Harrison Rose shares his insights on approaching ICP as a spectrum, why founder-led sales must become repeatable, when to hire sales leaders, bootstrapping vs VC, and AI’s next GTM shift.
Harrison Rose has lived the journey most founders only see from the outside.
As Co-Founder of Paddle, he helped scale from zero to $100M+ revenue - without the “overnight success” story everyone loves to tell. Now he’s doing it again with GoodFit, turning the market-mapping and ICP systems Paddle built internally into a product built for modern GTM teams.
In this episode, Harrison breaks down the real inflexion points that unlocked Paddle’s growth, why founder-led sales is often misunderstood, and how teams get trapped at $2–3M ARR when “founder privilege” masks the lack of a scalable playbook.
You’ll also hear Harrison’s clear-eyed take on bootstrapping vs VC, and how AI is moving from “more output” to actually making GTM decisions, including the coming tension over who owns the top of funnel: CRO or CMO.
📚 Episode Chapters
05:15 - When to hire experienced Sales Leaders
08:45 - A focus on cold outbound
11:25 - Seeing ICP as a spectrum
19:30 - Building true repeatability
25:15 - Funding & the future of AI
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