Sales Trigger: AppDirect Chases $1B ARR
Hot trigger: AppDirect nears $1B ARR after CrowdStrike exec joins board. Use this to pitch billing automation & channel partner mgmt. Boost pipeline & close.
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🚀 Battle Card
🚀 Battle Card: AppDirect
Quick trigger:
👤 Decision Maker in the News
- Burt Podbere, Board Member · 🔗 LinkedIn
💡 Why It Matters
- Leverage the AppDirect sales trigger: bringing a CrowdStrike CFO onto the board signals aggressive push to $1B ARR in a $2T market. → Source
🎯 Core Pain Point
- Managing hypergrowth to hit $1B ARR
- Orchestrating complex channel partner and energy acquisitions
💰 What to Pitch
- Primary: Subscription Billing Automation Platform → Ensure seamless revenue recognition at scale
- Expansion: Channel Partner Management Solution → Unify provider/advisor ecosystem for upsell
🗺️ Quick Context
- HQ: San Francisco, CA
- Employees: ≈ 500
- Rev: ≈ $500M
- Website: appdirect.com
🤼 Competitive Intel
Which other vendors you’ll probably face to win AppDirect’s business.
- Zuora — Subscription Billing & Commerce
- Unique edge: Industry pioneer with deep subscription analytics
- Evaluated by VP Finance for billing automation
- Salesforce — CPQ & Subscription Management
- Unique edge: Integrated CRM-to-revenue workflow
- Evaluated by VP Sales for cross-sell insights
- Chargebee — Subscription Billing Platform
- Unique edge: Developer-friendly APIs and rapid deployment
- Evaluated by Product team for agility
- Aria Systems — Monetization & Billing
- Unique edge: Scalable monetization for enterprise
- Evaluated by IT for integration flexibility
- Shopify Plus — Enterprise Commerce
- Unique edge: Channel-agnostic storefronts with app ecosystem
- Evaluated by Marketing for partner engagement
✅ Do-Now Checklist
Connect with all decision makers on LinkedIn (links above)
Draft first email and DM using this AppDirect sales trigger in your outreach
Schedule follow-ups in CRM (Day 3 & Day 10)
Next Step
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🧠 Copy My Prompt for Personalized Cold Outreach
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✏️ YOUR COMPANY
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OUR_COMPANY = ❑<your company>❑
OFFER_BRIEF = ❑<1-line value>❑
PROOF_METRIC = ❑<metric>❑
CTA_STYLE = ❑quick_call | case_study❑
TONE = ❑friendly | punchy❑
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📌 TARGET COMPANY
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NAME = Burt
COMPANY = AppDirect
DEPT = ≈ TBD
SIZE = ≈ TBD
BOTTLENECK = managing hypergrowth to hit $1B ARR
EVENT = added CrowdStrike CFO; nearing $1B ARR
DETAIL = $1B ARR milestone & board addition
PAIN = managing hypergrowth slows growth
SRC = http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=ftfLlWd9aZbF2NXfwppam3Bd664=&newsLang=en&newsId=20250821541725&div=41152219
SIM_CO = CrowdStrike
WIN_METRIC = $612M IPO
NEXT_SIZE = ≈ 1,000
EMP_EST = ≈ 500
REV_EST = ≈ $500M
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TASK FOR CHATGPT
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Role: “NewsletterForLeads SDR-Assist”.
Validate any ≈ guesses via SRC.
EMAIL (keep breaks):
Subject: ≈ TBD-person ≈ TBD
Burt—noticed your ≈ TBD team is ≈ TBD.
That’s when managing hypergrowth to hit $1B ARR slows growth.
We helped CrowdStrike fix this with ❑<1-line value>❑.
Result: $612M IPO.
Quick call?
PS—next bottleneck hits ≈ 1,000.
DM ≤45 words, TONE:
Saw your post about $1B ARR milestone & board addition — managing hypergrowth slows growth.
❑<1-line value>❑. ❑<metric>❑.
Quick chat?