Let’s solve your  differentiation.

We help B2B companies identify their unique point of view and differentiation, and translate it into sales and marketing - in three simple systemized steps.

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Trusted Partner to B2B Founders and Investors

The problem

You’re not the best or the cheapest—so why should customers choose you?

You’re struggling to close deals because marketing and sales don’t know your differentiation
You can’t solve the problem internally because you don’t know the answer, or have options but can’t agree on it
Positioning consultants are expensive, time-consuming and leave you with an unusable 50-slide deck
OUR POV

Being different starts with a point of view.

Being different starts
with a point of view.

Your POV helps you stand out where feature messages converge

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It’s your sales hook that gets prospects to reframe and thinking differently 

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It connects what you do to what customers care about.

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It builds trust and gives you a thought leadership position

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OUR solution
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No long consulting project. Just threee simple steps, and One Actionable Canvas.

No long consulting project. Just threee simple steps, and
One Actionable Canvas.

We’ll help uncover your differentiating POV and align your sales and marketing around it — in just 3 sessions.

step 1
We uncover opportunities for difference

With one proven questionnaire and workshop, we identify external opportunities and internal ingredients to build differentiation around.

step 2
We define your POV and differentiation

In session 2, we narrow in on your unique POV and differentiation - captured in a simple one-page canvas.

step 3
We flow it into sales and marketing

Finally, we make your differentiation actionable, creating cribsheets for sales and marketing to roll into collateral and messaging.

Our team

From two experts who know your pain

From two experts who know your pain

two experts

Edwin Abl

Fractional Operating Partner & GTM Advisor

Ed works on your business (not in it) to scale outputs (not activities). He brings the value and experience of operating as a fractional operating partner for VCs to guide you in understanding what works, what doesn't, and WHY.

Nick is a Go-to-market strategist with almost 20 years’ experience in Branding and Venture Building. He’s helped 100’s of founders and investors launch early stage brands and scale them as they grow. He hates overly-complex, impractical brand strategy frameworks and loves making differentiation actually differentiating.

Nick Gardner

Brand & GTM for Starters & Scalers

testimonials

What people say about us

100+ Recommendations from Clients, Peers, CEO’s, VC’s; People Coached, Mentored & Managed

Latané Conant

Chief Revenue Officer at 6Sense

Edwin worked at Appirio for 4+ years and was critical to building the Appirio European business from the ground up. Edwin drove results and built an incredible team. He hired amazing talent and groomed them to be their best. He had a positive impact on our business, careers, and lives. Ultimately this is the mark of great leadership.

1/12

Chris Barbin

Founder & Former CEO at Appirio

Edwin is one of the best out there when it comes to advisory related to go to market / marketing in the enterprise SaaS world — both software and services.

2/12

Mike Reid

Founder & Senior Partner, Frog Capital

When it comes to B2B SaaS marketing, Ed hits the sweet-spot. Clear, methodical, well thought through guidance to what can be a complex area. 
Ed would be a great part for most scale-up (if you can get into his diary).

3/12

Martin Brown

Non-Executive Director

Ed is encyclopaedic when it comes to the latest go-to-market strategies for B2B SaaS businesses. For me, he is a go-to reference point on all things marketing. With his broad view and deep experience, Ed is able to distill complex concepts down to actionable insights. Ed is a pleasure to work with, generous with his time and his network. He has made a real difference to businesses I am involved with. I always learn something new talking to him.

4/12

Guy Battle

CEO Social Value Portal

We engaged Ed to carry out a full Marketing and Sales due diligence. He not only provided us with a honest and frank review of how we are working, but also some fantastic insights and recommendations that have now been embraced by the team.

5/12

Sam Hussain

CEO at Log my Care

Edwin has been hugely helpful while supporting us with our marketing plans. He brings a wealth of direct B2B SaaS experience, theory and content that is otherwise very rare in one package. He is also an absolute pleasure to work with and I have no hesitation in recommending him as a trusted advisor.

6/12

Adam Said, CFA

B2B Software Investor at Octopus Ventures

It was great working with Edwin on a recent pre-investment DD project. Edwin's holistic understanding of the entire commercial function for a B2B SaaS organization made him a compelling fit for this particular project, whereby the quality of his report and recommendations were of high value to us in tailoring post-investment action plans.

7/12

Oliver Jupp

B2B Software Investor at Octopus Ventures

Edwin was a pleasure to work with and gave excellent go-to-market strategy insights during the due diligence of a B2B SaaS investment we made at Octopus Ventures.

8/12

Paul Coggins

CEO at Adludio

Edwin is a first class marketeer. While engaged with Adludio he was able to distill complex marketing needs and requirements with a clarity of thought and messaging that was invaluable to the business. His network was also accessed to help us accelerate the team building that was greatly needed.

9/12

Alex Gwyther

Venture Capital Investor at Mercia Asset

Edwin has been a delight to work with and exceptionally valuable to the work we do with young companies. He has helped struggling companies to turnaround their challenged marketing strategy, as well as support growing companies to further refine their value proposition.

10/12

Matthew Elson

CEO at EVOTIX 
— exited for $150m

I had the honour to work with Ed during his time at Gett as an advisor and Interim CMO.

11/12

Pete Crosby

Executive Coach, Advisor 
& Co-Founder at Revelesco

Ed is a first class marketing strategist who is highly regarded by everyone he works with. He is expert in ideation, design & execution of first class B2B SaaS. Highly recommended.

12/12
pricing
For $15,000 you get

A new compelling point of view

Clarity on your differentiation

Marketing messaging cribsheet

Sales deck storyboard

All within a simple “Lean POV” Canvas

Free GTM consultation & 3-month follow-up)

We promise to make it simple and usable

We promise to make it simple and usableWe won’t sign off on a tool that is not practical (unlike many brand positioning decks). Your output will be simple, on purpose. We know getting to simple is harder than being complicated.

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