EPISODE · Oct 24, 2025 · 36 MIN
🇩🇪 Beyond the funnel: building modern revenue architecture for sustainable growth
from Beyond Revenue – Narratives of Revenue Leaders [with Michael Jäger] · host Cremanski and Company
Markus Kieslich joins Michael to unpack how to drive go-to-market strategies from classic “new logo” obsession to a lifecycle, system-first revenue architecture. Together they cover moving from hero sellers to repeatable systems, why Customer Success must be proactive (not reactive), and how RevOps + OKRs create the backbone for sustainable ARR.You’ll learn:The shift from funnel thinking to recurring impact across the customer lifecycleBuilding a system over superstars: clear entry/exit criteria, handoffs, and shared ownershipThe KPIs that align everyone: generated pipeline value (vs. MQL vanity), expansion vs. new logo mixStanding up proactive Customer Success and fixing incentives & comp to match LTV goalsHow to run cross-functional campaigns (AE + SDR + CS + Marketing + Product) with real ownershipUsing OKRs to replace siloed, short-term targets and drive outcomes, not activitiesWhere AI helps GTM today (content, data prep, automation) and where humans are indispensableWhy RevOps is the prerequisite for AI and scale: data quality, governance, and processGuest: Markus Kieslich, CRO
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Markus Kieslich joins Michael to unpack how to drive go-to-market strategies from classic “new logo” obsession to a lifecycle, system-first revenue architecture. Together they cover moving from hero sellers to repeatable systems, why Customer Success must be proactive (not reactive), and how RevOps + OKRs create the backbone for sustainable ARR.You’ll learn:The shift from funnel thinking to recurring impact across the customer lifecycleBuilding a system over superstars: clear entry/exit criteria, handoffs, and shared ownershipThe KPIs that align everyone: generated pipeline value (vs. MQL vanity), expansion vs. new logo mixStanding up proactive Customer Success and fixing incentives & comp to match LTV goalsHow to run cross-functional campaigns (AE + SDR + CS + Marketing + Product) with real ownershipUsing OKRs to replace siloed, short-term targets and drive outcomes, not activitiesWhere AI helps GTM today (content, data prep, automation) and where humans are indispensableWhy RevOps is the prerequisite for AI and scale: data quality, governance, and processGuest: Markus Kieslich, CRO
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