The Science of Scaling
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The Science of Scaling shares practical founder lessons on startup strategy, product-market fit, board communication, and the realities of scaling a business.
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Prospecting & outreach
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10-step discovery call framework for closing mid-market deals
The Science of Scaling
May 14, 2026
Your demo doesn't lose deals — your discovery call does.
Map the prospect's full business before touching your pitch.
Lock in the next meeting live on the call, never by email.
Long-term planning
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Making better decisions under uncertainty: four practical anchors
The Science of Scaling
May 7, 2026
Long-term planning
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Goal setting
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Your gut replays the past — always check what's different now
Treat prolonged uncertainty as the new normal, not a moment
Research and analysis are two distinct steps, not one
How Clay built a $5 billion company with go-to-market engineers
The Science of Scaling
April 30, 2026
B2B sales
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Case studies
7
Automation & tools
6
GTM engineers build automated systems to find and close customers
Two-team structure: internal pipeline builders and forward-deployed sellers
Clay hit $100M ARR by deploying engineers who speak the buyer's language
Objection handling
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What brain scans reveal about persuasion, trust, and influence
The Science of Scaling
April 23, 2026
Objection handling
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Communication
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Copywriting
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Disagreement shuts down brain encoding — start with common ground instead.
Stories persuade more reliably than data and graphs alone.
Agency over ideas and choices dramatically increases commitment and reduces objections.
Hiring & recruitment
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Hiring the right sales leader for your startup's growth stage
The Science of Scaling
April 16, 2026
Hiring & recruitment
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B2B sales
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The skills needed at $6M are useless at $50M.
Hire for the next two years, not the whole journey.
When you miss, check product and demand gen before blaming sales.
Objection handling
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Cold call objections are context gaps, not rejections
The Science of Scaling
April 9, 2026
Every cold call objection signals missing context, not disinterest.
Four objections cover 90% of calls: time, competitor, budget, authority.
Get the gatekeeper to introduce you to their boss — never go back in cold.
Pitching investors
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How sales principles applied to fundraising improve investor close rates
The Science of Scaling
April 2, 2026
Pitching investors
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Fundraising & VC
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Most founders pitch before qualifying — killing their close rate.
Ask VCs about their fund first; let them reveal their thesis.
Wrong-fit investors who say yes are worse than a pass.
Sales systems & CRM
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How to run daily sales film reviews to accelerate go-to-market fit
The Science of Scaling
March 26, 2026
Sales systems & CRM
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Management
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AI strategy & adoption
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Daily film reviews compress go-to-market learning by months, not days
Early-stage reviews build the playbook; later-stage reviews coach reps individually
AI will soon replace managers for call analysis and rep skill diagnosis
Why Most Startup Revenue Plans Break Before Q2
The Science of Scaling
March 19, 2026
Processes & SOPs
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Sales systems & CRM
8
Cash flow management
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Top-down headcount math ignores ramp, attrition, and hiring lag
New reps take three to four months to produce revenue, not one
Plan for 10–20% attrition or you will end the year understaffed
AI tools & automation
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Use ChatGPT to Write Better Cold Outreach in Minutes
The Science of Scaling
March 12, 2026
AI tools & automation
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Prospecting & outreach
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Research the account before prompting; AI needs context, not guesswork.
Negative CTAs ('would you be opposed to…') outperform positive ones.
AI drafts faster but human editing is always the mandatory final step.
How to build demand gen at each stage of startup growth
The Science of Scaling
March 5, 2026
Growth hacking
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Niche selection
6
Your personal network beats any paid channel at product market fit
Copying a past-career channel without checking your buyer context kills traction
Every channel saturates — multi-channel is mandatory to reach scale
Hiring & recruitment
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Why your best sales rep will likely make a poor manager
The Science of Scaling
February 26, 2026
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
8
Outsourcing & delegation
5
Top rep skills and great coaching skills are inversely correlated.
A structured three-step audition lets candidates self-select out early.
Skipping the promoted rep creates a flight risk — build an IC ladder.
How top BDRs structure their day to hit quota consistently
The Science of Scaling
February 19, 2026
Case studies
10
Business models
8
Goal setting
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BDRs fail from no structure, not laziness
Morning dial blocks get the best connect rates
Reflection at day's end turns activity into improvement
How to run a board meeting that builds trust, not smoke screens
The Science of Scaling
February 12, 2026
Communication
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Pitching investors
8
Automation & tools
5
Boards see through spin every time — own the miss instead.
Send the deck 24 hours early; spend 90 seconds, not 10 minutes, presenting.
AI can now surface real close/loss reasons, removing human bias from board decks.
How to build a data-driven sales coaching culture
The Science of Scaling
February 5, 2026
Management
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Prospecting & outreach
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Teams coaching 2+ hours per week hit 107% quota — others hit 90%
Missed quota is a manager accountability failure, not just a rep failure
Reps who self-diagnose their coaching plan are more bought-in and less likely to churn