Direct sales vs indirect sales: When to leverage vs own your go-to-market

A framework for sales-led SaaS CEOs on what indirect demands — and when you shouldn't try

This essay answers one question: Should you go direct or indirect?

After 33 years of answering it — and making every mistake along the way — here’s what I know: most partner programs fail not because sales-led SaaS CEOs choose the wrong model, but because they want the benefits without paying what indirect demands.

What follows is a framework built from real conversations with people who’ve run partner channels at Microsoft,

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About Ton Dobbe

Sales Pitch

Product Positioning Consultant for Sales-Led SaaS Scaleups.
I help CEOs turn their better product into higher win rates and shorter sales cycles.
Author of The Remarkable Effect, host of The Remarkable SaaS podcast.
Unlike other consultants, I tie my fees to your results.

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