Join Nancy Ridge Founder of Ridge Innovative and Greg Sarafin for a great conversation rethinking GTM, from product push to platform power! 

Greg is the CEO of Sarafin Advisory, a firm that helps C-Suites and Boards navigate the opportunities and threats presented by the exponential growth of technology and AI.  Greg is four decades into a career that has included senior leadership roles at Razorfish, BearingPoint, IBM, and EY.

Index
•	00:53 – Greg Sarafin’s Background
•	01:42 – Unpacking the GTM Fallacy: It's Not Just Marketing or Sales
•	04:21 – Selling vs. Enabling: Rethinking the Role of Sales
•	17:47 – Moats Are Shifting—Is GTM Your New Defensible Edge?
•	23:41 – When You're Not the Platform: Evolving Beyond Traditional Channels
•	30:23 – From Founder to Flounder: The GTM Missteps to Skip
•	35:14 – The innovation Greg would most like to see gain adoption 

Links –
•	Greg Sarafin LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsarafin/ 

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