂️ Think what go you here is what is going to get you 👉  THERE
--- MORE is something that can help, but true growth to take you to the next level is never just more of the same thing. 

Again... what you really want. 

👉  BETTER 👈 

Better processes. Better attack. Better strategies. 

Think outside the box and don't be afraid to keep what you are doing and try something new. 

Think big to win big!!!

Generate Listings

Leading real estate marketing agency specialising in lead generation.

Head of Sales

Danny Mallinder

Strategist & content creator sharing insights to help founders w/ growth.

Content Creator

Mallinder Consulting

Business development consultancy, helping startup founders w/ growth.

Founder

beetu.be

Helping B2B businesses to build inbound client acquisition machines.

Contract Eagle

Implements best-practice setup for contract management processes

IIFYM.com

World leading membership website & SaaS platform for macro dieting.

Head of Business Growth

Salesprocess.io

Helping SaaS, online high-ticket service businesses & consulting firms.

Senior Growth Consultant

Brands Nova

Brand management, e-commerce and integrated marketing campaigns.

Founder, Director

Whanganui & Partners

Economic development unit for the business sector of Wanganui.

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

Whanganui Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Business support organisation for business owners in Wanganui.

Member Of The Management Board

Helping professionals launch another income stream in 2024. Click + Follow for posts and articles on business.

Most founders obsess over more calls booked.

But almost no one optimises what happens after the call is booked.

And that’s the most expensive gap in the entire sales process.

Last quarter:
87% show-up rate.
40%+ close rate.
$500,000 closed.

Not because of more ads.
Not because of better scripts.
Not because of more automation.

But because we rebuilt the 10 minutes between booking and the call.

Here is the truth:
Your close rate isn’t determined on the call.
It’s determined before the call.

So here’s what we used:
• a short “pre-call film”
• founder thesis
• case studies
• expectations
• decision-maker rules
• trackable engagement
• AI-assisted Q&A
• SDR → closer handoff script

Buyers show up informed, warmed up, aligned, and ready.

It’s the easiest win in founder-led sales.

And yet…
almost no one is doing it.

What part of your sales process has the most friction right now?

 (Asking because this one change fixed most of ours.)

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#founderled
#salesstrategy
#strategy

Creative strategist | helping founders clarify their offer and improve sales conversion | thesis-led sales letters & VSL (video sales letter)

Sales should feel calm.

But most treat it like combat.

Most people think sales is about pressure.
Scripts. Objections. Manufactured urgency.

I have never sold that way.
I close deals without being a closer.

Because people do not buy pressure. They buy a thesis.

When a founder understands the thesis behind the offer, the decision becomes obvious.
 
Once the narrative clicks, the call is simply confirmation, not persuasion.

Here is what I do instead:
- async VSLs that teach the thesis
- narrative clarity before the call
- trust built through evidence
- calm conversations

The surprising result?
 Better close rates.
 Better clients.
 Zero pressure.

Founders can adopt the same model.

Lead with the thesis.
Show the narrative.
 
Let clarity do the heavy lifting.

People do not need you to act like a closer.
They need you to help them see the thesis.
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#founders
#remotesales
#clarityfirst

Most founders think they need capital.

Most really need clarity first.

After many origination conversations, one pattern appears.

Founders jump straight to the number.

But investors do not invest in numbers. 
They invest in logic.

Good opportunities fall apart not because of economics,
but because the narrative is incomplete.

Here is what serious capital looks for before anything else:

- what the capital will achieve
- why the opportunity exists
- what evidence supports it
- how execution will unfold
- how the founder thinks
- why the timing matters

Capital moves toward clarity.
Clarity builds confidence.

If you are preparing a significant project in infrastructure, energy, or AI, make your story as strong as the opportunity itself.

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#infrastructure #energytransition #capitalorigination

Most pivots burn capital.

But it’s not the product.

Most founders treat a pivot like an engineering problem.

New features. New funnels. New hires.

None of that solves the real issue.

The real failure point is narrative clarity.
 
If your market hypothesis is wrong, everything built on it collapses.
 
I just wrote a full thesis showing how founders can validate a new market in 30 days and avoid $150k in wasted engineering time.

Here’s the core:
 → Pivots fail from unclear coordinates
 → Sales letters set engineering constraints
 → VSLs validate demand faster than code
 → Alignment beats iteration every time

A founder who applied this jumped from 23% to 47% close rate and added $500k from one narrative shift.

If you want the full Founder Thesis doc, comment “Thesis” and I’ll send it.

#founders #gtmstrategy #startups

Just closed $500k using this.

87% show up, 40% + close rate

Do you use a pre-call video?

You should.

A simple pre-sale video that introduces you or your sales rep, covers the thesis, shows case studies. 

And it needs to be fully trackable so you know if they engaged and are ready.

Prospects watch it, they interact with AI, ask questions, and arrive to the sales call pre-sold ready to buy.

It is the easiest way to lift trust, qualify intent, and increase conversions.

So be honest.

Do you have a pre-call video in your sales process?

Let me know in the comments.

#founders
#salesstrategy
#gtm

$100B+ in Transactions | VP Origination Lesiuk Capital

I don’t coach sales.

I sit inside the sales call.

The founder runs the conversation.
I stay in shadow mode.

Listening.
Watching for risk.
Feeding guidance in real time.

How to frame the objection.
When to slow down.
When to ask for the decision.

This isn’t training.
It’s decision-moment support.

In 2026, I am opening a small advisory lane for founders who:

• are already taking sales calls
• sell high-ticket offers
• want a second brain live on deals

Structure is simple:
– upfront advisory retainer
– feedback on calls & sales assets
– optional ongoing live shadow support
– small success fee when a deal closes

If this would meaningfully improve your close rate, look comment “shadow” or DM me.
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#founders
#salesstrategy
#advisory

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