90-day market fit call
International expansion EUROPE-BASED · SINCE 2010 · $30M–$500M ARR

Entering a new market isn't translation. It's a new go-to-market.

We help $30M–$500M ARR B2B companies launch into new regions, rebuilding ICP, message, and offer for how that market actually buys, then running the demand and infrastructure that turn the hypothesis into a defensible pipeline.

Trusted by revenue teams at

Trek Travel EnviroKlenz Kustomer Smart Meetings Density unblu X-Pole Obsev DailyFeed RLM Public Relations Ecole Etre BuzzRipple Trek Travel EnviroKlenz Kustomer Smart Meetings Density unblu X-Pole Obsev DailyFeed RLM Public Relations Ecole Etre BuzzRipple
  • 40+ Market entries delivered
  • 90 days To a kill/scale decision
  • 15+ years European B2B GTM
  • Operators, not consultants
  • Fixed 90-day proof engagement
  • We embed alongside your first in-region hire
  • Then hand over, no forever-retainers
WHAT BREAKS FIRST

You already know the product works. The market doesn't, yet.

Founder / CEO

You know the product works. You can't tell if the market wants it, yet.

Home revenue is proof of demand somewhere. It isn't proof of demand here. Without evidence of how this market buys, who signs, what triggers a switch, what they're already using, every quarter of investment is a guess dressed as a plan.

GO-TO-MARKET LEADERSHIP

The message that lands at home falls flat abroad.

The pain is real in the new market, but they don't describe it the way your home buyers do. Your copy answers a question they aren't asking, so every campaign underperforms and you can't tell if it's the channel, the offer, or the message.

SALES LEADERSHIP

Reps who crushed at home aren't closing here.

Cycles run longer, decision-making sits with a different role, procurement asks new questions. The playbook that made your team predictable at home leaves them improvising, and your forecast becomes a story instead of a system.

OPERATIONS / RUNWAY

You're burning a country's worth of budget on a hypothesis.

Entity, hires, agencies, tools, events. Costs land in month one; revenue takes four quarters to move. Without a way to prove or kill the market inside 90 days, you commit for a year and learn what won't work only after the money is spent.

COMPLIANCE / LEGAL / IT

The blocker nobody scopes: compliance, legal review, and data residency.

This is the most overlooked gap in international expansion, and the #1 blocker for a $30M–$500M ARR company entering a new region or a regulated vertical. GDPR and EU data residency, sector rules in fintech and healthtech, entity and tax setup, local hosting. Legal review lands in month two and stalls the launch you already staffed.

DATA / RevOps

Your reporting stack was built for one region.

A second region usually means a second currency, a second tax regime, multi-entity reporting, and a localized CRM and site instance. The real question isn't whether you can launch, it's whether your data and reporting stack can carry a second region without breaking unified reporting.

SALES + MARKETING

The same misalignment, repeated in every new region.

The buying committee, the trigger events, and the objections all differ by region. Expansion means mapping the buying group for the new market, not localizing the messaging built for the old one. Skip that and sales and marketing align around a buyer who doesn't exist here.

THE METHOD · 5 PHASES · ~16 WEEKS

A market you can defend on the board slide.

PHASE MAP KICKOFF → HANDOVER
  1. PHASE 01WEEKS 1–3 · DISCOVER

    Signal, not translation.

    20+ interviews with real buyers and category-adjacent losers in-region. We surface the words they use, the trigger events that create urgency, and the incumbents you're actually up against, not the ones your home team assumes.

  2. PHASE 02WEEKS 3–6 · POSITION

    Rebuild the offer for this market.

    New ICP with size, sector, buying committee and disqualifiers. Positioning, message, homepage/landing pages, and pricing tuned to how this market decides, including what to package differently vs. home.

  3. PHASE 03WEEKS 5–10 · INFRASTRUCTURE

    Build the machine before the traffic.

    CRM properties, lifecycle stages, lead scoring, outbound sequences, and reporting tuned to the new ICP. Content system, briefs, and calendar. When demand arrives, nothing leaks.

  4. PHASE 04WEEKS 8–14 · DEMAND

    Turn the taps on, narrow and measurable.

    Outbound at 30–50 targeted accounts/week, paid social against the new positioning, and 2–3 anchor content pieces. One channel proven before we open the next. Cost-per-qualified-meeting on the wall by week 12.

  5. PHASE 05WEEKS 12–16 · HANDOVER

    We build the system, then hand it to your team.

    We recruit or onboard your in-region GTM lead alongside the pilot, and hand over documented playbooks, campaigns, and dashboards. You inherit an operation, not a dependency.

WHAT YOU GET · 8 CONCRETE OUTPUTS

Working systems your team inherits.

/ 01

Market Fit Report

20+ buyer interviews synthesized into trigger events, incumbents, and the language that moves them.

/ 02

Localized ICP + Messaging

Segment, buying committee, disqualifiers. Homepage, key landing pages, and outbound copy in-market.

/ 03

Pricing & Packaging Note

Where and how to price differently vs. home, with the reasoning your CFO can defend.

/ 04

CRM & Reporting Stack

Pipeline stages, lead scoring, dashboards, and lifecycle wired to the new motion.

/ 05

Outbound Program

30–50 accounts/week, sequences, meeting-book targets, and weekly review cadence.

/ 06

Localized ICP + Buying-Committee Model

A region-specific ICP and buying-committee map: who decides, what triggers a switch, which objections differ locally. Not localized messaging, a model of the buying group.

/ 07

Compliance & Feasibility Assessment

Regulatory, data-residency, and entity/tax-setup readiness for the target market, so legal review doesn't stall the launch.

/ 08

Multi-Region Data & Reporting Architecture

CRM, site, and reporting architecture that carries a second region without fragmenting reporting: multi-entity, multi-currency, localized instances that still roll up to one source of truth for revenue, profitability, and business health.

, Every deliverable comes with the reasoning, not just the artifact.

What clients say about us

From “we should be in the UK” to a defensible pipeline.

CASE.006 / UK · SAAS / SERIES B
We'd spent 14 months and a country's budget guessing at the UK. Ninety days into the engagement we killed one segment, doubled down on another, and hired a Head of UK we could actually evaluate, with a pipeline she could inspect on day one.
Marta Ivanov CEO · $34M ARR SaaS · Berlin → London
MET.001 3.1× Qualified pipeline in 2 quarters
WHO IT'S FOR

Built for the person who owns the outcome.

Founder / CEO

You're seeing
  • ·First serious international push
  • ·$30M–$500M ARR at home
  • ·Board pushing for a second growth curve
You'll leave with
  • Kill/scale decision in 90 days
  • A market you can defend on a board deck
  • A hire, not an agency dependency

CRO / VP Sales

You're seeing
  • ·A team that closes at home
  • ·But is guessing in the new region
  • ·Forecast confidence dropping
You'll leave with
  • Playbook rebuilt for the new buyer
  • Reps ramped on evidence, not vibes
  • A pipeline you can inspect

CMO / VP Marketing

You're seeing
  • ·Home-market message doesn't travel
  • ·Agencies delivering activity, not pipeline
  • ·No local content system
You'll leave with
  • Message rebuilt from real interviews
  • Content engine wired to demand
  • Attribution you can actually read

Head of International

You're seeing
  • ·Inherited a stalled or greenfield region
  • ·Need conviction before hiring
  • ·Under 6 quarters to prove it
You'll leave with
  • An operating plan, not a slide
  • First hire recruited with a scorecard
  • Playbook they can execute on day one
NOT A FIT, WE'LL SAY SO ON THE CALL
  • ×Companies under $10M ARR looking for their first market, we're wrong for pre-PMF work.
  • ×Teams that want a fractional CMO title without a market-entry operation.
  • ×Founders who want translation, not repositioning. Localization ≠ market entry.
  • ×Buyers who want a monthly retainer with no exit ramp, we work toward handover, not tenure.
OUTCOMES · WHAT MOVES

Numbers you can bring back to the board.

OUT.01
42%
Increase in qualified pipeline in-region within the first two quarters of pilot, with CAC, payback, and cLTV modelled for the new market, not just "we launched".
OUT.02
3.1x
Faster time-to-first-signed logo, because guesswork is removed by aligning to the buyer journey of a market you don't yet know.
OUT.03
90d
From kickoff to a defensible kill/scale decision, with a clearer picture of revenue, profitability, and business health for the region, on the board slide.
WHY US

The three questions we hear first, with real answers.

OBJ / 01

“Isn't this just localization?”

Translation changes words. Market entry changes who you sell to, how you package, what you say first, and where you show up. If a translator can do it, we're the wrong partner.

OBJ / 02

“Why not just hire a country manager?”

A country manager without an ICP, message, or playbook improvises for two quarters. We deliver the operation they inherit, then help you hire them.

OBJ / 03

“Our home playbook is proven. Why change it?”

The playbook isn't wrong, it's tuned to the wrong buyer. Same product, different market, different trigger events, different decision-makers. The playbook rebuilds around them, not the other way around.

European B2B since 2010, not consultants who learned it last year
We hire alongside you, we don't stay forever
Interviews with real buyers, not desk research
Fixed 90-day proof point, not open-ended retainers
Marketing + sales + ops as one operation, not three vendors
Handover documented, so the next hire doesn't rebuild
NEXT · 30-MIN INTRO CALL

Ready to know in 90 days, not 4 quarters?

A 30-minute call to pressure-test the region you're entering, the ICP you assume, and whether a 90-day proof engagement is the right next step. If it isn't, we'll say so.

FAQ · 06 QUESTIONS

Everything else we get asked on the first call.

/ 01 How is this different from hiring a local agency?

Agencies deliver campaigns. We deliver a working GTM operation, ICP, message, playbook, infrastructure, and the first hire, and then step out. Campaigns are one line item inside that.

/ 02 Which regions do you cover?

We've run market entries across Europe (UK, DACH, Nordics, Benelux, Southern Europe) and into North America from Europe. We take on other regions when we can staff in-region buyer interviews.

/ 03 What does the engagement cost?

The 90-day proof engagement is fixed fee. The follow-on operating quarter is scoped based on channels and headcount. Full pricing shared on the first call.

/ 04 How much of my team's time does this take?

One executive sponsor for weekly reviews (~2 hrs/week), plus product/sales for buyer interviews in the first three weeks. We do the work; you own the decisions.

/ 05 What happens after 90 days?

Either you have evidence to fund the market and we operate alongside your first hire for a second quarter, or we help you shut the pilot down clean. Both are valid outcomes.

/ 06 Do you work with pre-Series A companies?

Rarely. Market entry assumes product-market fit at home. If you're still finding your first market, we'll say so on the call.