Most marketers are about to have a bad year

Many just don't know it yet.

Feb 24 • Martin 🏹

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Your pitch was fine. Your org chart was wrong.

A former Google partnerships lead on what 10 years of vendor pitches taught her about how deals actually get signed.

Feb 17 • Martin 🏹 and Loretta

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January 2026

Great meeting. No reply.

What killed your deal while you were celebrating.

Jan 13 • Martin 🏹

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December 2025

I almost quit twice

A year of skipping the fairytales.

Dec 30, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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Early-stage marketing budgets

How much should I spend on marketing?

Dec 2, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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November 2025

If my work looks simple, I'm replaceable

The dashboard nobody opens

Nov 11, 2025

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October 2025

Every startup needs a designated hater

Someone who rips bad ideas before they escape into the world.

Oct 7, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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August 2025

Recharge. Rethink. Re-read.

My thoughts on growth, AI, and startup messiness.

Aug 5, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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July 2025

The job ad that promised death

It was cold, brutal, and honest. It also built one of the greatest teams in history.

Jul 29, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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Compound Engineering with Claude Code

How Every builds 100x engineers using Claude Code and AI agents

Jul 22, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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Burn the dashboard

Why the death of tracking might be the best thing to happen to marketing in a decade.

Jul 15, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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Why being broke makes you smarter

The brutal clarity that comes when you’ve got no money to fool yourself.

Jul 8, 2025 • Martin 🏹

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