In today's episode, I chat with Rishabh Gupta, Product Lead at Partao and freelance GTM engineer, about building foundational outbound systems for early-stage startups.
We dive deep into his approach to GTM engineering, exploring how he discovered that email-only campaigns don't work and why multi-channel outreach (email, calls, SMS, WhatsApp) is critical for Fortune 500 targets. Rishabh shares his journey from growth marketer to GTM engineer, explaining how his technical background (biomedical engineer turned software developer) helped him master Clay workflows and API integrations. We discuss the challenges of narrowing target customer personas, the importance of lead scoring with multiple data sources, and why GTM engineering is really just a subset of growth marketing. Rishabh also shares his vision for the future, predicting that GTM will become fully agentic with multiple small agents managed by a master orchestrator.
Enjoy 🙂
(00:00) Introduction to Outbound Wizards
(00:21) What Rishabh Does and Client Types
(00:57) The 30-60-90 Day GTM Process
(01:45) Case Study: Multi-Channel Approach for B2B SaaS
(02:59) Why Email-Only Strategies Fail
(03:48) GCC Setup Service Case Study
(04:26) Rishabh's Journey into GTM Engineering
(06:19) Technical Background and Getting Started
(07:20) GTM Engineering vs Growth Marketing
(07:51) Future of GTM: Agentic Systems
(09:00) Closing and Contact Information
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👥 LinkedIn
📧 Email - saurabh@salesrobot.co
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