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GTM in The Age of AI: The Top 10 Learnings from ICONIQ’s 2025 B2B SaaS Report

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ICONIQ’s latest report, surveying 205 GTM executives in April 2025 , reveals a market splitting in two: AI-forward companies pulling dramatically ahead while traditional SaaS companies struggle with flat growth, longer sales cycles, and declining conversion rates. vs $8.7K), and dramatically leaner operations.

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AI-Native GTM Teams Run 38% Leaner: The New Normal?

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It’s just … so many of the AI leaders seem to be doing it with less GTM headcount. Cursor built a $400M business with what appears to be a skeleton GTM team. But the data suggests otherwise—companies with high AI adoption actually show lower late renewal rates (23% vs 25%) and higher quota attainment (61% vs 56%).

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The State of SaaS Go-to-Market with Theory Ventures General Partner Tomasz Tunguz

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Then Mark Roberge , former Hubspot CRO, wrote The Sales Acceleration Formula with deep insights into quota structures. 3: Payback Periods + Quotas Have Jointly Increased The number of months required to recoup the cost of customer acquisition has increased by 12% on average, which is linear with the increase in sales cycles.

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How marketing fuels the shift from problem-market fit to product-market fit

Martech

As performance becomes harder to predict, Emma is caught in a whirlwind of soaring CPAs, long “gap-close meetings,” and the desperate need to meet ever-higher quotas. While marketing focuses on developing awareness and customer preference, GTM aims to shorten the distance between the product or service and the customer.

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From Flip-Flops to a $500M Exit as CRO: Lessons Learned from Taking a Startup From $0 to a Successful Exit with Martin Roth

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Martin emphasizes the importance of maintaining enough quota coverage to meet revenue targets while accounting for factors like rep attrition and ramp time. Listen to Martin explain more context around this in episode 125 of The GTM Podcast.

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Just How Long Does The Average CMO and CRO Last? The Data From 14,000 Execs

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Key Insights: GTM roles have 32% annual turnover (CMOs) and 32% annual turnover (CROs) This means roughly 1 in 3 CMOs and CROs turn over every single year Compare this to CEOs (4.3-year years) Even VP-level GTM roles struggle: VP of Sales (2.0 The CRO who lasted exactly one quota cycle before getting shown the door.

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How task automation streamlines go-to-market strategies

Highspot

Key Takeaways Leveraging go-to-market (GTM) task automation can ensure more on-time follow-ups with personalized content delivery to high-value prospects in your sales pipeline. Sales reps who leverage task automation tools and AI are more likely to meet quota. Task automation doesn’t just help at a micro level.