

What I’m Seeing as a Founder in 2025: Early Stage Rounds, the Changing VC Climate, and the Road Ahead
In early 2025, ZillyPlanet began raising our angel round. We started, as many founders do, with people we knew personally. Friends. Former colleagues. Mentors. Supporters of our mission to make STEM learning more personal, inclusive, and story-driven. These early conversations felt energizing. They were built on trust, shared vision, and enthusiasm for what we’re building. But as we reached the tail end of the round, we found ourselves needing to expand our circle. We started
Dec 166 min read
Clarity Before Confidence: Use TAM–SAM–SOM to Align Strategy With Execution
Scaling plans fail when execution outgrows reach. Teams build roadmaps and targets on potential, not on what they can win now. That’s how drift begins. The Real Gap When vision sits above execution with no market boundary in between, every function fills the void with its own logic. Product optimises for one segment. Sales chases another. Marketing fuels awareness with no conversion path. Finance funds contradictions. Activity rises. Compounding falls. The Tool: The Mark
Nov 193 min read


Partnership-Driven Sales: The 2026 Guide to Winning Through Ecosystems
Why the future of enterprise sales belongs to the companies who don’t sell alone. The era of solo selling is over. In 2025, the fastest-growing revenue teams share one core strategy: they’re building, activating, and scaling ecosystems. Whether you’re integrating with platforms like Workday or partnering across AI and RevOps tools, ecosystem partnerships have become the most reliable way to accelerate pipeline, shorten cycles, and close bigger deals with higher win rates. Th
Nov 173 min read