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A coaching and enablement program helps early-stage B2B SaaS teams build a repeatable sales motion.
Early SaaS teams buy sales clarity before they can justify a full-time VP of Sales.
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Manuel Hartmann describes SalesPlaybook as a bootstrapped sales enablement and coaching business for early-stage B2B SaaS founders. Its clients generally have initial traction, a small sales team, and a goal of improving revenue without wasting capital on the wrong hires or process. The offer combines coaching with practical assets, including more than 40 templates for defining an ideal customer profile, writing campaigns, and training sales teams. Hartmann says one customer, Wildflow, doubled MRR within three months, moved from five to ten thousand average contract value, and closed a $150,000 ARR deal after working with SalesPlaybook. For SalesPlaybook itself, he reports revenue of about $360,000 in 2020, compared with $90,000 in 2019, and says it had around 30 paying customers and roughly $20,000 to $25,000 in monthly recurring revenue at the time of the interview. The company operated with two core people and contractors.
For a sales coaching offer aimed at SaaS founders, the first customers usually come through direct expertise and trusted founder networks. Start with a narrow stage, such as teams moving from founder-led selling to their first repeatable sales hire, and publish a practical diagnostic that helps them identify the gap.
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Data credibility: The $360K and $90K revenue figures, customer count, MRR range, pricing, and Wildflow outcome are stated by founder Manuel Hartmann during an interview. They are self-reported and unaudited.
For this service, the first dollar likely arrives when a founder pays for expert help with a costly sales decision: who to target, what to say, or whether to hire. Package the first engagement around a specific deliverable and a short time window, such as a sales process review followed by a working session.
A coaching business compounds when client work produces reusable methods, trusted referrals, and a stronger delivery bench. SalesPlaybook describes using actionable templates and coaching to help early-stage teams establish their sales process; repeated work across similar customers can sharpen those assets.
When growth is slow or clients do not respond, a small coaching company should resist expanding its offer into every sales service at once. Review the last several client conversations and separate “interested in sales” from buyers with an urgent budget and a specific decision to make.
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