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Scaling your B2B growth engine

Lenny Rachitsky · Lenny's Newsletter Freemium Intermediate

This piece helps you time the shift: it names the handful of B2B growth channels, argues most of your early growth comes from just one, and shows when to start layering the next one. That timing is the whole game, since dropping outbound too early or clinging to it too long both cost you. Use it as a starting point to figure out which channel is actually carrying you right now.

• Most early B2B growth comes from a single dominant channel (inbound self-serve, inbound sales-assist, or outbound), so name yours before spreading thin.
• Additional channels (content and SEO, paid, partnerships, expansion) are worth adding only once your primary channel is working, not as a rescue.
• Nearly every B2B company eventually builds a sales motion, so the question is sequencing, not whether to move beyond cold outreach.