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GTM Playbook

Your TAM isn’t just brand-dependent. It’s

Most teams define TAM by logo count. “We already sell to CAVA.”“We’re trying to land Blaze.”“We have inroads at Freddy’s.” But in restaurant tech, selling to a brand isn’t binary....
Aug 11, 2025

August 11, 2025 0
GTM Playbook

How restaurants buy: The structural matrix that shapes your GTM

Most restaurant tech GTM plans are great… until they’re not. You’ve got the right pricing. Your reps are trained. You’re playing by the quadrant rules from Part 1, where we mapped your...
Jul 21, 2025

July 21, 2025 0
GTM Playbook

The 2×2 matrix that shapes restaurant tech

Most GTM problems in restaurant tech aren’t due to bad reps or weak product.They come down to one thing: misalignment between how you sell and how restaurants buy. This is part one of a 3-part...
Jun 30, 2025

June 30, 2025 0
GTM Playbook

Most churn targets for restaurant tech companies are

Over the past seven years, I’ve had the privilege of consulting with some of the top B2B companies in the restaurant tech industry. This experience has given me a front-row seat to the inner...
Sep 23, 2024

September 23, 2024 0
GTM Playbook

Restaurant tech needs to slow

Innovation in the restaurant tech space is accelerating, which is undoubtedly a net-positive for the overall industry. There’s an unfortunate byproduct of this ongoing innovation, though, and...
Mar 27, 2024

March 27, 2024 0
GTM Playbook

What would the “goodest” restaurant tech quota look

“Great leaders would never sacrifice the people to save the numbers. They would sooner sacrifice the numbers to save the people.” When Simon Sinek talks about great leaders, he’s not wrong....
Dec 5, 2023

December 5, 2023 0
GTM Playbook

Certain restaurant tech quotas are really

If you’re in SaaS sales, you know quotas are the lifeblood of revenue growth. For most sales professionals in the restaurant tech industry, quotas are typically MRR or ARR bookings measured...
Nov 21, 2023

November 21, 2023 0
GTM Playbook

3 tips for crafting emails that cold-pitch SaaS to restaurants (and

“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter email.” Sorry, Mark Twain. I just couldn’t resist. Selling to restaurants is not easy, and is not for the faint of heart. This industry has a...
Oct 10, 2023

October 10, 2023 0
GTM Playbook

There are only 2 GTM strategies for restaurant tech

Are you Olo or are you Toast? It might seem weird, however *that* is the question. In the 15 years I’ve spent obsessing over restaurant tech GTM strategy, I’ve become more and more convinced...
Sep 26, 2023

September 26, 2023 0
GTM Playbook

List purchase is ruining your

Purchasing lists has been the “go-to” for restaurant tech go-to-market (GTM) strategies. But can modern SaaS companies really depend on flat files to generate nimble GTMs? The short answer is no,...
Aug 29, 2023

August 29, 2023 0