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Most early-stage founders don’t need a sales team.
They need a system — one they can run themselves till $1M.

I’ve built and sold two companies. The first one taught me how hard sales is without a plan. The second one taught me how to fix it.

Now, I help AI, SaaS, and IT Services founders build Founder-Led Sales Engines that work in the US — without hiring too early or burning leads.

What I build with founders:

- Clarity on ICP & messaging

- Lean outbound & LinkedIn systems

- Email + DM + Cold call playbooks

- AI-powered sales tools

- Founder-to-closer mindset shifts

It’s not about closing more — it’s about knowing what not to do before $1M.

If you’re in the 0–$1M zone, let’s talk systems.

Want to see how I build founder-led sales systems?

Download the exact 0–$1M Sales Playbook I use with AI-SaaS & IT founders selling into the US:

👉 https://www.elephantedge.academy/playbooks

Just the real frameworks that work before you hire a sales team.

Venkatesh M.

I’ve officially partnered with GTM Partners to enable founders build $1M US GTM engine.

In 2025, I worked hands-in-hand with 5 different companies, as a Fractional VP Sales, to help them move from ad-hoc selling to a repeatable B2B pipeline in the US.

All of them and many founders I've been having conversation with, had the same question..
- How to sell AI products to SMBs in the US
- How to sell Agentic AI services to mid-market clients
- How to crack enterprise sales with deal sizes >$250K for the first time

The reality in 2026:

Without sales + distribution and the know-how to achieve the first $1M in revenue, there is no next stage, nor a serious funding conversation.

Partnering with GTM Partners gives me deeper leverage to help founders crack the US market in the right way at the right speed. 

If you’re building for the US, this is the work I’m focused on.

Thanks to Sangram Vajre and Bryan Brown for the partnership and trust. Thanks to my team at Elephant Edge | Fractional VP Sales Leadership for making this happen.

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I’m Venkatesh M., Fractional VP Sales. I build and run US sales teams for 50–200 employee companies, from first hire to first $1M, until it works. DM me if cracking the US market is your #1 priority in 2026.

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Fractional VP for AI-SaaS & Tech Startups Scaling to $1M+ | US Market GTM & Sales | Certified GTM OS Partner

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I have helped more than 50+ International clients to establish a set-up in India. From the incorporation to business structuring, establishing factory and set-up of accounting process from initial phase to expansion involving coordinations with legal, tax and various government departments.

I also handle projects involving risk management, compliance and internal control set-up, management review and forensic investigations for financial fraud cases to keep my learning thrills always at right path.

I have being project lead on some of acquisitions projects; where I have helped clients on implementing pre and post acquisitions tasks involving co-ordination with various teams.

In my early career endeavours; I took experience majorly on tax matters. Thereafter; I took few opportunities as challenge to understand how other domain work and explore my options. 

I am always excited about something; let it be process, control, projects etc. which can bring change and make life simpler for many teammates and organisations as whole. I am always curious to look what option we got from continuous improvement perspective.

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