Mark Deacon

The GTM Playbook Podcast

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The GTM Playbook Podcast gives founders and go-to-market leaders a front-row seat to how today’s fastest-growing SaaS and AI companies scale. Each episode, host Mark Deacon sits down with founders and leaders scaling the next generation of SaaS and AI companies. Together, they unpack the actual playbooks—what’s working, what’s not, and the lessons that only come from being in the trenches.

Author

Mark Deacon

Category

Business

Podcast website

riverside.com

Latest episode

Jun 9, 2026

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Episodes

Why Most GTM Teams Are Doing It Wrong (And What Actually Works) 09.06.2026

AI outbound expert Josh Fryszer on why most GTM teams are getting it wrong, how to find the right buyer at the right time with the right message, and the workflows actually driving pipeline in 2026.

How He Scaled to $400M ARR. And What He’s Building Next 28.04.2026

Zain Jaffer scaled Vungle to $400M+ revenue and a $780M exit to Blackstone, then stepped away into investing before jumping back into the founder seat. Now, he’s building Blazel, an AI-native platform helping founders turn personal brand into pipeline as GTM shifts from brand-led to founder-led distribution. This episode breaks down what’s actually changed in GTM since his first company, why most...

Stripe's GTM Leader Reveals His Playbook Behind The Numbers 24.03.2026

Varun Bhandarkar is the Head of Startups, SMB, and Mid-Market across Southeast Asia at Stripe, one of the highest-valued private companies on the planet. Before Stripe, he spent six years at HubSpot, where he built and led the top-performing customer success team in the company globally during 2020. He brings a rare combination of product-led and sales-led GTM experience at genuine scale. In this...

What High-Performing Teams Do Differently to Find and Hire Top Talent. 10.02.2026

Maddie Jones, founder of Talent X, has worked with founders and GTM leaders at fast-growing companies to fix one of the most underestimated growth problems: hiring the wrong people. With a background far outside traditional recruiting, she brings a performance-first lens to how teams are built and scaled. In this episode, Maddie breaks down why CVs, pedigree, and brand-name experience are weak pre...

The Post-Sale Mistake That Locks in Churn Early 19.01.2026

Daniel Zarick is the CEO and co-founder of Arrows and was the second product manager at Twilio. He has spent his career studying what happens after deals close and why most SaaS growth breaks down post-sale. In this conversation, Daniel explains how those lessons shaped Arrows and why onboarding is one of the most overlooked growth levers in modern SaaS. We break down why churn is often locked in...

Inside the GTM Engine Powering One of the Fastest-Growing AI Startups 15.12.2025

Second-time founder Jacob Banks breaks down how Sophiie AI is growing at 30% month-on-month in one of the most crowded AI markets. Drawing on lessons from scaling Service.com.au into a leading service marketplace, he explains how those experiences shaped Sophiie’s go-to-market strategy, pricing, and team structure. In this episode, Jacob goes deep on the GTM mechanics driving Sophiie’s growth — in...

HubSpot's $2.6B ARR Growth Playbook Revealed 27.11.2025

HubSpot’s SVP of Product and Head of AI, Nicholas Holland, reveals the real drivers that scaled the company to $2.6B ARR, their new AI intiatives, and how they're rethinking GTM for the AI era.

How to Automate Your Entire GTM Stack Through One Interface 09.11.2025

Zams CEO Nirman Dave on building “The AI Command Center for B2B Sales Teams” and rewriting the GTM playbook for the autonomous era.

Ex-Googler Builds Next-Gen Voice AI Onboarding Agent 31.10.2025

Ex-Google Head of Startup Growth Mantas Aleksiejevas on building an in-product, voice-guided AI onboarding agent, why tooltips are dead, and the GTM plays scaling Cor.

How 11x is Replacing SaaS with AI Agents 20.10.2025

11x CEO, Prabhav Jain, on building autonomous coworkers, raising $70M, and the GTM org of the future.

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