Startup Positioning & GTM Workshop

A structured working session for early-stage startups that need to figure out what is actually blocking growth before spending more time or money in the wrong direction.

3-part format: pre-session intake, 3-hour live working session, written synthesis with prioritized next steps.

If any of this feels familiar, you’re probably in the right place:

LEAD FLOW FEELS TOO RANDOM

New conversations depend too much on luck, referrals, or the founder’s network. There is activity, but not a system you can trust.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT YOU DO BUT NOT WHY IT MATTERS

The product makes sense once you are deep in it. The problem is getting people to understand quickly why it matters and why it is different.

YOUR STORY SOUNDS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHO SAYS IT

Founder communication, sales, content, and website messaging all sound slightly different. Nothing is fully wrong, but nothing feels fully aligned either.

TOO MANY IDEAS. NO CLEAR ORDER.

Channels, tactics, experiments, content, outreach — all of it feels possible. The hard part is knowing what matters now and what should wait.

SOMETHING IS BLOCKING GROWTH BUT IT IS HARD TO NAME

You can feel the friction, but it is not obvious whether the real issue is positioning, messaging, GTM, execution, or something underneath all of them.

YOU DO NOT NEED MORE IDEAS YOU NEED BETTER DECISIONS

The team is not starting from zero. The issue is not effort. It is that too many important decisions are still blurry, inconsistent, or avoided.

Why start here

CLARITY
BEFORE
EXECUTION

Jumping straight into execution sounds efficient. Usually it isn’t. If positioning is off, the wrong message gets amplified. If the real bottleneck sits somewhere else, more activity only helps you do the wrong thing faster.

NOT A WORKSHOP
A WORKING SESSION

This is not a training nor a brainstorm. We sit down with the team, look at the real situation, challenge weak assumptions, and figure out what actually matters before more time or money gets spent in the wrong direction.

A SMARTER
FIRST STEP

The workshop is a paid first step before any bigger engagement. You get structured clarity, prioritized next steps, and a recommendation on what should happen after: handle it internally, continue in a bounded project, or go deeper with support.

This is the shift:

before

after

REAL EXAMPLES OF THE WORK

Different companies. Different markets.
Same job: make the real problem clearer, structure the thinking, and decide what should happen next.

Challenge:

The commercial story was too scattered. The team needed clearer positioning, a stronger value proposition, better differentiation, and a more realistic view of market constraints.

Workshop focus:

We worked through the real customer pain points, what different buyer groups actually care about, how the offer creates value, where it is genuinely different, and which tactics made sense given the business model and timing.

REsults:

The workshop turned scattered commercial thinking into structured decision logic — including sharper positioning, clearer buyer-specific value, practical priorities, and even seasonal timing for go-to-market.

Challenge:

The company had traction, but the story was fragmented. Positioning was unclear, brand narrative was inconsistent, content efforts were scattered, and there was no real structure behind lead generation.

Workshop focus:

We worked through positioning, narrative consistency, founder communication, content infrastructure, lead-gen activation, and how brand, sales, and GTM should support each other instead of pulling in different directions.

REsults:

The workshop translated a messy growth situation into a clearer roadmap — with stronger structure across brand, content, sales, and GTM, and a much more practical sense of what to prioritize next.

Challenge:

A technically strong product needed clearer strategic structure: who exactly to target first, how to frame the value, how to differentiate credibly, and how to prioritize growth within real constraints.

Workshop focus:

We mapped stakeholders, clarified the clinical and business problems, sharpened the value proposition, defined competitive differences, and worked through goals, constraints, and solution priorities.

REsults:

The outcome was a much clearer strategic direction for a complex B2B healthcare market — with stronger targeting, stronger messaging logic, and a more usable order of priorities.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORKSHOP

Three parts. One focused process.
Enough structure to make it useful, not enough fluff to waste your time.

01

Pre-session
Intake

Before the session, we collect the context.

You send the basics: what you do, what feels off, what has already been tried, and any materials worth reviewing.

We go through it in advance, so the session starts with the real problem, not with catch-up.

02

Live Working Session

One 3-hour session where we work through the situation in real time. This is structured working time.

That usually means:

  • clarifying the actual bottleneck
  • separating signal from noise
  • challenging assumptions that do not hold
  • deciding what matters now and what can wait

03

Post-session Synthetis

After the session, we turn the discussion into something usable.

You get a written summary with the main decisions, the diagnosed bottleneck, the priorities, and the recommended next steps.

The point is to leave with direction.

WHAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH

Not a pile of notes. Something you can actually use after the session.

Clearer problem diagnosis

A sharper view of what is actually blocking growth, whether that sits in positioning, GTM, messaging, lead generation, or communication.

Positioning and narrative direction

A clearer sense of what you should be saying, what makes the company matter, and where the current story is weak or inconsistent.

Prioritized focus areas

Not ten ideas at once. A clearer order of priority across growth, GTM, communication, or execution.

Written summary & synthesis

A documented synthesis of the main decisions, bottlenecks, and recommendations, so the outcome does not disappear after the call.

Recommended next step

A practical recommendation for what should happen next: handle it internally, continue in a more bounded project, or go deeper with support.

WHO THIS IS FOR AND WHO IT ISN’T

This works best with teams that are ready to think, decide, and engage.
Not with teams looking for free advice or someone to rubber-stamp the current plan.

This is for you if:

This is not for you if:

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WORKSHOP

The workshop is a decision point. Not the start of an automatic retainer. Not the end of the road either. Once the situation is clearer, there are usually a few obvious next moves. We are there to help make that path clearer.

OPTION 1
YOU TAKE IT FORWARD INTERNALLY

Sometimes the workshop does its job and that is enough. The team gets a clearer direction, sharper priorities, and a usable next-step plan, then handles the work internally.

OPTION 2
YOU CONTINUE IN A BOUNDED PROJECT

Sometimes one part of the problem needs more support: tighter positioning, a clearer communication system, a GTM structure, or a focused follow-up sprint. In that case, the next step is defined and limited.

OPTION 3
YOU GO DEEPER IF IT MAKES SENSE

Sometimes the workshop shows that the issue is bigger and more interconnected. Then deeper support may make sense, but only after the diagnosis is clear and both sides know why the work is needed.

WHY TRUST INNOMAKER partners

We are not a marketing agency, nor a fancy consultancy trying to sound startup-friendly.

This kind of work only works if the people in the room can think structurally, challenge weak assumptions, and turn messy situations into usable decisions.

That is what we do.

STARTUP-SPECIFIC, NOT GENERIC

We work with early-stage and growth-stage startups, where the real problem is rarely “do more marketing.” It is usually a mix of positioning, GTM, messaging, internal alignment, and decision quality. That is the level we work on.

HANDS-ON, NOT AGENCY BS

We do not hide behind long decks, vague strategy language, or bloated retainers. Our work is built around clear thinking, direct feedback, and practical next steps teams can actually use.

PROVEN ACROSS DIFFERENT KINDS OF STARTUP PROBLEMS

In the last two years, we have worked on market validation, positioning, founder communication, GTM structure, and brand-building across multiple startup contexts — from focused research projects to deeper long-term partnerships.
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projects led in 2 years

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full market entry research & strategy projects

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brands and personal brands built from zero to market

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

You’re not being handed off to an account manager.

The workshop is led by our two co-founders.

Richard Bavlsík

Co-founder & CEO, InnoMaker Partners

Focus areas:

  • market validation & positioning
  • go-to-market strategy
  • growth systems that actually work

Works hands-on with founders to identify what moves the needle and what doesn’t.

30+ PROJECTS LED IN 2 YEARS│+109% ENGAGEMENT GROWTH│8 full market entry research & strategy projects│8 BRANDS BUILT FROM ZERO TO MARKET

Kamilla Strausz

Co-founder & COO, InnoMaker Partners

Focus areas:

  • messaging & positioning
  • communication strategy
  • founder & brand narrative

Turns complex ideas into clear, memorable communication that builds trust.

40+ SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & event organization│16,000+ live VIEWERS REACHED│20+ pages & profiles managed│19 BRANDS & personal brands BUILT FROM ZERO TO MARKET

PRACTICAL DETAILS

The basics, so you know exactly what you’d be signing up for.

format

3-part format

Pre-session intake → 1 × 3-hour live working session → Post-session written synthesis with prioritized next steps

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Who should be in the room

Usually the founder and 1-2 people close to the problem. That might be whoever currently owns marketing, sales, GTM, or communication decisions internally. Too many people slows it down. Too few usually means missing context.

PREP

What you need to prepare

A short intake form and any materials that help us understand the current situation. That might include your website, pitch deck, messaging, campaign data, sales notes, or internal docs. The point is not to prepare a performance. Just give us the real context.

AFTER BOOKING

What happens after booking

We schedule the session, send the intake, review the materials, and come in prepared. The live session is where the working part happens. After that, you receive the written synthesis and next-step recommendation.

PRICE

Pricing

This is a paid first step. Typically in the €500 range

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Included

Pre-work, 3-hour live session, Written summary and next-step recommendation

WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED

Not included

Implementation, A review call afterward, A guaranteed longer engagemen

TIMING / LOGISTICS

Timing and logistics

The session is one focused 3-hour block. The exact timing is scheduled after the fit call.

FAQ

A few things people usually want to know before they book.

Is this a sales call in disguise?

No. The workshop is the actual paid first step.

The call before it is just there to check whether the format makes sense for your situation. If it does, great. If not, we will say so.

Too early: probably yes, if you do not have a real product, market context, or enough signal to work with yet.

Too late: usually no. If something already feels off in positioning, GTM, messaging, or lead flow, this is often exactly the right moment to slow down and figure out what is actually going on.

That is fine.

This workshop is not built on the assumption that nobody is doing anything. In many cases, the issue is not lack of activity, but lack of clarity, alignment, or priority around what should happen next.

Yes.

You get a written synthesis with the key decisions, diagnosed bottleneck, priorities, and recommended next steps. The outcome should be usable after the session, not something that disappears once the call ends.

Very much so, because it starts from your actual context.

You send materials in advance, we review them before the session, and the live part is built around your situation, not a generic framework run-through. The point is not to give you recycled advice. The point is to make better decisions in your case.

No.

Sometimes the right next move is to take the outcome and handle it internally. Sometimes a bounded follow-up makes sense. Sometimes the diagnosis points toward deeper support. The workshop is there to make that decision clearer, not to force one path.

No.

One session will not replace implementation. What it should do is make the real problem clearer, reduce noise, and give you a stronger basis for the next decisions. That is the value of it.

Not a lot, but it does need honesty.

You will need to share the relevant context, materials, and constraints. The better the input, the more useful the session will be. This is not something you need to “perform” for. We just need the real picture.

BUILT FOR EARLY-STAGE STARTUPS.
NOT MEANT TO FIT EVERYONE.

If you have a real product, some market context, and something feels off in positioning, GTM, messaging, or lead flow, this is probably the right place to start.

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