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The Biggest B2B Growth Problem Isn't Your Pipeline
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- Aug 14, 2026
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Episode #324: Katie Strout, Chief Marketing Officer at Highspring, explains why sustainable growth requires more than a stronger pipeline. She shares how customer problems can align teams around shared outcomes. Katie explores why sales and marketing should operate as one connected revenue motion. She also explains how customer validation, internal trust, and shared ownership can turn marketing into a commercial growth partner. “Growth and revenue belong to the whole organization. It's not the responsibility of any one function. It happens when marketing, sales, technology, delivery, leadership, customer success, all of those things come together around customers' problems to solve and deliver business outcomes.” - Katie Strout Katie explores why sustainable B2B growth depends on more than pipeline generation. She explains how leaders can align teams around customer problems, connect marketing more directly to revenue outcomes, and replace traditional sales-and-marketing handoffs with shared ownership. The conversation also examines how customer insight, internal trust, long-term relationships, and customer validation can strengthen growth strategy and business impact. Follow Katie Strout on LinkedIn Follow Steve MacDonald on LinkedIn