What we do
Who we serve
How we work
Who we are
Insights
Exploring fitClient login

Buying complexity.

Measure your market on contract value, sales cycle and decision-makers, and see whether it calls for conventional demand generation or the model we run.

We have reached whole buying groups for our clients at companies like these

A curved white facade with blue glass bands

Where your market sits.

Enter your own figures for an indicative assessment.

$
months

An indication only: fit is assessed in diligence before any engagement.

Measures past the conventional range

0/3

  • Annual contract valueHigh five figures, six figures and above
  • Sales cycleTwo months or more
  • Decision-makersThree or more

All three measures sit in complex-market territory.

An annual contract value of high five figures, six figures and above, a sales cycle of two to twelve months or more and three to fifteen or more decision-makers: the market our work is built for.

Nothing you enter is stored or sent.

How the tool works.

What it measures

How far your market sits from the conditions the conventional, volume-led model was built for. It counts how many of three measures pass the line: annual contract value, the sales cycle and the number of decision-makers.

The inputs

Annual contract value, what one new client is worth in a year; sales cycle, the months from first conversation to signature; and decision-makers, everyone whose agreement the decision needs. Nothing you enter is stored or sent.

How to read the result

Each measure is ticked as it passes the line: contract value of high five figures, six figures and above; a cycle of two months or more; three or more decision-makers. None ticked, the conventional model fits; one or two, part of your market has passed the line; all three, complex-market territory.

A worked example, in illustrative figures

Illustrative figures, not a client: a contract worth $250,000 a year, a six-month sales cycle and six decision-makers. All three measures pass the line, so the result is three of three: the market our work is built for.

How the two models compare.

The same three measures under each model: where one moves past the conventional range, the economics change.

Read our thesis
01The challenge

Annual contract value

A larger contract draws closer scrutiny, and every opportunity costs more to develop.

Conventional model: small to mid-ticket

How we address it

Complex markets: high five figures, six figures and above.

  • One client can justify a dedicated channel
  • Precision matters more than volume
See where the tier begins
02The challenge

Sales cycle

A longer cycle means the same account has to be worked well, and patiently, for months.

Conventional model: two to six weeks

How we address it

Complex markets: two to twelve months or more.

  • Judged on pipeline milestones, not a quarter
  • Effort sustained across the cycle
Read what changes each quarter
03The challenge

Decision-makers

A wider group means the case has to be made several times, to people who weigh it differently.

Conventional model: one or two

How we address it

Complex markets: three to fifteen or more.

  • The case made to every member
  • No single contact decides alone
Read why the group is the customer

Who sits in the buying group the tool counts.

The people who can move the decision, not the most visible name.

  1. 01
    The economic buyerWho can commit the spend.
  2. 02
    The functional sponsorWho carries the case inside.
  3. 03
    The operatorsWho will use what is bought.
  4. 04
    One title awayWho opens the path to them.

How the whole group is reached.

A larger group is not approached at greater volume: each member is reached on a plan written for the mandate type, and on the standards you set.

See market access
Clear glass panes crossing at angles on Navy

Each plan rests on a playbook written for the mandate type and the whole buying group. It sets the order in which members are approached and the evidence each needs to see.

Each decision-maker is approached where and how they prefer: directly, through a warm introduction or through a partner channel. Seniority and prior response decide which.

A group is not reached in a single message. Each decision-maker is approached in stages, with the channel selected for each contact.

Messaging and compliance guardrails govern every approach before anything reaches the market. You set the standards, and our team enforces them.

Outcomes our clients have already secured.

See every result
Tiered library galleries, blue ironwork

Education · 90 days

An education technology company generates 373+ qualified opportunities.

The challenge

It needed to reach schools and PTOs within a strict timeline, the fall and spring windows, with limited availability.

What we built

  • Staged approaches to each decision-maker, within the fall and spring windows
  • Messaging developed for schools, PTOs and librarians
  • A pipeline of qualified opportunities, built within the term

The outcome

Within ninety days, 373+ qualified opportunities and a $4.85M pipeline, inside the windows the school year allows.

Read the case
373+Qualified opportunities
$4.85MPipeline
90Days, within the school windows

Results from one completed ninety-day mandate. The figures describe work already done.

Two amber glass towers either side of a gap of white sky

Two companies are screened, never mixed.

Before an engagement begins, two companies are screened: yours, whose customer economics decide whether the engagement works, and the account you want to win.

For that account, size matters only where it changes the ability to buy, the urgency or whether you can serve it.

  • Size and profile thresholds tied to the ability to buy
  • Why now: regulation, expansion, a capital project or financing
  • Your own screen kept apart from the account’s

Reading the result.

What do the thresholds stand for?

The conventional model works for small to mid-ticket deals, cycles of two to six weeks and one or two people deciding. The tool counts how many of your three measures sit past that range.

Does one measure past the line change the model?

Often it does. Each movement is a cost carried for the full length of the cycle, and the model is priced for none of them.

Whose figures should we use?

Those of the clients you want to win, not an average. A blended figure can hide the strategic relationships your next mandate should pursue.

Does the result tell us whether we are a fit?

No. Fit also depends on a reachable market and an offer clients already buy. Those questions are assessed in diligence, at no cost.

More on how sophisticated buyers decide.

Glass towers looking straight up to a cloud-flecked sky

Perspectives

In a small market, reputation is the scarce resource

When buyers are few enough to name, restraint becomes an advantage.

Read the article
Dark glass towers against deep blue sky

Who we serve

Who we work with

Established B2B companies where one new client carries significant value.

See who we work with

How we work

Our commitment

Accepted qualified opportunities, not meetings booked.

See our commitment

Discuss where your market sits.

Tell us how your buyers decide, how long a sale takes and what one client is worth. Where there is alignment, we begin with a working session.

Diligence at no cost

We assess whether your market can deliver before any engagement.

A clear answer on fit

If your market cannot deliver, we tell you early, and why.

A draft scope

Where there is alignment, initial drafts for your team to review.