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Go-to-market
for the real world.

I'm Phil. I'm a GTM strategist for B2B tech and service companies.

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Phil Lieng, founder and GTM strategist at Paperplane Strategy
PHIL LIENGFOUNDER & GTM STRATEGIST

Doing more
isn’t a strategy.

The companies I talk to are doing more marketing than ever. With AI, they can churn out more content, more sequences, on more channels. Their competitors have the same playbook. Yet they're not closing more deals.

The reflex is to do more. That's not a strategy. Doing more is what you do when you don't have one.

The hard part of marketing is figuring out how to stand out. It's the part most companies skip, and AI just made skipping it more expensive.

That's the work I do. I help companies figure out how to stand out, and build the system that turns it into growth.

40+
positioning engagements
12+
industries served

From HR tech and legal tech to marketing agencies and professional services.

55+
workshops

Services.

Why clients choose us

01

We’re not an agency

We don’t chase awards. We won't produce a campaign if that's not what you need. We're a general contractor for GTM. We assemble the right expertise, orchestrate the work, and take accountability for what actually grows the business.

02

We are seasoned go-to-market operators

We've led GTM functions across stages and sectors. We've seen enough GTM challenges to know where the hurdles usually are - and the experience to help you move past them faster.

03

We’re a general contractor for GTM

No consultant is right for every business. An HR tech company pushing into enterprise has a different challenge than an early-stage martech still hunting its first ten customers. I'm a general contractor for GTM. I read the business first: stage, market, what's already been built and what was built wrong. Then I assemble the right expertise, orchestrate the work, and take accountability for what grows.

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conversation?

Tell us what you’re working with and we’ll tell you what we’d do.

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