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$0 to $500K ARR in eight months — a new vertical, built from scratch.

A major Indian media house·Media & Publishing

Brand Vibe built a new inside-sales vertical for a major Indian media house from the ground up, taking it from zero to $500K in annualised revenue in eight months. The work covered the org structure and hiring plan, the go-to-market strategy, pricing and sales pitch, and fractional CXO leadership to secure the first anchor clients — a validated 0-to-1 playbook.

$500KARR built in 8 months
ARR in 8 months
$500K
new vertical, from scratch
0 → 1
to a significant run-rate
8 mo
01 · The challenge

A major Indian media house needed to stand up a completely new inside-sales vertical from nothing and reach a meaningful revenue run-rate within eight months — with no existing team, process or playbook to build on.

02 · Our approach

What we actually did.

  • 01Designed the org structure and a hiring plan for a sales function that did not yet exist.
  • 02Developed the go-to-market strategy, product pricing and the sales pitch from first principles.
  • 03Provided fractional CXO leadership on the ground to recruit, train and lead the early team.
  • 04Personally led the first sales cycles to secure anchor clients and prove the model.
03 · What shipped

An owned asset, not a slide deck.

  • A fully staffed, functional inside-sales vertical with a defined operating rhythm
  • A repeatable go-to-market and pricing model the client owns
  • A trained sales team running a documented process
  • Anchor clients signed, validating the 0-to-1 playbook
04 · The result

The number that mattered.

  • $500K in annualised recurring revenue achieved in just eight months.
  • A scalable new business vertical that keeps running as an owned asset.
  • A validated 0-to-1 playbook the group can repeat for the next vertical.
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US$'000 ARRAnnualised revenue run-rate, month by month — $0 to $500K in eight months.
05 · How we did it

The services behind this result.

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