Making The Grade

By ScaleWise, Tom Glason

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Episodes: 22

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Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit. Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail. It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely. Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding. Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates, misaligned go-to-market operations and ineffective sales and marketing strategies. All while making you leave every episode with actionable insights and expert advice to help you navigate these common Startup hurdles and thrive in a competitive market, showing that it can be done differently.

Episode Date
The GTM Playbook that works in 2026: Amelia Scott on scaling Culture Amp from $15M to $170M without sales commission
Apr 09, 2026
Bootstrapping to $45M ARR: Guillaume Moubeche on scaling efficiently without any VC trade-offs
Apr 02, 2026
What Investors Really Look for: Hillel Zidel on the moves and decisions that make or break the One to Ten Million journey
Mar 26, 2026
From Chaos to Predictability: Pete Crosby's Honest Lessons on the One to Ten Million Journey
Mar 19, 2026
Reshaping GTM in the AI Era - Harrison Rose on repeatable GTM and scaling beyond Founder-Led Sales
Mar 12, 2026
From Inception to Acquisition: Natasha Ratanshi-Stein on scaling Surfboard, stage-fit hiring and the importance of founder-led sales
Mar 05, 2026
Ego, Cash & GTM Discipline: Paul Fifield’s unfiltered lessons from building scalable businesses
Feb 26, 2026
Designing an AI-first Business - Bethany Ayers on hiring stage-fit leaders & the GTM playbooks that actually work in the AI era
Feb 19, 2026
Building for efficient growth - Pavilion’s honest growth journey & the real problem behind the short CRO tenure with Sam Jacobs
Feb 12, 2026
What it really takes to win in the US - Honest lessons from Natalie Johnson
Feb 05, 2026
Making The Grade - Season 2 Trailer
Feb 03, 2026
From CMO to CRO: Florence Broderick on balancing growth with efficiency and the metrics that actually matter
Oct 02, 2025
From $60m Exit to Building an Era-Defining AI Company: Sean Williams on lessons from a start-up exit to building again with AutogenAI
Sep 25, 2025
Scaling Lean in a $500B Market: Ed Bartlett on going from zero to one & transitioning out of the CEO seat
Sep 18, 2025
Running Your Own Race: Tom Lavery on going from bootstrapped to venture-backed
Sep 11, 2025
Bootstrapping Agorapulse to over $20M ARR with Emeric Ernoult
Sep 04, 2025
The 5 Silent Killers of Go-To-Market with Keji Mustapha
Aug 28, 2025
Capital-Efficient Growth in 2025: James Bagan’s Playbook for GTM Success
Aug 21, 2025
When it’s time to step down: Robert Newry’s transition from CEO to Chief Explorer at Arctic Shores
Aug 14, 2025
Not a Unicorn? Not a problem. Eyal Malinger & Oren Peleg on building a VC alternative
Aug 07, 2025
Building for a Smart Exit - Scaling Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Fitzpatrick
Jul 31, 2025
Making The Grade Season Trailer
Jul 24, 2025