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Aterous Group  ·  GTM Advisory

# Where GTM gets honest.

Insights on marketing, sales, and go-to-market strategy for cybersecurity and AI startups, written by practitioners who've lived it.

Most early-stage cyber and AI companies don't lack ambition. They lack GTM that actually resonates with the practitioners they're selling to. This is where we share what we're seeing, what works, and what doesn't. No fluff.

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Opinion & maverick

Most Cyber Startups Are Doing Demand Gen for the Wrong Buyer

ABM & Demand Gen [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/most-cyber-startups-are-doing-demand-gen-for-the-wrong-buyer)

The SDR Model Is Broken for Early-Stage Cyber Startups

Sales Motions [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-sdr-model-is-broken)

You're Not Doing ABM. You're Doing ABM Messaging.

ABM & Demand Gen [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/youre-not-doing-abm.-youre-doing-abm-messaging)

Stop the Spray. Start the Focus.

ICP & Account Strategy [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-the-spray.-start-the-focus)

Why Domain Expertise Is the Only GTM Advantage That Actually Compounds

Leadership [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/why-domain-expertise-is-the-only-gtm-advantage-that-actually-compounds)

Framework

The ICP Audit: How to Know Your Named Account List Is Already Wrong

ICP & Account Strategy [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-icp-audit)

How to Build an ABM Program That Isn't Just Costly Outbound

ABM & Demand Gen [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/how-to-build-abm-program)

The Founder-Led Sales Trap: When to Stay In and When to Step Back

Sales Motions [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/founder-led-sales-trap)

Build the Human Motion. Then Add the Tools.

Sales Motions [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/sdr-vs-ae-vs-founder-led-sales-when-to-make-the-shift)

The Messaging Problem

Messaging & Positioning [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-messaging-problem)

Your Named Account List Is Your GTM Strategy. Build It Like One.

ICP & Account Strategy [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/your-named-account-list-is-your-gtm-strategy.-build-it-like-one)

Applied / from the field

What Our Messaging Actually Sounded Like (Before and After)

Messaging & Positioning [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/what-our-messaging-actually-sounded-like)

Stop Praying. Start Forecasting.

Sales Motions [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-praying-start-forecasting)

Stop Clicking. Start With a Strategy. Then Set Up HubSpot.

GTM Ops [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-clicking-start-with-a-strategy-then-set-up-hubspot)

AI is the GTM Accelerator for Pre-Series B Startups.

GTM Ops [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/ai-is-the-gtm-accelerator-for-startups)

Personal

I'm Not Winding Down. I'm Just Getting Started.

Leadership [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/im-not-winding-down-im-just-getting-started)

More coming soon

Messaging & positioning

What Our Messaging Actually Sounded Like (Before and After)

Applied [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/what-our-messaging-actually-sounded-like)

The Messaging Problem

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-messaging-problem)

ICP & account strategy

The ICP Audit: How to Know Your Named Account List Is Already Wrong

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-icp-audit)

Your Named Account List Is Your GTM Strategy. Build It Like One.

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/your-named-account-list-is-your-gtm-strategy.-build-it-like-one)

Stop the Spray. Start the Focus.

Opinion [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-the-spray.-start-the-focus)

ABM & demand gen

Most Cyber Startups Are Doing Demand Gen for the Wrong Buyer

Opinion [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/most-cyber-startups-are-doing-demand-gen-for-the-wrong-buyer)

How to Build an ABM Program That Isn't Just Costly Outbound

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/how-to-build-abm-program)

You're Not Doing ABM. You're Doing ABM Messaging.

Opinion [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/youre-not-doing-abm.-youre-doing-abm-messaging)

Sales motions

The SDR Model Is Broken for Early-Stage Cyber Startups

Opinion [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/the-sdr-model-is-broken)

The Founder-Led Sales Trap: When to Stay In and When to Step Back

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/founder-led-sales-trap)

Build the Human Motion. Then Add the Tools.

Framework [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/sdr-vs-ae-vs-founder-led-sales-when-to-make-the-shift)

Stop Praying. Start Forecasting.

Applied [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-praying-start-forecasting)

GTM ops

Stop Clicking. Start With a Strategy. Then Set Up HubSpot.

Applied [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/stop-clicking-start-with-a-strategy-then-set-up-hubspot)

AI is the GTM Accelerator for Pre-Series B Startups.

Applied [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/ai-is-the-gtm-accelerator-for-startups)

Leadership

Why Domain Expertise Is the Only GTM Advantage That Actually Compounds

Opinion [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/why-domain-expertise-is-the-only-gtm-advantage-that-actually-compounds)

I'm Not Winding Down. I'm Just Getting Started.

Personal [Read →](https://aterous.com/aterous-blog/im-not-winding-down-im-just-getting-started)

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