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In the wake of the passing of Nisse Karlén into eternity, it seems only appropriate to pay tribute to a titan of extreme metal. Sacramentum's unique style of melodic black/death metal not only placed them directly alongside bands like Dissection and Dawn, but established melodic ideas and ambitious structural methodologies that would only take root more popularly decades later. Come with us as we take a look at their earliest material and attempt to trace their roots forward up to newer foliage. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:15:44 - Finis Malorum 0:54:30 - Interlude - Vinterland - “Still the Night is Awake” fr. Welcome My Last Chapter (No Fashion Records, 1996) 0:58:01 - Far Away From The Sun 01:51:12 - Outro - Sacramentum - “The Vision and The Voice,” fr. Far Away from The Sun (Adipocere Records, 1996) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com
Part 5 of our Terminus 2025 interviews continues with Glass Spells, Leathers and Nuxx, plus this week's edition of Into The Vault features Chants Of Maldoror!Playlist: No Peeling - Pink FlamingosDistant Relatives - On My OwnModel/Actriz - DovesNoble Savage - WarThe Rope - WitchbladeM(h)aol - ClementineChants Of Maldoror - Post MortemChants Of Maldoror - Red Communion (Version)Chants Of Maldoror - JustineCorker - WiringFrankie and the Witch Fingers - Out of the FleshDial Up - GMOther Pt. 1Goddess, featuring Isabel Muñoz-Newsome - Bad ChildCassia Hardy - Close To OneGlass Spells - VenomLeathers - HighriseNuxx - Do It TwiceLahar - Feed Them HogsBristol Manor - RenewalGhostwoods - Liminal (Timothy Fairless Remix - Single Edit)Peter Gagliardi - Journey To Pluto V: CharonCult of Venus - MountainsLaser Rey - Last RitesStefan Smulovitz - Sea Lion SwimsAvi C. Engel - Rip Van Winkleheddlu - Le FayVarious Artists, featuring Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, Lauren DeRoller, Martin Daigle, Olivia Komacheet - HatsuyumeMadeline Kenney - All I Needinnerouter - Millions
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Part 4 of our Terminus 2025 interviews continues with The Foreign Resort and Ghost Twin, plus this week's edition of Into The Vault features The Batfish Boys! Also, huge thanks to Mari Kattman & Assemblage 23 for posting our interview to Mari's YouTube channel! Listen here:https://youtu.be/IBp9HMlLxpsPlaylist: Frog Eyes - E-E-Y-O-R-E (That's Me!)Non Ultras - FreakerDorian's Steaming Shadow - World Coming DownGallows' Eve - We Chase The DarkBootblacks - WildernessThe Batfish Boys - Swamp LiquorThe Batfish Boys - The Gods Hate KansasThe Batfish Boys - Sister JaneReduction Plan - In The DarkChouX - Water Drops (Love Me Forever...)Fontaines D.C. - DesireShiv and the Carvers - MelltdownEye of Newt - Outside Job, Inside JokeThe Foreign Resort - Southern SkiesGhost Twin - The World SpinsEn Esch, featuring Hope Nicholls - Do ItEncephalon - The Machinesgrabyourface - I Dream Of A Future Without YouThe Nausea - FinisMEGAFAUNA, featuring Alex Loach - I Owe This Land A BodyInnerspear - TilikumDavid J - Small Death Of A Broken DollSally Dige - Sow The PathJapanese Breakfast - Orlando In Love
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire's collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
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Part 3 of our Terminus 2025 interviews continues with Everything Goes Cold, plus this week's edition of Into The Vault features Veronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes!Playlist: EKKSTACY - SadnessCemetery Sex - LeviathanBonnie Trash - Poison KissAversions - Water DisciplineThe Velveteers - On And OnCousines like Shit - Sober At The ClubVeronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes - DiscoVeronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes - Driving Thru The RainVeronica Lipgloss and the Evil Eyes - Strip Mall GlassThe Birthday Massacre - The Vanishing GameArt d'Ecco - True BelieverTebby & The Heavy - In My ShadowArtificial Go - YayaMotherhood - SunkLung - The SwimmerEverything Goes Cold - NadirDamsels, featuring PCP - private_affairsDebby Friday - Darker The BetterMoonlight Ransom - Find Your Way BackUnderground Wires - Moonlight Encounter (Suspicious)Fusilier - BirdsStefan Smulovitz - The PierBrian Eno & Beatie Wolfe - A Ceiling And A LifeboatNick Cave and The Bad Seeds - As The Waters Cover The SeaHermitess - The Birds Never LeftJolie Laide - Saw The WaveSunnsetter - The moon, and in the waterTalking Violet - Beach Baby
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire's collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
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A handful of videos on social media depict a recent gathering, reportedly in Georgia, where a group of people were gathered to chant “Atlanta” is “Atlantis.” Supposedly they were there to create an “energy vortex” in order to summon the spirit of Atlantis and reclaim the city for black people. What exactly is this supposed to mean?Atlanta was founded in 1837 as a railroad terminus originally named "Terminus,” because the city marked the end of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. It was renamed "Marthasville" in 1843 and then changed to "Atlanta" in 1845. Some believe the city name is a shorthand for “Atlantica,” as in the Atlantic Ocean. Others believe the city was named after Atalanta, a mythologized heroin known for her speed and independence (the wild boar hunt and race against her suitors) which were qualities of the growing rail hub that is Atlanta. The mythical land and concept of Atlantis in some ways even predates Plato, though he is credited with its story. Writing in his Timaeus and Critias Plato derived the Atlantis story from Solon, an Athenian lawmaker who learned of the same from an elderly priest in the land of Egypt at the Temple of Sais. At the time, around 630-560 BC, the records were already at least 8,000 years old. Reportedly a global cataclysm destroyed Atlantis sometime between 9,600 to 11,600 years ago. Later on Francis Bacon termed his ideal city the New Atlantis or Platonopolis. The timeframe noted by Plato places the destruction within the window of the Younger Dryas, 12,900 to 11,700 years ago (10,900-9,7000 BC).It's one thing to be unaware of seemingly lost, drowned or buried history, but another to be so shockingly unaware of basic mythology and recent local history. It is understandable so many are disenfranchised by the lies and ego of mainline historical narratives, but the turn to Q-Anon, Flat Earth, Tataria, and World Fair conspiracies appears to be another layer of disinformation rather than the truth. The “Atlanta is Atlantis” video exemplifies a growing stupidity about human history. *The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKWEBSITECashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.
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Whole new questions and wild twists—Foundation Season 3 Episode 6, “The Shape of Time,” is on another level. Gaal's power play with Demerzel kept us glued to the screen, especially as Demerzel revealed her real nature and motivations. Meanwhile, Brother Day's journey is getting more dangerous, and the Mule's invasion changes everything for Terminus and the Empire. Is Magnifico really the Mule? Is Gaal in control, or just another pawn in a bigger game? And will Brother Day actually survive what's coming?The writing is razor sharp, the visuals are gorgeous, and every scene is packed with tension and mystery. Sci-fi fans—this is must-watch TV.
Part 2 of our Terminus 2025 interviews continues with Caveman & the Banshee and DRSE, plus this week's edition of Into the Vault features The Damned!Playlist: Exo - PlasticKarma Sutra - RoleplayUrban Heat - Too Much Too SoonBrainwash Epiphany Center - Double DutchHeartworms - Smugglers AdventureThe Damned - Twisted NerveThe Damned - Sanctum SanctorumThe Damned - Shadow To FallJealous Yellow - HypotenuseChaepter - PromisesThe Cure - A Fragile ThingBluffing - This IdeaCDNQB - EternalCaveman & The Banshee - Zombie DiskoDRSE - End Of Timepseudo-antigone - When Things Go And Set You Backverticalpark - PoolsideOstrofti - The Last WaveHer Motives Are Silent - My LoveNour Symon - Nous étions masques, miracles, empêtrées dans l'enthousiasmeAlfredo Santa Ana and Miranda Wong - Lessons For OblivionN NAO - EchoLaura Hickli - dark secretsNo Joy - BuglandSGO - Bookcase
In the penultimate chapter, Tilda confronts the people who took her son and tries to get him back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The second of our interviews stemming from Terminus is here, with rising synthpop/EBM act Sleek Teeth joining us. The band's use of harmonies, threading of the needle between pop and aggression, and flair for the uncanny and occluded have made them one of the new bands we're most impressed by these days, and they were happy to speak with us about all that and more. We're also offering some thoughts on the Vancouver stop of the ongoing Nine Inch Nails tour.
Table1: High-Level Milestones of the Book Series (Original Trilogy) Milestone Description Book Apple TV Adaptation? 1. Fall of the Galactic Empire Hari Seldon predicts the Empire's collapse and initiates the Foundation project. Foundation ✔️ Season 1 2. Founding of the First Foundation Seldon establishes a scientific colony on Terminus to preserve knowledge and shorten the coming […]
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Part 1 of our Terminus 2025 interviews begins with Assemblage 23, Mari Kattman and Bestial Mouths, plus this week's edition of Into The Vault features Clan Of Xymox!Playlist: Fotokiller - IsolationChain Cult - Harrowing TimesAnika - HearsayBria Salmena - Stretch The StruggleMolchat Doma - Черные Цветы / Chernye TsvetyClan Of Xymox - A DayClan Of Xymox - Spiritual HighClan Of Xymox - FarewellSmall Pleasures - JunoL.A. Witch - Kiss Me DeepSun Atoms, featuring Isaac Brock - Narco PoloAlien Nosejob - The ExecutionerAssemblage 23 - Let Me Be Your ArmorMari Kattman - Typical GirlBestial Mouths - In RuinsTwitch - Of All The Possible Futuresclipping - DominatorDrummachinemike - Reflective SurfacesVarious Artists, featuring Midnite Gossip - TightropeM83 - EchoesKlein - EternalAsa Horvitz / Carmen Quill / Ariadne Randall / Wayne Horvitz - Sun Lordshn shn - AnomaliesPOSTNAMERS - JezebelNiloo - NessaThe Innocence Mission - Midwinter SwimmersSummer Bruises - Sang Crème GlacéeReal Estate - Pink Sky
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Since the beginning of the year, your intrepid hosts have been concentrating exclusively on older, classic material- this all changes today. At least for this episode. In today's entry, we feature the triumphant return of Paimon Gate with a new record that elaborates on their established style with more evolution than might appear at first blush, and the inaugural volley by Pyromancer, whose oppressive brand of late 80s filth brings to mind a blood-smeared and heroin-shooting take on Celtic Frost. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:42 - Paimon Gate - Advanced Satanic Witchcraft (Nuclear War Now) 0:58:40 - Interlude - Blood Storm - “The Atlantean Wardragon,” fr. The Atlantean Wardragon (Cacophonous Records, 1997) 1:03:51 - Pyromancer - Absolute Dominion by Fire (Adirondack Black Mass) 1:44:42 - Outro - Gravewürm - “Ancient Storms of War,” fr. Doomed to Eternity (Hell's Headbangers) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com
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Our favourite time of the year's come and gone with Terminus: Modulation in the books. Four days, thirty-one acts, and a goodly amount of beer later, we're here to break down all of the festivities which took place this past weekend in Calgary. Pleasant surprises, hot prospects, and the odd swing and a miss, you'll get the blow by blow details on this episode of We Have A Technical.
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Tilda confronts someone from her past who places his faith in her, and gives her the tools to save her son.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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We have to go back, bros. In today's episode of Terminus, your hosts travel back to 1990 to cover two obscure records close to their hearts, each operating in the primordial ooze of death metal, grindcore, thrash, and hardcore, but with completely contrasting sounds. TBMG brings to the occasion Prophecy of Doom, whose 1990 record resembles Deviated Instinct or early Bolt Thrower but with a demented industrial-stench aesthetic all their own. TDMG's plus one: Righteous Pigs, who create what sounds like modern crowdkilling hardcore out of thrash riffs and jazz drumming. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:10:51 - Prophecy of Doom - Acknowledge the Confusion Master (Deaf Records, 1990) 0:53:46 - Interlude - Sonic Violence - “Tortured (Dub)” fr. Jagd (Peaceville Records, 1990) 1:00:20 - Righteous Pigs - Stress Related (Nuclear Blast Records, 1990) 1:55:34 - Outro - Like Rats - “Bloodline” fr. Like Rats (A389 Recordings, 2012) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com
"Terminus ad quem" is Latin for “the end to which something is aimed.” In a world filled with competing loyalties—politics, power, and personal comfort—Jesus redirects our aim. When asked about paying taxes to Caesar, He answered with divine clarity: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
What happens when you record an all-timer? What happens when you permanently alter the course of an entire genre of music? What happens when a set of very precise techniques enter the basic DNA of an entire generation? On this episode, TDMG and TBMG discuss Sargeist, a band whose influence is so vast it's nearly unnoticed, taking a look at their seminal 2010 record Let the Devil In and their brand new release, Flame Within Flame. Can the band ever achieve the heights of the past? Or, more importantly: should that even be the goal? 0:00:00 - A history of Sargeist, their influence, and Franco-Finnish Black Metal 0:34:55 - Let the Devil In (Moribund Records/World Terror Committee, 2010) 1:36:06 - Interlude - Sargeist - “Let The Devil In,” fr. Let The Devil In (Moribund / WTC, 2010) 1:40:13 - Flame Within Flame (World Terror Committee, 2025) 2:35:11 - Outro - Bekhira - “The Devil and the Sorcerer” fr. L'élu du mal (Aura Mystique Productions, 2005) Terminus on Youtube Terminus on Patreon TDMG on Substack thetrueterminus@gmail.com
The Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov) || Episodes 4-6 || Broadcast: May 27, June 3, 10 197301:42 -- (4) The General -- Two hundred years after its creation, the Foundation battles Bel Riose, the last powerful General of the dying Galactic Empire.57:35 -- (5) The Mule -- A further hundred years have passed, and the Foundation is challenged by an unexpected threat named The Mule.1:57:20 -- (6) Flight From The Mule -- During the war against The Mule, with things going badly for the Foundation, some key figures under the leadership of the Foundation's greatest scientist, Ebling Mis, flee Terminus in search of the Second Foundation, to warn it of the danger from The Mule.: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES .Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#scifiradio #oldtimeradio #otr #radiotheater #radioclassics #bbcradio #raybradbury #twilightzone #horror #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #horrorclassics #xminusone #sciencefiction #duaneotr:::: :
Dan & Si join the fifth Doctor on a "Lazza Ship" as the Black Guardian shouts a lot, Nysaa takes her clothes off, Tegan and Turlough disappear into a vent for two episodes and Colin Baker's ex-wife runs about with big hair and a gun.Oh, and there's a massive dog thing. Which is nice.FOLLOW US!@ThDrWhoPod@SJPWORLDMEDIA@DanGriffin21
Dan & Si join the fifth Doctor on a "Lazza Ship" as the Black Guardian shouts a lot, Nysaa takes her clothes off, Tegan and Turlough disappear into a vent for two episodes and Colin Baker's ex-wife runs about with big hair and a gun.Oh, and there's a massive dog thing. Which is nice.FOLLOW US!@ThDrWhoPod@SJPWORLDMEDIA@DanGriffin21
The Foundation Trilogy (Isaac Asimov) || Episode 1-3 || Broadcast: May 6, 13, 20, 197301:42 -- (1) Psychohistory and Encyclopedia -- The opening episode begins on Trantor, capital of the Galactic Empire, with the meeting of Hari Seldon and Gaal Dornick, their trial, and their exile to Terminus. The action then jumps forward fifty years, to the first Seldon Crisis, where the repercussions of the recent independence of the Four Kingdoms of the Periphery are being felt on Terminus, and are handled by the first Mayor, Salvor Hardin.1:02:42 -- (2) The Mayors -- The scene moves forward a further twenty years, as Mayor Hardin faces down the domination of the nearby and most powerful of the Four Kingdoms, Anacreon, whose ruler intends to annex the Foundation by force.1:58:42 -- (3) The Merchant Princes -- A hundred and fifty years after the Foundation was established, the now powerful trading nation, guided by master trader Hober Mallow, faces its greatest threat to date.: : : : :My other podcast channels include: MYSTERY x SUSPENSE -- DRAMA X THEATER -- COMEDY x FUNNY HA HA -- VARIETY X ARMED FORCES -- THE COMPLETE ORSON WELLES .Subscribing is free and you'll receive new post notifications. Also, if you have a moment, please give a 4-5 star rating and/or write a 1-2 sentence positive review on your preferred service -- that would help me a lot.Thank you for your support.https://otr.duane.media | Instagram @duane.otr#scifiradio #oldtimeradio #otr #radiotheater #radioclassics #bbcradio #raybradbury #twilightzone #horror #oldtimeradioclassics #classicradio #horrorclassics #xminusone #sciencefiction #duaneotr:::: :
Thought we were dead? You fucking wish! Terminus is back with a hot one long in the making, where your hosts take a look at the seminal mid-00s work of Enmity and Last Days of Humanity while drawing out broader ideas of brutal death metal's proximity to noise. If black metal without heavy metal gets you Blazebirth Hall, what happens when a similar concept is applied to death metal? Only the most extreme music ever made. After the reviews, stick around for a guided tour of some of TDMG's favorite obscurities from this scene and beyond. 0:00:00 - Intro/A Conception of Noisedeath 0:14:58 - Enmity - Illuminations of Vile Engorgement (Permeated Records, 2005) 0:59:54 - Interlude - Intestinal Engorgement - “Fetal Extraction Anal” fr. Putrefying Consumption of Dismemberment (Amputated Vein Records, 2022) 1:02:53 - Last Days of Humanity - Putrefaction in Progress (Bones Brigade, 2006) 1:40:12 - Interlude - Foetopsy - “Spilling of Blood and Urine Into the Body Cavity” fr. Dyspartum (Barbarian Records, 2003) 1:41:28 - Other fascinating records 2:11:40 - Outro - Masturbation - “Gutted and Incinerated In the Insanity of Your Thoughts” fr. Putrified Vaginal Infibulation (Brutalized Records, 2006)
The CEO's Strategic Growth Edge: A Go-To-Market System That Scales“You don't need more leads—you need clarity. Clarity on where your business can grow the most, the fastest, and at the highest margin. That's what a real go-to-market system delivers. It's not about volume anymore—it's about alignment, focus, and making sure every team—marketing, sales, and customer success—is executing toward the same outcome. That's how CEOs scale with confidence.” That's a quote from Sangram Vajre, and a sneak peek at today's episode.Welcome to Revenue Boost: A Marketing Podcast. I'm your host, Kerry Curran—revenue growth expert, industry analyst, and relentless advocate for turning marketing into a revenue engine. Each episode, we bring you the strategies, insights, and conversations that help drive your revenue growth. So search for Revenue Boost in your favorite podcast directory and hit subscribe to stay ahead of the game.In The CEO's Strategic Growth Edge: A Go-to-Market System That Scales, I'm joined by bestselling author and GTM expert Sangram Vajre to discuss why go-to-market isn't a marketing tactic—it's a CEO-level growth system. In this episode, you'll learn the three phases every business must navigate to scale, why alignment beats activity in every growth stage, how CEOs can drive clarity, trust, and margin-focused decisions across teams, and why AI is only a threat if you're still riding the demand-gen horse.If you're a growth-minded CEO or exec, this episode gives you the roadmap and the mindset to scale faster, smarter, and stronger. Be sure to listen through to the end, where Sangram shares three key tips—his ultimate advice for any leader ready to level up their go-to-market strategy. Let's go!Kerry Curran, RBMA (00:00.77)So welcome, Sangram. Please introduce yourself and share a bit about your background and expertise.Sangram Vajre (00:06.992)Well, at the highest level, I feel like I've had the opportunity to be in the B2B space for the last two decades and have had a front-row seat to categories that have shaped how we think about go-to-market. I ran marketing at Pardot. We were acquired by ExactTarget and then Salesforce—that was a $2.7 billion acquisition. It was a huge shift in mindset, going from a $10 million company to a $10 billion one, and I learned a lot.I became a student of go-to-market, if you will. That was in the marketing automation space. Then I launched a company called Terminus, which has been acquired twice now. Along the way, I've written three books. The one we're going to talk a lot about is MOVE, which became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. That book has created a lot of opportunities and work for us.I walked into writing this book, Kerry, thinking I knew go-to-market because I had two $100M+ exits. But I walked out of the process a student of go-to-market because I learned so much. Writing it forced me to talk to folks like Brian Halligan, the CEO of HubSpot, and partners at VC firms who have seen 200 exits—not just the three I've experienced.It really expanded my vision. Now I lead a company called Go-To-Market Partners. We're a research and advisory firm focused on helping companies understand who owns go-to-market and how to run it at a transformational level. Our clients are primarily CEOs and executive teams. That's our focus.Kerry Curran, RBMA (01:46.094)Excellent. Well, I'm very excited to dive in. I first saw you speak at Inbound last fall, and what really resonated with me was the shift from just an ABM program to a company-wide GTM program—one that includes everything from problem-market fit all the way to customer success, loyalty, and retention. Really making GTM the core of revenue growth.So I'd love for you to dive in and share that framework and background.Sangram Vajre (02:23.224)Yeah. And by the way, for people who've never attended Inbound—you should. I've spoken there for eight years straight and always try to bring new ideas. Each year, they keep giving me more opportunities—from main stage to workshops. I think you attended the 90-minute workshop, right? Hopefully it wasn't boring!Kerry Curran, RBMA (02:48.61)Yeah, it was excellent. I love this stuff, so I was taking lots of notes.Sangram Vajre (02:52.814)That was fun. The whole idea was: how can you build your entire go-to-market strategy on a single slide? Now, people might think, “There's no way—you need way more detail.” But it's not about making it complete; it's about making it clear.So everyone can be aligned. For example, in the operating system we've developed, we write research about it every Monday in a newsletter called GTM Monday, read by 175,000 people. The eight pillars are based on the most important questions. And Kerry, I don't know if you'll agree, but I think I've done a disservice for two decades by asking the wrong question.Like, I used to ask, “Where can we grow?”—which sounds smart but is actually foolish. The better question is, “Where can we grow the most, the fastest, the best, at the highest margin?” That's the true business perspective. So the operating system is built around these eight essential questions.If every executive team can align on these—not with certainty, but with clarity—then they can gain a clear understanding of what they're doing, where they're going, who their ICP is, what bets they're making, and which motions to pursue. I've done this over a thousand times with executive teams, helping them build their entire go-to-market strategy on a single slide. And it's like a lightbulb moment for them: “Okay, now I know what bets we're making and how my team is aligned.” It's a beautiful thing.Kerry Curran, RBMA (04:50.988)Yeah, because that's one of the hardest challenges across business strategy and growth: where to invest, where to lean in. So bring us through the questions and framework.Sangram Vajre (05:01.688)Yeah. So the first one is “Where can you grow the most?” The second one is really about what we call the Market Investment Map. I'll give you maybe three or four so people can get an idea. The Market Investment Map is especially useful for companies with more than one product or more than one segment. This is the least used but most valuable framework companies should be using.You might remember from the Inbound talk—I used HubSpot as an example since I was speaking at Inbound. It's interesting because at my last company, Terminus, we acquired five companies in eight years. So we had to learn this process. The Market Investment Map is about matching your best segments to the best products to create the highest-margin offering.If your entire business focuses only on pipeline and revenue—which sounds right—you're actually focused on the wrong things. You may have seen people post on LinkedIn saying, “I generated $10 million in pipeline,” and then a month later, they're laid off. Why? Because that pipeline didn't matter. It might have been general pipeline, but if you looked at pipeline within your ICP—the customers your company really needs to close, retain, and expand—it might have only been half a million. That's not enough to sustain growth or justify your role.So, understanding the business is critical. It's not just about understanding marketing skills like demand gen, content, or design. Those are table stakes. You need to understand the business of marketing—how the financials work, how to drive revenue, and how to say, “Yeah, we generated $10 million in pipeline, but only half a million was within ICP, so it won't convert or drive the margin we need.” That level of EQ and IQ is what leaders need today.Our go-to-market operating system goes deep into areas like this.Kerry Curran, RBMA (07:31.022)And I love the alignment with the ICP. I'm sure you'll get deeper into that. I also know you talk about getting rid of MQLs because the real focus should be on getting closer to the ICP—on who's actually going to drive revenue.Sangram Vajre (07:45.892)Yeah. John Miller, a good friend who co-founded Marketo, has been writing about this too. I was the CMO of Pardot. Then we both built ABM companies—I built Terminus; he built Engagio, which is now part of Demandbase. We've been evangelizing the idea of efficient marketing machines for the last two decades.We're coming full circle now. That approach made sense in the “growth at all costs” era. But in this “efficient growth” era, everything can be measured. The dark funnel is real. AI can now accelerate your team's output and throughput. So we have to go back to first principles—what do your customers really want?I was in a discussion yesterday with executives and middle managers, and the topic of AI came up. Some were worried it would take their jobs. And I said, “Yes, it absolutely will—and it should.” I gave the example I wrote about recently: imagine you were the best horseman, with saddles, barns, and a generational business built around horses. Then Henry Ford comes along with four wheels. You just lost your job—not because you were bad, but because you got infatuated with the horse, not with your customer's need to get from point A to point B.Horses did that—it was better than walking. But then came cars, trains, airplanes. Business evolves. If you focus on your customers' needs—better, faster, cheaper—you'll always be excited about innovation rather than afraid of it. So yes, AI will replace anyone who stays on their horse. If you're riding the demand gen horse or relying only on content creation, a lot is going to change. Get off the horse, refocus on customer needs, and figure out how to move your business forward.Kerry Curran, RBMA (10:21.708)Yeah. So talk a bit about honing in on the ICP. I know in one of the sessions you asked, “Who's your target audience?” And of course, there was one guy in the front row who said, “Everyone,” and we all laughed. But I still hear that all the time. Talk about how important it is, to your point, to know your customer and get obsessed with what they need.Sangram Vajre (10:45.56)Yeah. So the first pillar of the go-to-market operating system is called TRM, or Total Relevant Market. We introduced that in the book MOVE for the first time. It's a departure from TAM—Total Addressable Market—which is what that guy in the front row was referring to during that session. It was epic, and I think he was a sales leader, so it was even funnier in a room full of marketers.But it's true—and real. He was being honest, and I appreciated that. The reality is, we've all been conditioned to focus on more and more—bigger and bigger markets. That makes sense if you have unlimited funds and can raise money. It makes sense if the market is huge and you're just trying to get in and have more people doing outbound.As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago, we did a session where someone said something profound that I'll never forget. He said, “The whole SDR function is a feature bug in the VC model.” That was fascinating—because the whole SDR model was built to get as many leads as possible, assign 22-year-olds to make cold calls, and push them to AEs.We built this because it worked on a spreadsheet. If we generate 1,000 leads, we need 50 callers to convert them. It's math. But nobody really tried to improve it because we had the money. Now we're in a different world. We have clients doing $10–15 million in revenue with five-person teams automating so much.People don't read as many automated emails. My phone filters out robocalls, so I never pick up unless it's someone I know. Non-personalized emails go into a folder I never open. Yet people keep sending thousands of them, thinking it works.For example, I send our GTM Monday newsletter via Substack. It's free for readers, and it's free for me to send—even to 175,000 people. Meanwhile, marketers spend thousands every time they email their list using legacy tools. Why? Because these people haven't opted in to be part of the journey the way Substack subscribers have.The market has changed. Buying big marketing automation tools for $100,000 is going to change drastically. Fractional leaders and agencies will thrive because what CEOs really need is people like you—and frameworks like a go-to-market operating system—to guide them. You and I have the gray hair and battle scars to prove it. What matters now is using a modern framework, implementing it, and measuring outcomes differently.Kerry Curran, RBMA (14:08.11)Yeah, you bring up such a valid point. In so many of my conversations, I see the same thing. It's been a sales-led growth strategy for years. Investments went to sales—more BDRs, more cold emails, more tech stack partners.Even as I was starting my consultancy, I'd talk to partners or prospects who'd say, “Well, we just hired more salespeople. We want to see how that goes.” But to your point, without the foundational framework—without targeting the right audience—you're just spinning your wheels on volume.Sangram Vajre (15:06.318)Exactly. One area we emphasize in our go-to-market operating system is differentiation. Everyone's doing the same thing. Let me give you an example. Last week, I looked at a startup's email tool that reads your emails and drafts responses automatically. Super interesting. I use Superhuman for email.Two days later, Superhuman sent an email saying they'd launched the exact same feature. So this startup spent time and money building a feature, and Superhuman—already with a huge user base—replicated and launched it instantly. That startup is out of business.With AI, product development is lightning fast. So product is no longer your differentiator. Your differentiation now is how you tell your story, how quickly you grab attention, how well you build and maintain a community. That becomes your moat. Those first principles matter more than ever. Product is just table stakes now.Kerry Curran, RBMA (16:33.878)Right. And connecting that to your marketing strategy, your communication, your messaging—it also sets up your sales team to close faster. By the time a prospect talks to a rep, your marketing has already educated them on your differentiation. So talk more about the stages and what companies need to keep in mind when applying your go-to-market framework.Sangram Vajre (17:07.482)One of the things we mention in the book—and go really deep into in our operating system—is this 3P format: Problem-Market Fit, Product-Market Fit, and Platform-Market Fit. We believe these are the three core stages of a business. I experienced them firsthand at Pardot, Salesforce, and Terminus through multiple acquisitions.If you remember, I always talk about the “squiggly line,” because no company grows up and to the right in a straight line. If you look at daily, weekly, or monthly insights, there are dips—just like a stock market chart. So the squiggly line shows you can go from Problem to Product, but you'll experience a dip. That's normal and natural. Same thing when you go from Product to Platform—you hit a dip. Those dips are what we call the “valleys of death.”Some companies overcome those valleys and cross the chasm, and others don't. Why? Because at those points, they discover they can market and sell, but they can't deliver. Or maybe they can deliver, but they can't renew. Or maybe they can renew but not expand. Each gap becomes a value to fix in the system.And it's hard. I've gone from $5 million to $10 million to $15 million, all the way to $100 million in revenue—and every 5 to 10 million increment brings a new set of challenges. You think you've got it figured out, and then you don't—because everything else has to change with scale.I'll never forget one company I was on the board of—unfortunately, it didn't make it. The CEO was upset because they were doing $20 million in revenue but didn't get the valuation they wanted. Meanwhile, a competitor doing only $5 million in revenue in the same space got a $500 million valuation. Why? Because the $20M company was doing tons of customization—still stuck in Problem-Market Fit. The $5M company had reached Product-Market Fit and was far more efficient. Their operational costs were lower, and their NRR was over 120%.If you've read some of my research, you know I'm all in on NRR—Net Revenue Retention—as the #1 metric. If you get NRR above 120%, you'll double your revenue in 3.8 years without adding a single new customer. That's what executives should focus on.That's why we say the CEO owns go-to-market. All our research shows that if the CEO doesn't own it, you'll have a really hard time scaling.Kerry Curran, RBMA (20:23.992)That makes so much sense, because everything you're talking about—while it includes marketing functions—is really business strategy. It needs to be driven top-down. It has to be the North Star the whole company is paddling toward.I've been in organizations where that's not the case. And as you said, leadership has to have the knowledge and strategic awareness to navigate those pivots—those valleys of death. So talk about how hard it is to bring new frameworks into an organization and the change management that comes with that. As you evangelize the idea that the CEO owns GTM, what's resonating most with them?Sangram Vajre (21:26.456)Great question. First of all, CEOs who get it—they love it. The people who struggle most are actually CMOs and CROs because they feel like they should be the ones owning go-to-market. And while their input is critical, they can't own it entirely.In all our advisory work, Kerry, we mandate two things:The CEO must be in the room. We won't do an engagement without that. The executive team must be involved. We don't do one-on-one coaching—because transformation happens in teams.People often get it wrong. They think, “We need better ICP targeting, so that's marketing's job.” Or, “We need pipeline acceleration—let sales figure that out.” Or, “We have a retention issue—fire the CS team.” No. The problem isn't a department issue—it's a process and team issue.The CEO is the most incentivized person to bring clarity, alignment, and trust—the three pillars of our GTM operating system. They're the ones sitting in all the one-on-one meetings, burning out from the lack of alignment. The challenge is most CEOs don't know what it means to own GTM. It feels overwhelming.So we help them reframe that. Owning doesn't mean running GTM. It means orchestrating clarity, alignment, and trust. Every meeting they lead should advance one of those. That's the job. When the ICP is agreed upon, marketing should be excited to generate leads for it. Sales should be eager to follow up. CS should be relieved they're not getting misaligned customers. That's leadership. And there's no one more suited—or incentivized—to lead that than the CEO.Kerry Curran, RBMA (24:08.11)Absolutely. And the CFO plays a key role too—holding the purse strings, understanding where the investments should go.Sangram Vajre (24:20.622)Yes. In fact, in the book and in our research, we emphasize the importance of RevOps—especially once a company reaches Product-Market Fit and moves toward Platform-Market Fit.If you're operating across multiple products, segments, geographies, or using multiple GTM motions, the RevOps leader—who often reports to the CFO or CEO—becomes critical. I'd say they're the second most important person in the company from a strategy standpoint.Why? Because they're the only ones who can look at the whole picture and say, “We don't need to spend more on marketing; we need to fix the sales process.” A marketing leader won't say that. A sales leader won't say that. You need someone who can objectively assess where the real bottleneck is.Kerry Curran, RBMA (25:17.836)Yeah, that definitely makes so much sense. Are there other areas—maybe below the executive team—that help educate the company from a change management perspective to gain buy-in? Or is it really a company-wide change?Sangram Vajre (25:33.742)Yeah, you mentioned ABM earlier. Having written a few books on ABM and building Terminus, we've seen thousands of companies go through transformation. We now have over 70,000 students who've gone through our courses. I love getting feedback.What's interesting is that ABM has been great for aligning sales and marketing—but it hasn't transformed the company. Go-to-market is not a marketing or sales strategy. It's a business strategy. It has to bring in CS, product, finance—everyone.Where companies often fail is by looking at go-to-market too narrowly—like it's just a product launch or a sales campaign. That's way too myopic. Those companies burn a lot of cash.At the layer below the executive team, it gets harder because GTM is fundamentally a leadership-driven initiative. An SDR, AE, or director of marketing typically doesn't have the incentive—or business context—to drive GTM change. But they should get familiar with it.That's why we created the GTM Operating System certification. Hundreds of professionals have gone through it—including you! And now people are bringing those frameworks into leadership meetings.They'll say, “Hey, let's pull up the 15 GTM problems and see where we're stuck.” Or, “Let's revisit the 3 Ps—where are we today?” Or use one of the assessments. It's pretty cool to see it in action.Kerry Curran, RBMA (27:35.758)Yeah, and it's extremely valuable. I love that it's a tool that helps drive company-wide buy-in and educates the people responsible for the actions. So you've shared so many great frameworks and recommendations. For those listening, what's the first step to get started? What would you recommend to someone who's thinking, “Okay, I love all of this—I need to start shifting my organization”?Sangram Vajre (28:09.082)First, you have to really understand the definition of go-to-market. It's a transformational process—not a one-and-done. It's not something you define at an offsite and then forget. It's not owned by pirates. It's iterative. It happens every day.Second, the CEO has to be fully bought in. If they don't own it, GTM will run them. If you're a CEO and you feel overwhelmed, that's usually why—you're running go-to-market, not owning it.Third, business transformation happens in teams. If you try to build a GTM strategy in a silo—as a marketer, for example—it will fail. The best strategies never see the light of day because the team isn't behind them. In GTM, alignment matters more than being right.Kerry Curran, RBMA (29:27.982)Excellent. I love this so much. Thank you! How can people find you and learn more about the GTM Partners certification and your book?Sangram Vajre (29:37.476)You can go to gtmpartners.com to get the certification. Thousands of people are going through it, and we're constantly adding new content. We're about to launch Go-To-Market University to add even more courses.We also created the MOVE Book Companion, because we're actually selling more books now than when it first came out three years ago—which is crazy!Then there's GTM Monday, our research newsletter that 175,000 people read every week. Our goal is to keep building new frameworks and sharing what's possible. Things are changing so fast—AI, GTM tech, everything. But first principles still apply. That's why frameworks matter more than ever.You can't just ask ChatGPT to “give me a go-to-market strategy” and expect it to work. It might give you something beautifully written, but it won't help you make money. You need frameworks, team alignment, and process discipline.And I post about this every day on LinkedIn—so follow me there too!Kerry Curran, RBMA (30:54.988)Excellent. Well, thank you so much. This has been a great conversation, and I highly recommend the book and the certification to everyone. We'll include all the links in the show notes.Thank you, Sangram, for joining us today!Sangram Vajre (31:09.284)Kerry, you're a fantastic host. Thank you for having me.Kerry Curran, RBMA (31:11.854)Thank you very much.Thanks for tuning in to Revenue Boost: A Marketing Podcast. I hope today's conversation sparked some new ideas and challenged the way you think about how your organization approaches go-to-market and revenue growth strategy. If you're serious about turning marketing into a true revenue driver, this is just the beginning. We've got more insightful conversations, expert guests, and actionable strategies coming your way—so search for us in your favorite podcast directory and hit subscribe.And hey, if this episode brought you value, please share it with a colleague or leave a quick review. It helps more revenue-minded leaders like you find our show. Until next time, I'm Kerry Curran—helping you connect marketing to growth, one episode at a time. See you soon.
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In this episode, the hosts discuss the shifting power dynamics in the Legacy format, particularly focusing on the impact of recent bans and the emergence of new strategies. They explore how the Overton window for deck viability has changed, especially regarding control decks and the role of Mystic Sanctuary as a key card. The conversation delves into the diminishing relevance of Terminus in the current meta, highlighting the dominance of Beanstalk as a game-changing threat that alters the landscape of competitive play. In this conversation, the speakers delve into the impact of the Beanstalk deck on gameplay dynamics, exploring how it alters the rules of engagement in Legacy formats. They discuss the importance of having multiple legacy power level strategies in a deck, the significance of understanding deck infrastructure, and the learning experiences that come from gameplay mistakes. The conversation also emphasizes the need for players to evaluate their card choices in relation to the current meta and how the Overton window of deck viability shifts over time.Chapters00:00 Shifting Power Levels in Legacy03:05 The Evolution of Control Decks05:51 Mystic Sanctuary: The New Power Card08:48 The Role of Terminus in Modern Play11:55 Beanstalk: The Game-Changing Threat21:06 Understanding Beanstalk's Impact on Gameplay22:50 Legacy Power Level Strategies25:42 Navigating the Meta with Dual Strategies28:50 The Importance of Deck Infrastructure33:36 Learning from Mistakes in Gameplay39:12 Evaluating Card Choices in the Current MetaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EternalDurdlesJOIN US ON DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hrC7PxQZTETwitch:Twitch.tv/durdlemagusEternal Durdles Moxfield: https://www.moxfield.com/users/EternalDurdleshttps://www.moxfield.com/users/Durdlemagushttps://www.moxfield.com/users/ForceofPhilCheck out our song parodies on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/forceofphilFollow us on Twitter:Zac: @durdlemagusPhil: @ForceofPhil
In this episode, the hosts discuss the shifting power dynamics in the Legacy format, particularly focusing on the impact of recent bans and the emergence of new strategies. They explore how the Overton window for deck viability has changed, especially regarding control decks and the role of Mystic Sanctuary as a key card. The conversation delves into the diminishing relevance of Terminus in the current meta, highlighting the dominance of Beanstalk as a game-changing threat that alters the landscape of competitive play. In this conversation, the speakers delve into the impact of the Beanstalk deck on gameplay dynamics, exploring how it alters the rules of engagement in Legacy formats. They discuss the importance of having multiple legacy power level strategies in a deck, the significance of understanding deck infrastructure, and the learning experiences that come from gameplay mistakes. The conversation also emphasizes the need for players to evaluate their card choices in relation to the current meta and how the Overton window of deck viability shifts over time.Chapters00:00 Shifting Power Levels in Legacy03:05 The Evolution of Control Decks05:51 Mystic Sanctuary: The New Power Card08:48 The Role of Terminus in Modern Play11:55 Beanstalk: The Game-Changing Threat21:06 Understanding Beanstalk's Impact on Gameplay22:50 Legacy Power Level Strategies25:42 Navigating the Meta with Dual Strategies28:50 The Importance of Deck Infrastructure33:36 Learning from Mistakes in Gameplay39:12 Evaluating Card Choices in the Current MetaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EternalDurdlesJOIN US ON DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hrC7PxQZTETwitch:Twitch.tv/durdlemagusEternal Durdles Moxfield: https://www.moxfield.com/users/EternalDurdleshttps://www.moxfield.com/users/Durdlemagushttps://www.moxfield.com/users/ForceofPhilCheck out our song parodies on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/forceofphilFollow us on Twitter:Zac: @durdlemagusPhil: @ForceofPhil
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