UNLOCK GROWTH AND DON’T F**K IT UP.

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by Bob Tinker & Tae Hea Nahm

NEW!

Path to surfing Unicorn

Succeed Now. Anticipate What’s Next.

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Empowering B2B software startup leaders, the 'Path to Surfing Unicorn' workshop delivers practical strategies for identifying market opportunities, building high-performing teams, and executing core strategies for sustainable growth.

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Path to Surfing Unicorn - Company Journey Summary and the Wave

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The Big Wave

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Founding the Company

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Finding PMF

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Unlock Growth

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Race to Category Leader

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Mega Category Leader

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Investor Empathy (Fundraising)

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People Journey

OUR BOOKS

The Company Journey

Our first book, The Company Journey, demystifies building B2B startups from the founding idea, to Product-Market-Fit, to unlock growth with Go-To-Market Fit, and then to category leader and beyond. The critical transition is unlocking growth.

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Change or Be Changed

The second book, Change or Be Changed, is about why growth is so hard on the team.

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Survival to Thrival is the Mind-Meld of a 20-Year Founder-Investor Duo.

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Tae Hea Nahm

MODEL GUY

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Bob Tinker

PUNCHLINE GUY

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Founder/CEO

"The truth about startup enterprise sales as far as I know it."
RACHEL CRAIG
CEO OF MOTION HALL
"This book speaks to the soul of the B2B founder."
APRIL KOH
CEO OF SPRING HEALTH
"It is difficult to write a captivating business book.
Bob and Tae Hea have succeeded."
NELU MIHAI
FOUNDER OF CLOUD OF CLOUDS
"I believe Survival to Thrival can help any type of employee deal with growth"
OFER FRYMAN
CO-FOUNDER CEO OF SYTE
"It's a must read for every SaaS founder!"
MYK PONO
FOUNDER OF PUBLISH NOW
"This is the kind of insight and wisdom we so desperately need in Silicon Valley"
CHRIS FISHER
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER

Podcast

In each episode, Tae Hea and Bob discuss the
key concepts underpinning the S2T book series.
Most Recent Episode
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How April Koh, co-founder of Spring Health, unlocked growth and became a unicorn
April Koh, Co-Founder and CEO of Spring Health, talks to co-hosts Bob Tinker and Tae Hea Nahm about how a Go To Market Fit playbook enabled her company to achieve 6 x growth for four years running.

How April Koh, co-founder of Spring Health, unlocked growth and became a unicorn

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CONTRIBUTERS

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Aaron Levie

CEO & Co-Founder

Box

Ben Horowitz

Founding Partner

Andressen-Horowitz

Frank Marshall

Former VP Engineering

Cisco, Convex

Fred Ball

Former CFO – Marketo,

Webroot, Borland

Huan Ho

CTO & Co-Founder

Rallyteam/Workday

Jason Martin

SVP Engineering – FireEye,

CEO – Secure DNA

JJ Juergensen

MD - CyberRisk, Barclays;

former MD of IT - Morgan Stanley

Jim Tolonen

Former CFO

Business Objects, Novell

Jon Miller

Co-Founder; CEO – Engagio,

Co-Founder – Marketo

Mark Leslie

Lecturer – Stanford GSB,

Founder & CEO – Veritas

Mark McLaughlin

Former CEO

Palo Alto Networks, Verisign

Mark Smith

Former SVP Sales – Rubrick,

Arista Networks, InfoBlox, NetScreen

Tien Tzuo

CEO & Co-Founder

Zuora

Jay Fulcher

CEO

Zenefits

Mark Templeton

CEO – Digital Ocean,

Former CEO – Citrix

Matt Howard

Managing Partner

Norwest Venture Partners

Phil Fernandez

Founder former CEO – Marketo.

Boards – Collibra, PTC, Yext

Ray Carroll

VP Sales – Engagio,

AVP Sales – Marketo

Sameer Dholakia

CEO

SendGrid

Ashwin Ballal

CIO - Medallia,

former CIO of KLA Tencor

We hope The Path to Surfing Unicorn guides you to discover significant market trends, build a great team, and transition from Survival to Thrival!

And we hope you’ll share your learnings with the community.

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What Readers Are Saying

"The truth about startup enterprise sales as far as I know it."
RACHEL CRAIG
CEO OF MOTION HALL
"This book speaks to the soul of the B2B founder."
APRIL KOH
CEO OF SPRING HEALTH
"It is difficult to write a captivating business book.
Bob and Tae Hea have succeeded."
NELU MIHAI
FOUNDER OF CLOUD OF CLOUDS
"I believe Survival to Thrival can help any type of employee deal with growth"
OFER FRYMAN
CO-FOUNDER CEO OF SYTE
"It's a must read for every SaaS founder!"
MYK PONO
FOUNDER OF PUBLISH NOW
"This is the kind of insight and wisdom we so desperately need in Silicon Valley"
CHRIS FISHER
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER

What Readers Are Saying