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I specialize in the messy middle of B2B SaaS scaling—taking companies from erratic growth to a disciplined, high-performance revenue engine.

Most sales teams don’t fail because they lack talent; they fail because of ambiguity.
When forecasts can’t be trusted, pipelines move only through founder heroics, and managers report activity instead of owning outcomes, you don’t need another playbook—you need an operating system.

My operating philosophy: Cadence | Ownership | Process

I install a repeatable flywheel of operational excellence:

Cadence
A rigorous Rhythm of Business—daily, weekly, and monthly operating cadence that surfaces execution risk early, before it becomes a board-level surprise.

Ownership
Managers own outcomes, not just activity. Forecasts are built bottom-up so leadership can commit without caveats.

Process
Qualification and execution are standardized before adding headcount, ensuring hiring is tied to capacity and real revenue impact—not hope.

The proof (Ekahau — SVP, Global Sales, 2019–2024)
	•	Revenue: Scaled $25M → $65M ARR in five years
	•	EBITDA: Increased $7M → $32M (margins ~20% → ~50%)
	•	Team: Built a 130-person global organization while reducing per-employee cost 25%

Selected wins
	•	Healthentic: Doubled ACV ($5M → $10M) and drove 10× pipeline growth through GTM transformation
	•	ControlCase: Delivered 34% YoY growth and 300% expansion revenue growth

Currently

Available for VP of Sales or Fractional GTM leadership with B2B SaaS companies $5M–$30M ARR. I also lead SalesGSS (revenue operating frameworks) and DigitalRegIntel (regulatory intelligence for AI/fintech).

The Senator perspective

Two terms as a Washington State Senator taught me the value of high-stakes negotiation and public accountability. I bring that same discipline to sales: clear ownership and execution when the pressure is real.

“Steve is ‘Instant Offense’ for sales—rare and valuable. World-class at creating strategic, data-driven sales teams.”
— Jeff O’Mara, CEO (Healthentic) / GM (Ekahau)

Steve Litzow

If revenue per employee is flat while headcount rises, you’re not scaling. You’re diluting.

Most $10M–$50M ARR teams are measuring the wrong thing.
They celebrate hiring.

Elite teams watch revenue per employee.

Here’s what 2026 is quietly proving:
Growth doesn’t stall because opportunity disappeared.

It stalls because attention fragmented.
New ICP.
New vertical.
New pricing model.
New feature set.
New partnership.
All rational.
All defensible.

Collectively? Expensive.

Revenue per employee isn’t a finance metric.
It’s a focus metric.

Bootstrapped SaaS companies at $1M–$3M ARR average ~$110K per employee.

Equity-backed peers average ~$94K.

Capital didn’t create the gap.

Discipline did.

Fragmentation increases decision latency.

Decision latency expands Signal-to-Action Time.

And once SAT expands, velocity stops compounding.
You don’t lose because you’re wrong.

You lose because complexity expands faster than discipline.

Pressure test your system:
• If you asked three reps to define your ICP, would they say the same thing?
• Do your top 20 deals look similar — or random?
• Has revenue per employee improved in the last two quarters — or are you hiring into flat output?
• When was the last time you killed an initiative?

Elite teams don’t run more plays.
They run fewer — with intensity.

Focus multiplies revenue per employee.
Complexity multiplies meetings.

Week 7 of the 2026 Operating Series.

Link in comments.

VP of Sales | Scaled $25M → $65M ARR | Operating Discipline for Growth & Scrutiny

No new rule last week.

That’s the risk.

On Feb 13, FinCEN quietly operationalized its whistleblower portal.

Now AML, AI governance, and digital asset supervision gaps can be reported directly to enforcement — before an exam ever starts.

This changes the timeline.

Enforcement is no longer tied to regulatory cycles.

It’s tied to internal observation.

An email.
A Slack message.
A deferred monitoring upgrade.

Those can now become time-stamped federal evidence.

The real shift isn’t rulemaking.

It’s attribution infrastructure.

When regulators look back 24–36 months from now, the question won’t be:

“Did you know the rule?”

It will be:

“Can you prove you supervised in real time?”

Documentation is no longer defensive.

It’s existential.

Full breakdown in this week’s Brief. (Link in comments.)

US enforcement is accelerating through whistleblower infrastructure.

EU regulation is accelerating through statutory documentation and logging requirements.

Different systems.

Same burden.

You must be able to prove:

• What management knew
• When it knew it
• How it assessed applicability
• What action (or deferral) followed

Frameworks don’t fail companies.

Missing chronology does.

Your deal didn’t lose to a competitor.

It died in a conference room.

40–60% of B2B deals end in “no decision.”

Not lost.

Just never aligned.

At $10M–$50M ARR, most teams still sell to a champion.

But the real sale is to the committee.

If a deal is single-threaded beyond day 45, your forecast isn’t aggressive.

It’s structurally optimistic.

This week’s issue breaks down how elite teams prevent ghost pipeline.

Comment PLAYBOOK and I’ll send it.

At RECVentures, we help coaches and service providers build magnetic personal brand, attract qualified inbound leads, close high-ticket deals, and scale with organic systems — without paid ads.

We combine content, automation, funnels, and community to help you grow with authority and ease.

Problems We Solve:

Inconsistent or low-quality leads
Lack of authority in your niche
Offers that don’t convert
Manual outreach that doesn’t scale
Struggles with high-ticket closing

We Help You:

Build a magnetic personal brand
Attract leads organically
Craft high-converting funnels
Build & nurture an engaged community
Close high-ticket clients with confidence
Automate growth without complexity

Who It's For:

Coaches
Consultants
Service providers

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