Luke Welch
Owner
at Welch GTM Consulting
Owner, Luke Welch GTM Consulting. Advisor to Founders and Sales executives. Former Global Head of Sales at Salesforce, ex SAP.
Luke has twenty years of experience selling B2B solutions to US and global organizations. Luke has operated as a freelance consultant to B2B startups since 2022 and advises on early stage GTM processes.
Luke mentors Founders and Sales leaders on ‘how and when’ to scale, helping to identify initial PMF, codify sales processes and build teams. His specific area of expertise is in vertical SaaS solutions in the CRM, Martec and ERP spaces.
Luke co-builds teams of Sales, Solution Engineers, CSM’s and Marketers. He was a founder of the Salesforce Retail and Consumer Goods industry, growing the team from 5 employees to >500 and winning ‘VP of the Year’ twice. Luke was a ‘high potential’ Sales participant at SAP (<1% of workforce).
Articles by Luke Welch
How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...
7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself
The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out
A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies
In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...
Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends
Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....
Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations
In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...