Use Cases

The Problems We Solve

Every engagement starts with a specific, diagnosable revenue problem. Here's where ACE GTM Advisors delivers the most impact.

01
The Problem

Your Forecast Is a Fiction

The board deck says $4.2M. Your CRM says $6.1M. Your VP of Sales says "we'll be fine." Nobody trusts the number, and every quarter ends with a fire drill that burns out your best reps.

  • Forecast variance exceeds 20% quarter over quarter
  • Pipeline stages are undefined or used inconsistently
  • Reps sandbag or inflate depending on the audience
  • Board meetings become damage control sessions
What We Build

Board-Level Forecast Accuracy

We rebuild your pipeline architecture from first principles — stage definitions tied to buyer behavior, exit criteria enforced by automation, and a multi-signal forecasting model that gives leadership one number they can trust.

The result isn't a prettier dashboard. It's a forecasting system that consistently lands within 5% of actual — the kind of precision that changes how boards, investors, and leadership teams make decisions.

99% Forecast Accuracy Pipeline Stage Rigor Board-Ready Reporting
02
The Problem

You're Leaking Revenue After the Close

New logos are coming in, but net revenue retention is underwater. Churn outpaces expansion. CS doesn't have the signals to act early, and handoffs from Sales to Success are a black hole where context goes to die.

  • NRR below 100% with no clear root cause
  • No structured handoff between Sales and CS
  • Renewal risks surface 30 days before expiry — not 90
  • Expansion opportunities are invisible to the team
What We Build

A Retention Engine That Expands Revenue

We design the post-sale system — health scoring, usage-triggered alerts, structured handoffs with full deal context, and expansion playbooks built into your CRM. Your CS team stops guessing who's at risk and starts acting on data.

Companies we've worked with have turned sub-100% NRR into 115%+ within three quarters by fixing the system, not adding headcount.

NRR Turnaround Health Scoring Automated Handoffs
03
The Problem

Your Stack Has More Tools Than Answers

You're spending $300K+ on GTM tools, but reps still export CSVs into spreadsheets to get a straight answer. Each team bought their favorite tool. Nobody owns the architecture. Data lives in silos, and "single source of truth" is a joke nobody laughs at anymore.

  • Overlapping tools doing 30% of the same job
  • No single owner of the GTM tech stack
  • Integrations are duct-taped together with Zapier chains
  • Reps distrust CRM data and build shadow systems
What We Build

A Rationalized, Integrated Stack

We audit every tool against actual usage, overlap, and value delivered. Then we consolidate — cutting spend without cutting capability. What remains gets properly integrated: clean data flow, native connections, and a governance model that prevents the bloat from returning.

One engagement cut $300K from the annual GTM stack spend with zero lost functionality and faster rep workflows.

Stack Rationalization $300K+ Saved Clean Integrations
04
The Problem

Due Diligence Will Expose Your Revenue Engine

You're 12–18 months from an exit, acquisition, or PE raise. The topline looks good, but underneath it, your CRM is a mess, cohort data is unreliable, and nobody can explain the CAC-to-LTV story with confidence. Buyers will find out — and it will cost you on the multiple.

  • Historical cohort and retention data is unreconstructable
  • Unit economics are estimated, not measured
  • No documented revenue process or system architecture
  • Board reporting depends on manual Excel models
What We Build

An Exit-Ready Revenue Foundation

We clean the data, formalize the process, and build the reporting infrastructure that tells a clear, defensible story. Cohort analysis, pipeline velocity, CAC payback, NRR trends — all automated, all auditable, all in your CRM.

We've supported a $100M+ acquisition where the clean revenue data and process documentation directly contributed to buyer confidence and a stronger valuation.

M&A Readiness Auditable Data Valuation Defense
05
The Problem

Marketing, Sales, and CS Are Running Different Playbooks

Marketing celebrates MQLs that Sales ignores. Sales closes deals that CS can't retain. Everyone has their own definition of ICP, their own dashboards, and their own version of what "good" looks like. The revenue team isn't a team — it's three departments that share a Slack workspace.

  • Lead-to-opportunity conversion below 15%
  • Sales and Marketing blame each other for pipeline gaps
  • No shared definition of ICP, lifecycle stage, or qualified lead
  • Each team reports different numbers for the same metric
What We Build

A Unified GTM Operating Model

We align the entire revenue team around shared definitions, shared data, and shared goals. That means one ICP framework, one lifecycle model, one lead scoring system, and one set of dashboards that everyone trusts. The system enforces the alignment — not a quarterly all-hands.

When Marketing, Sales, and CS operate from the same playbook, pipeline velocity increases, conversion rates climb, and finger-pointing disappears.

GTM Alignment Unified Definitions 2x Pipeline Velocity
06
The Problem

What Got You Here Won't Get You There

You crossed $3M ARR on grit and hustle. Now you're hiring your third AE, Marketing is running real campaigns, and the systems that worked with five reps are cracking at fifteen. Territories overlap, routing is manual, and onboarding a new rep takes 90 days because nothing is documented.

  • New rep ramp time exceeds 6 months
  • Territory and account assignment is ad hoc
  • No repeatable sales process documented in the CRM
  • Growth is adding headcount, not building leverage
What We Build

A Revenue Engine Built for the Next Stage

We architect the system for where you're going, not where you are. That means automated territory assignment, lead routing that scales, a CRM-embedded sales process, and onboarding playbooks that cut ramp time in half. Growth becomes a function of the system — not individual heroics.

The companies that scale efficiently don't just add people. They build infrastructure that makes every new hire productive faster and every dollar of spend more efficient.

50% Faster Ramp Scalable Process Automated Routing
Who This Is For

You'll Get the Most Value If You're...

A Founder or CEO

You know the revenue engine needs to be rebuilt, but you don't have the internal expertise to design it right. You need a partner who's done this before.

A CRO or VP of Sales

Your team is executing, but the system underneath them isn't keeping up. You need infrastructure that matches your ambition — not another admin hire.

A RevOps Leader of One

You're the only RevOps person and you're drowning in tickets. You need strategic help to design the system so you can stop firefighting and start building.

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