Step 1
ICP & Anti-Profile Builder
Interactive toolDefine the exact buyer you’re built for, and who to deliberately avoid.
05Month 5 · Segment
Market Segmentation & Customer Validation
Stop selling to “the market.” Find the specific customer who needs this most and prove it.
The question this month answers
If I could only sell to 50 accounts in year one, which 50, and can I name them?
By the end of this month
- Define your beachhead segment with precision: a specific buyer, in a specific setting, with a specific pain
- Validate that your target segment actually shaped the product, rather than being imagined by engineering
- Build the ideal customer profile that recruiting, marketing, and sales will all use
Step 2
Beachhead Segmentation Scorer
Interactive toolScore and rank candidate segments on urgency, budget, and access to pick your beachhead.
Step 3
Design-Input Reality Check
Interactive toolAn honest audit of whether your segment actually shaped the product, or just imagined it.
Step 4
Named Target Account Tracker
Interactive tool + Excel workbookBuild and track your starter list of 10–20 named accounts, CRM-import ready. Prefer a spreadsheet? The Excel version has the same fields and a live dashboard.