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Revenue thinking.
No filler.

Practical analysis on where B2B revenue leaks, how to find it, and what to do when you do. Written by operators, not content marketers.

CAC
Sales systems
Your CAC is a lagging indicator. Here's what to track instead.

CAC tells you what happened six months ago. These three leading indicators tell you what's happening in your pipeline right now — and where the next problem will emerge.

Sep 2026
6 min read
NRR
Retention
Net revenue retention below 100% is not a CS problem.

Most founders blame customer success when NRR drops. The real cause is almost always further upstream — in onboarding, product fit, or the original sale. Here's how to read the signal correctly.

Aug 2026
7 min read
MQL
RevOps
The MQL is dead. What to use instead.

Marketing qualified leads were a useful concept in 2012. In 2026, they create perverse incentives and mask the real conversion problem. Three better frameworks — and how to implement them without burning your CRM down.

Jul 2026
9 min read
ARR
Pricing
Why cost-plus pricing is quietly destroying your margin.

If you set prices by adding a margin to your costs, you're leaving significant revenue on the table — and you'll never know exactly how much. Value-based pricing isn't just a philosophy; it's a methodology.

Jun 2026
5 min read
CRM
Case study
How a $12M professional services firm recovered $1.8M in lost pipeline.

The firm didn't have a lead problem. They had a follow-up problem — 34% of qualified proposals were going cold with no second contact. Here's what we found and how we fixed it in 60 days.

May 2026
11 min read
ICP
Sales systems
The ICP problem: why most B2B companies are targeting the wrong customers.

Most ICP documents are marketing artefacts, not operational tools. Here's how to build a customer profile that actually changes who your sales team calls — and how they open those conversations.

Apr 2026
8 min read