Direct Ascent is the scalability platform for Go to Market teams.

Align everything from leads through closed deals, staffing and budgeting.

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Platform Overview

GTM Design

Generate a full-funnel GTM model that covers leads through closed deals.

Staffing & Capacity Planning

Consider sales rep attainment, hiring, ramp, and attrition to achieve desired targets.

Complete Budgeting

Incorporate all of the human, systems, and other expenses necessary to build an operating plan.

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Operational Reporting

Provide actionable insights and recommendations to recurring reviews of hiring, investment, QBRs.

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Problems Solved / Value Proposition

Achieve Organizational Alignment

Integrate upstream and downstream dependencies to foster shared accountability for the customer journey.

Rebalance Headcount

Add resources where attainment is exceeding expectations.

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Optimize Marketing and Demand Gen Spend

Reduce spending where monetization is low and direct $’s where growth can accelerate.

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Guide Operations

Align operational activities to your ICP, shorter payback periods, higher CLTV/CAC, etc.

Use Cases

Go To Market Use Cases

Finance Use Cases

  • Provide cohort and customer economic analysis.
  • Validate Go To Market models with real-time data from the field and operations.
  • Enable dynamic planning to support more agile decision-making on headcount and expenses.
  • Direct incremental investment to scalable growth endeavors.
  • Establish guardrails for the customer engagement model.

Investor Diligence Use Cases

  • Get BoD sign off on your operating plan for the new fiscal year.
  • Support new investor financial and operational diligence to secure future financing.
  • Prove that your GTM motions are scalable.
  • Highlight the attractiveness of your business model to support a higher valuation.
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Our Background

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We have led companies ranging from $0M to multiple $B’s of revenue.
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Our team has found that the challenges of scaling a business are similar, no matter the size or maturation of a company.
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We are a venture capital-backed company headquartered in the SF Bay Area.