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Joe Schmidt
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Choosing Your Sales Strategy: Lighthouse vs. Landgrab
Elena BurgerAndy McCallJoe Schmidt
Joe Schmidt’s 2x2 contrasts lighthouse AI sales, where proof travels amid buyer exposure, with land grabs, where budgets make the math decisive.Andy McCall’s Samsara example links 2016–2019 ELD mandate and mid-market focus to faster feedback despite AT&T and Verizon.AI boards and buy-by-X deadlines may open a software window, but founders need ACV discipline and hard-dated POCs with upfront criteria.