The Method

Rigorous. Transparent.
Built for growth.

The Galileo Method is an 8-week, three-phase engagement that transforms customer and survey data into a cross-functional strategic blueprint for revenue growth.

Overview

Market segmentation,
engineered for growth.

Most segmentation projects try to solve for too many customer differences — resulting in a framework that's too complex to act on and optimized for no single outcome. Galileo's method is engineered to reveal one essential insight: which accounts are most likely to grow your revenue — and what they need from you to keep growing.

With this segmentation framework, we help you make foundational decisions about where to play and how to win in your TAM.

The result is a segmentation-based strategy your entire organization can rally around: Product, Marketing, and Sales all aligned around the same needle-moving growth opportunities.

GLOBAL TAM ATTRACTIVENESS ABILITY TO WIN = $XB market segment
Phase by Phase
1.
Growth Segment Foundation
~2 weeks

What It Is

We start with your data. Galileo enriches your historical customer data with robust third-party firmographics, then analyzes the enriched database to identify the variable combinations most predictive of key revenue growth behaviors.

What You Get

  • Customer data enriched with dozens of fresh, high-quality firmographic variables
  • Data-driven segment building blocks that partition your TAM by growth potential
  • A foundation for Phase 2 needs-based segmentation analysis

Why It Matters

Most companies segment their market by one or two basic dimensions — industry, company size, or geography. Those attributes often aren't the strongest predictors of revenue growth. Phase 1 reorients your segmentation around the variables that actually drive revenue.

2.
Needs-Based Segmentation
~4 weeks

What It Is

We design and field a quantitative survey with your market's key decision-makers to overlay customer needs on the Phase 1 segment building blocks. Statistical analysis groups building blocks with similar needs profiles into 5–8 final market segments.

What You Get

  • 5–8 market segments with distinct revenue growth and needs profiles
  • Each segment transparently defined with targetable firmographic attributes
  • Precise insight into what each segment values, how they buy, and what positioning will resonate

Why It Matters

Phase 1 tells you which accounts are most likely to grow your revenue. Phase 2 tells you which of those accounts also share similar needs, attitudes, and buying behaviors. It infuses the growth segmentation with customer-centricity — giving your Product, Marketing, and Sales teams the insight they need to engage each segment with the right offering, positioning, and content.

3.
Strategic Choices & Activation
~2 weeks

What It Is

We conduct a precise, bottoms-up sizing and profiling of each market segment as inputs to a structured Where to Play workshop with business leaders. The subsequent How to Win workshop equips cross-functional teams with expanded segment fact bases to develop high-level strategies — offering, channel, and positioning — for each priority segment. We close the engagement with a strategic choices activation roadmap to bridge insight and execution.

What You Get

  • Full TAM sizing, with each market segment individually sized
  • Prioritized segments with key prioritization inputs
  • Segment fact sheets for Product, Marketing, and Sales
  • Segment-level strategic choices: offering, channel, and positioning
  • Strategic choices activation roadmap

Why It Matters

This is where it all comes together — we translate the segmentation insights into a customer-centric growth strategy and activation roadmap. Phase 3 is the bridge between insight and execution — and it's designed to be something your teams can pick up and run with on day one.

The Full Picture
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Focus Revenue growth behaviors Customer needs Strategic choices
Method Enriched customer data analysis Quant survey data analysis Segment sizing & profiling
Output Segment building blocks 5–8 named segments Prioritized segments & GTM choices
Timeline ~2 weeks ~4 weeks ~2 weeks

Total engagement: ~8 weeks.

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See the method in action.

Every Galileo engagement begins with a conversation about your data, your market, and your revenue growth goals. Let's uncover the growth engine hiding in your TAM.

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