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Case Study · Software · 2014 to 2017

A $6M software company,
scaled to a $70M+ exit.

Over a three-year engagement, The Deal Zone rebuilt the entire revenue motion: discovery, deal size, sales leadership, and operations. The result turned a promising product into a market leader.

IndustrySoftware Development
Engagement3 Years (2014 to 2017)
ScopeSales · Marketing · Operations
$70M+
Up from $6M in 2014
300%+
Increase in weekly discoveries
$750K
Avg deal, up from $50K
150
New full-time hires
+12%
Profitability improvement
The Challenge

A strong product, but a sales engine that couldn't scale.

In 2014, the company had real technology and roughly $6M in revenue, but growth had plateaued. The pipeline depended on just one or two discovery calls a week, deals averaged around $50K, and the founder was still the company's primary closer. There was no repeatable system to move larger, more complex deals through a predictable cycle.

To break through, the business needed three things at once: far more qualified discoveries, a dramatically larger average deal size, and the sales leadership and operational capacity to deliver on the growth without breaking.

The Approach

We deployed our full model, covering lead generation, CRM customization, sales methodology, and operational scaling, and embedded a sales leadership layer the company never had before.

Multi-channel lead generation Customized CRM & sequencing 3 full-time Sales VPs Enterprise deal strategy Digital marketing scale-up Operational hiring

Weekly discoveries climbed from 1 to 2 a week up to over 30, supported by three full-time sales VPs. We moved the company up-market, lifting the average deal from $50K toward $750K, while scaling digital marketing and lowering the cost of discovery, which improved profitability even as the team grew.

The Results

Three years. One transformation.

$70M+

Revenue

Grew from $6M in 2014 to over $70M by the end of the assignment in 2017.

300%+

Discovery volume

From 1 to 2 discoveries a week to over 30, across three full-time sales VPs.

$750K

Average deal size

Moved the company up-market from an average deal of roughly $50K.

150 FTE

New hires

Headcount growth driven directly by increased sales and operations.

+12%

Profitability

Improved by lowering the cost of discovery and scaling digital marketing.

3 yrs

Engagement length

A sustained partnership from 2014 through 2017, start to exit-scale.

Could your revenue curve look like this?

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