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STLabs growth playbook

Diagnosis

STLabs is an early, well-backed New York company with a clear product and unusually transparent pricing, and its hiring shows the go-to-market is starting now: a Growth Marketing Associate for content, field events and ABM, a first motion designer for walkthroughs and customer interviews, AEs for three company sizes, and forward deployed engineers inside enterprise deployments.

What the site lacks is proof and paths: every number is sample data, no customer is named, the blog has two posts, the Trust Center is nearly empty and nothing tells a ServiceNow shop how to start.

This playbook puts real proof first, then gives outbound a number for each account, an "alongside ServiceNow" path, a full Trust Center and workflow content, before bigger bets on a drift check and a service desk report.

Growth Score

6/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn the first deployments into public proof and the product's own discovery into outbound offers (license estimates, pre-call maps, drift checks).

Biggest Risk

Enterprise buyers compare a startup with ServiceNow and funded AI rivals such as Atomicwork; without named customers and a finished security story, deals stall in review.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Replace the homepage's sample numbers with one real customer's before-and-after

    Ask the forward deployed engineers which customer has the cleanest before-and-after data.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    A license waste estimator that gives outbound a number for each target account

    Write the formula with typical seat prices and the 20 to 30% range.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  3. 3

    A "Keep ServiceNow, add STLabs" page for the buyers who can't switch yet

    Write the ServiceNow page first.

    High impact First result in 1 month

02

Your idea portfolio

22 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

    1 of these are things Programmable can build and run for you.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 3Big bets · 9Fill-ins · 5Reconsider · 5
Effort →

Showing 22 of 22 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    STLabs is hiring a Growth Marketing Associate to build landing pages and ABM for CIOs and Heads of IT, and its first motion designer to shoot "customer and team interviews". But the site has no proof yet: the homepage's 9.2-hour to 1.8-hour resolution chart is labelled "Sample data", and no customer is named on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages. An IT leader at a 10,000-person company is being asked to replace a core system on a startup's sample numbers, while rivals such as Atomicwork lead with case studies and testimonials.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Ask the forward deployed engineers which customer has the cleanest before-and-after data.

    How to measure it

    First-meeting rate on outbound

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick the customer

      The deployment with clean before data.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Agree terms

      Named or anonymized; what can be shown.

      Founder & CEO 1 week

    3. 3

      Pull the numbers

      Resolution share, median time, licenses reclaimed.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    4. 4

      Interview

      Three minutes on camera with the IT lead.

      Senior Motion Designer 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Swap the panel

      Real numbers replace "Sample data".

      Front-End Engineer 2 days

    6. 6

      Write the one-pager

      Problem, rollout, results.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    7. 7

      Cut clips

      Three 30-second LinkedIn clips.

      Senior Motion Designer 1 week

    8. 8

      Put it in sequences

      Every AE track.

      Growth Marketing Associate ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Production time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Get one quote and one number approved this month and put them above the fold.

    Why it works

    Pick one live deployment (the forward deployed engineers know which), measure its real numbers over 12 weeks (share resolved by the agent, median time to resolve, licenses reclaimed), and publish them in place of the sample panel, named if the customer agrees and described by industry and size if not. Film a three-minute interview with the IT lead, cut 30-second clips for LinkedIn, and give AEs a one-page version for every first call.

    Enterprise IT buyers buy on peer proof, and one real result changes how every outbound email, landing page and demo opens. It also tests the claims sales already makes.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistFirst proof package

    [ ] One deployment with 12 weeks of data
    [ ] Share of requests resolved by the agent
    [ ] Median time to resolve, before and after
    [ ] Licenses reclaimed ($ and seats)
    [ ] Customer approval of every number
    [ ] Three-minute interview + three clips
    [ ] Homepage panel swapped from "Sample data"
    [ ] One-pager for AEs

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer won't be named

      Describe by industry and size, with their approval of the numbers.

    • Numbers smaller than the sample

      Publish them anyway; real beats round.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "Service management that knows your people"; "50%+ of requests resolved by agents before they become tickets"; median time to resolve "Before 9.2h" and "With STLabs 1.8h"; a license example reclaiming "$1,656,000" a year; the analytics panel is labelled "Sample data, last 12 weeks". No customer is named and there are no logos, quotes or case studies on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages.Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
    • HiringSenior Motion Designer (New York, posted October 16, 2026): "our first full-time motion designer"; "a mixture of product walkthroughs, voiceover pieces, and customer and team interviews"; "feature explainers, UI animations, launch videos and tutorials"; formats for "the website, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and X".Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (posted September 9, 2026): "Our platform turns an enterprise's historical ticket data, knowledge bases, and integrations into instant resolutions, automated workflows, and a living graph of their organization"; FDEs "Deploy STLabs inside enterprise environments" and "Own a piece of a live deployment from your first month".Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
    • Competitor researchAtomicwork's homepage: "AI Workforce for Enterprise IT, Agentic ITSM & ESM", with case studies and customer testimonials. ServiceNow, Jira Service Management and Freshservice are the incumbents STLabs integrates with.Source
  • 02

    The pricing page says "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses", and the Scale tier reclaims them. The ABM work the Growth Marketing Associate owns needs an opener that is about the prospect, not STLabs.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Write the formula with typical seat prices and the 20 to 30% range.

    How to measure it

    Outbound reply rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    +40%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set the method

      Seat prices and idle ranges, cited.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    2. 2

      Build the page

      Inputs, range and method.

      Front-End Engineer 1 week

    3. 3

      Gate the detail

      Full report for a work email.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 day

    4. 4

      Pre-fill for accounts

      Top 100 target accounts.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    5. 5

      Write sequences

      One per AE track.

      Mid-Market Account Executive 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Replies and meetings.

      Growth Marketing Associate weekly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Send ten pre-filled estimates by email this week.

    Build the prospect list. The list compiled from public sources, verified, deduplicated and delivered to your CRM. Usually live within days.

    Book a working session

    Why it works

    Build a simple estimator: employee count and top ten apps in, an estimated range of idle seats and dollars out, with the method shown. Use it on the site and pre-fill it for each target account in outbound ("a 6,000-person company typically has..."). Offer a real count from their own data in the demo.

    A dollar figure gets a CIO's attention faster than a product claim, and it leads straight into the demo's "your environment mapped" promise.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Estimates look like guesses

      Show ranges and the method, then offer the real count.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
    • Your websiteDemo page: "Bring your own stack. Watch it resolve."; "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call"; "Your hardest workflow, resolved live. Offboarding, access requests, a recurring incident"; "Forty-five minutes, hands on."Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 03

    The FAQ says STLabs "can run alongside your current platform" and the ServiceNow, Jira Service Management and Freshservice integrations sync both ways, but no page tells that story. Most large enterprises can't rip out ServiceNow this year, and that is the first objection Enterprise AEs will hear.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Write the ServiceNow page first.

    How to measure it

    Demos from "alongside" pages

    Now
    –
    Target
    15 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Map the day-one value

      Per incumbent.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the pages

      ServiceNow, JSM, Freshservice.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    3. 3

      Add a 90-day path

      Pilot to replacement.

      Enterprise Account Executive 2 days

    4. 4

      Link from integrations

      Top of each page.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    5. 5

      Use in outbound

      By the prospect's current tool.

      Mid-Market Account Executive ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Demos and pilots.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Publish the ServiceNow page this week.

    Why it works

    Publish one page per incumbent: what STLabs adds on day one alongside it (answers in Slack and Teams, routing with context, license reclaim), what moves later, a 90-day path, and a demo on their own stack. Link it from the integration pages and outbound.

    It turns "we already have ServiceNow" from a reason to stop into the start of a pilot.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Looks like STLabs is only an add-on

      Show the path to replacement on every page.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • Your websiteServiceNow integration page: "Deep bi-directional sync with ServiceNow" for incidents, changes, CMDB items and knowledge; similar pages for Jira Service Management and Freshservice. No page explains running STLabs alongside ServiceNow as a first step or replacing it later.Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
    • Competitor researchAtomicwork's homepage: "AI Workforce for Enterprise IT, Agentic ITSM & ESM", with case studies and customer testimonials. ServiceNow, Jira Service Management and Freshservice are the incumbents STLabs integrates with.Source
  • 04

    Enterprise AEs are selling to 10,000-person companies, and the Trust Center links only to a subprocessor list. The security page says SOC 2 Type II is in progress, with no timeline, security pack or questionnaire answers.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Founder & CEO

    First action

    List the last five security questionnaires' common questions.

    How to measure it

    Median security review time

    Now
    –
    Target
    -30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Gather answers

      Common questions.

      Security lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Write the overview

      Two pages.

      Security lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Post the SOC 2 timeline

      Auditor and dates.

      Founder & CEO 1 day

    4. 4

      Pre-fill a questionnaire

      Standard format.

      Security lead 1 week

    5. 5

      Publish

      Trust Center sections.

      Front-End Engineer 2 days

    6. 6

      Track

      Review time per deal.

      Enterprise Account Executive ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Publish the SOC 2 timeline this week.

    Why it works

    Add the SOC 2 timeline and auditor, a downloadable security overview, a pre-filled standard questionnaire, data-flow and AI-data-use statements, and a request form for the full pack under NDA.

    Security review is where early-stage vendors lose enterprise deals to delay; answering it up front shortens the cycle.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Over-promising on certification

      State only what is complete or scheduled.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteTrust Center: one link, to Subprocessors. The security page lists "SOC 2 Pursuing Type II certification", AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+, "Your data is never used to train shared models", and per-tenant isolation; there is no downloadable security pack, penetration test summary or questionnaire.Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: New York headquarters, "17 Open roles", "SOC 2 Pursuing Type II certification"; board directors are general partners at ICONIQ Capital and CRV; advisors include a former PayPal CTO and CIO of Intel and HPE, and Datadog's CISO.Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 05

    Pricing is per employee per year with no agent seats or session limits, which is a strong difference, but buyers still have to work out the total and compare it with what they pay today.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Add the slider to the pricing page.

    How to measure it

    Pricing-page demo conversion

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Design

      One slider, four totals.

      Product Designer, Service Management 2 days

    2. 2

      Build

      On the pricing page.

      Front-End Engineer 3 days

    3. 3

      Route

      Headcount to AE track.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 day

    4. 4

      Add the note

      What is never charged.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 hour

    5. 5

      Test

      Before and after.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    6. 6

      Train AEs

      Same numbers on calls.

      Commercial Account Executive 1 day

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Add a static table for three headcounts first.

    Why it works

    Add a headcount slider that shows the yearly total for each tier and the cost per employee per month, and a note on what is not charged (agent seats, sessions, add-ons). Pass the headcount to the demo form so the right AE track picks it up.

    Seeing the total removes a step before the demo, and headcount routes the lead to Commercial, Mid-Market or Enterprise.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Big totals scare small teams

      Show monthly per-employee cost next to it.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 06

    STLabs has three AE tracks by size (under 2,000, 2,000 to 10,000, 10,000+), but the demo form asks only for name, email, company and an optional note.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Add the two fields to the form.

    How to measure it

    Demo show rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    80%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Add fields

      Size and current tool.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    2. 2

      Set routing

      By size.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 day

    3. 3

      Pre-call email

      What we will map.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 day

    4. 4

      SLA

      One-hour response.

      Commercial Account Executive ongoing

    5. 5

      Review

      Show rate by track.

      Growth Marketing Associate weekly

    6. 6

      Adjust

      Fields that hurt completion.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Add the size field today.

    Why it works

    Add company size and current service desk tool to the form, route each request to its track within an hour, and confirm the "your environment mapped before the call" promise with a short pre-call email.

    Fast, right-sized follow-up is the cheapest conversion lift for a young sales team, and the current tool tells the AE which story to tell.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Longer form lowers completion

      Use two fields only.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteDemo page: "Bring your own stack. Watch it resolve."; "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call"; "Your hardest workflow, resolved live. Offboarding, access requests, a recurring incident"; "Forty-five minutes, hands on."Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source

This quarter 11

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    The demo page promises "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call". Enterprise AEs must build pipeline from scratch, and a preview of the prospect's own environment is a rare thing to offer a cold CIO.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Enterprise Account Executive

    First action

    Pick the two integrations that give the fastest useful map.

    How to measure it

    Offer-to-meeting rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    25%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick integrations

      Identity and device management.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Design the report

      One page.

      Product Designer, Service Management 1 week

    3. 3

      Write the offer

      Outbound copy.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 days

    4. 4

      Run for targets

      Top 30 accounts.

      Enterprise Account Executive 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Report walkthrough.

      Enterprise Account Executive per account

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings and pilots.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    FDE time
    Owner
    Enterprise Account Executive

    Smallest test

    Run the offer for five accounts.

    Why it works

    Make the pre-call map the outbound offer: "Give us read-only access to two tools and we'll show you your idle licenses and stale access in 48 hours." Package the result as a one-page report the IT lead can share internally.

    A finding from their own data gives the champion something to forward, which moves multi-threaded enterprise deals.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Security teams refuse access

      Offer a sandbox with sample exports.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteDemo page: "Bring your own stack. Watch it resolve."; "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call"; "Your hardest workflow, resolved live. Offboarding, access requests, a recurring incident"; "Forty-five minutes, hands on."Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (posted September 9, 2026): "Our platform turns an enterprise's historical ticket data, knowledge bases, and integrations into instant resolutions, automated workflows, and a living graph of their organization"; FDEs "Deploy STLabs inside enterprise environments" and "Own a piece of a live deployment from your first month".Source
    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
  • 08

    The Growth Marketing Associate will "plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events" for Heads of IT, Service Ops and CIOs. STLabs' advisors include a former PayPal CTO and CIO of Intel, and Datadog's CISO.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Ask one advisor to co-host the first dinner.

    How to measure it

    Opportunities per dinner

    Now
    –
    Target
    2
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick topics

      Three for the quarter.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    2. 2

      Book a host

      Advisor co-host.

      Founder & CEO 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build the list

      Target accounts in New York.

      Enterprise Account Executive 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Run

      Monthly.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Within 24 hours.

      Growth Marketing Associate per event

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings and pipeline.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Dinner costs
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Host one dinner this quarter.

    Why it works

    Run a monthly dinner of 12 IT leaders in New York on one topic (offboarding risk, SaaS waste, AI in the service desk), co-hosted by an advisor. Follow up within 24 hours with a short recap and the license estimator.

    Peer dinners with a known host open doors at large enterprises that cold email can't, and they suit a New York-based team.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low attendance

      Invite 30 for 12 seats.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
    • Your websiteAbout page: New York headquarters, "17 Open roles", "SOC 2 Pursuing Type II certification"; board directors are general partners at ICONIQ Capital and CRV; advisors include a former PayPal CTO and CIO of Intel and HPE, and Datadog's CISO.Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 09

    STLabs' first motion designer will make product walkthroughs and explainers for the website, LinkedIn, YouTube and X. The homepage already shows the story in stills: a request in Slack, a policy check, approval, done.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Senior Motion Designer

    First action

    Storyboard the Salesforce license request.

    How to measure it

    Demos after video views

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick requests

      Five most common.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Storyboard

      One per request.

      Senior Motion Designer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Produce

      Animated UI.

      Senior Motion Designer 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Site and LinkedIn.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Use in outbound

      Video links.

      Mid-Market Account Executive ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Views to demos.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Production time
    Owner
    Senior Motion Designer

    Smallest test

    Make the first video.

    Why it works

    Make one 60-second video per common request (new laptop, Salesforce license, VPN, offboarding, MFA reset), showing the full path in Slack or Teams. Put each on its workflow page, in LinkedIn posts and in outbound.

    IT leaders understand a product fastest by watching a familiar request disappear, and short clips travel on LinkedIn.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Looks staged

      Use real anonymized screens.

    Evidence

    • HiringSenior Motion Designer (New York, posted October 16, 2026): "our first full-time motion designer"; "a mixture of product walkthroughs, voiceover pieces, and customer and team interviews"; "feature explainers, UI animations, launch videos and tutorials"; formats for "the website, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and X".Source
    • Your websiteWorkflow example on the homepage: a Sales Cloud license request in #help-it is checked against policy, approved by the manager, assigned, and "The fix becomes a workflow", "Run 312 this month"; requests by channel, Slack 56%, Teams 27%, Email 17% (sample data).Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Service management that knows your people"; "50%+ of requests resolved by agents before they become tickets"; median time to resolve "Before 9.2h" and "With STLabs 1.8h"; a license example reclaiming "$1,656,000" a year; the analytics panel is labelled "Sample data, last 12 weeks". No customer is named and there are no logos, quotes or case studies on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages.Source
  • 10

    The blog has two posts in total, the latest from July. "Graph Over Tables: Why We Built a Context Graph Instead of a CMDB" is a strong point of view that every ServiceNow owner will recognise, and nothing follows it up.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Plan six topics.

    How to measure it

    Organic visits to the blog

    Now
    –
    Target
    2,000 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Plan topics

      Six months.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    2. 2

      Interview engineers

      One per article.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    3. 3

      Write

      One a month.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    4. 4

      Add visuals

      Diagrams.

      Senior Motion Designer monthly

    5. 5

      Distribute

      LinkedIn and outbound.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Visits and demos.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Publish a CMDB drift article this month.

    Why it works

    Publish one article a month on the problems Axiom solves: CMDB drift, offboarding gaps, license waste, access reviews, ticket routing. Each article ends with the estimator or the mapping offer.

    Search and AI assistants cite recent, specific content; a cadence also gives sales something new to send every month.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too technical for buyers

      Lead with the business problem.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteBlog (checked October 22, 2026): two posts in total, "Bring Your Own Agent: Introducing mcp.stlabs.com" (July 22, 2026) and "Graph Over Tables: Why We Built a Context Graph Instead of a CMDB" (March 12, 2026). The sitemap has 64 URLs: 9 product pages, about 20 integration pages, 18 career pages and legal pages; no workflow, use-case, comparison or customer pages.Source
    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
  • 11

    The site has nine product pages and twenty integration pages but no pages for the workflows buyers search for, such as employee offboarding, just-in-time access or Salesforce license requests. The homepage shows one such workflow running 312 times a month.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    List the ten most-run workflows across deployments.

    How to measure it

    Workflow-page demos

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List workflows

      Most-run.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Template

      Trigger, checks, approvals, audit.

      Product Designer, Service Management 1 week

    3. 3

      Write

      Ten pages.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    4. 4

      Add videos

      From idea 9.

      Senior Motion Designer 1 month

    5. 5

      Link

      From product and integration pages.

      Front-End Engineer 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Visits and demos.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Publish the offboarding page first.

    Why it works

    Publish a page per workflow: the trigger, the policy checks, the approvals, the systems touched, the audit trail, and the video. Start with the ten most common in deployments.

    Workflow pages match how IT teams search and give AEs a link for each pain point.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Revealing customer detail

      Use generic examples.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteBlog (checked October 22, 2026): two posts in total, "Bring Your Own Agent: Introducing mcp.stlabs.com" (July 22, 2026) and "Graph Over Tables: Why We Built a Context Graph Instead of a CMDB" (March 12, 2026). The sitemap has 64 URLs: 9 product pages, about 20 integration pages, 18 career pages and legal pages; no workflow, use-case, comparison or customer pages.Source
    • Your websiteWorkflow example on the homepage: a Sales Cloud license request in #help-it is checked against policy, approved by the manager, assigned, and "The fix becomes a workflow", "Run 312 this month"; requests by channel, Slack 56%, Teams 27%, Email 17% (sample data).Source
    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (posted September 9, 2026): "Our platform turns an enterprise's historical ticket data, knowledge bases, and integrations into instant resolutions, automated workflows, and a living graph of their organization"; FDEs "Deploy STLabs inside enterprise environments" and "Own a piece of a live deployment from your first month".Source
  • 12

    The FAQ says there is no months-long implementation and the agent resolves requests in the first week. Forward deployed engineers own live deployments and see exactly how long each step takes.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Forward Deployed Engineer

    First action

    Pull milestones from current deployments.

    How to measure it

    Week-one first resolution

    Now
    –
    Target
    90%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define milestones

      Five steps.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Backfill

      Current deployments.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Publish

      Timeline page.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    4. 4

      Track

      Each new deployment.

      Forward Deployed Engineer ongoing

    5. 5

      Review

      Slips and causes.

      Forward Deployed Engineer monthly

    6. 6

      Sell with it

      Late-stage deals.

      Enterprise Account Executive ongoing

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Forward Deployed Engineer

    Smallest test

    Publish the timeline from the first three deployments.

    Why it works

    Record every deployment's day-by-day milestones (first integration, first resolved request, first workflow saved) and publish the median as a "first 30 days" timeline, then hold each new deployment to it.

    A measured timeline is proof buyers trust, and tracking it keeps deployments on schedule.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Few deployments yet

      Publish ranges and update as numbers grow.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (posted September 9, 2026): "Our platform turns an enterprise's historical ticket data, knowledge bases, and integrations into instant resolutions, automated workflows, and a living graph of their organization"; FDEs "Deploy STLabs inside enterprise environments" and "Own a piece of a live deployment from your first month".Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 13

    STLabs sells to companies under 2,000, 2,000 to 10,000 and over 10,000 employees with different AEs, while the site speaks to all of them with one message about "enterprise".

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Write the mid-market page first.

    How to measure it

    Landing-page demo rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define messages

      Per segment.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    2. 2

      Write pages

      Three.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build

      Landing templates.

      Front-End Engineer 1 week

    4. 4

      Use in outbound

      Per AE team.

      Commercial Account Executive ongoing

    5. 5

      Test

      Headlines.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    6. 6

      Report

      By segment.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Launch one segment page.

    Why it works

    Build a landing page per segment with the right pricing tier, rollout story and proof, and use each in its AE team's outbound.

    Segment-specific pages convert better in outbound and let marketing measure each motion separately.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many pages to keep current

      Share common sections.

    Evidence

    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Service management that knows your people"; "50%+ of requests resolved by agents before they become tickets"; median time to resolve "Before 9.2h" and "With STLabs 1.8h"; a license example reclaiming "$1,656,000" a year; the analytics panel is labelled "Sample data, last 12 weeks". No customer is named and there are no logos, quotes or case studies on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages.Source
  • 14

    The FAQ says teams can extend the same agent and graph to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal, and STLabs integrates with Workday. Enterprise service management is an Enterprise-tier feature, but no page speaks to HR leaders.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Mid Market Account Executive

    First action

    Write the HR page.

    How to measure it

    Multi-team opportunities

    Now
    –
    Target
    20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write HR page

      Onboarding and offboarding.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write Legal page

      Approvals and contracts.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Proof

      One HR workflow video.

      Senior Motion Designer 1 month

    4. 4

      Campaign

      HR leaders at open accounts.

      Mid-Market Account Executive 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Train AEs

      HR discovery.

      Enterprise Account Executive 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Multi-team deals.

      Growth Marketing Associate quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Mid Market Account Executive

    Smallest test

    Add HR to one active deal.

    Why it works

    Publish an HR service page (onboarding, offboarding, policy questions) and a Legal page (contracts, approvals), and run one campaign to HR operations leaders at target accounts where IT is already talking to STLabs.

    A second buyer in the same account raises deal size and makes the IT champion's case easier.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Spreading too thin

      Only pitch where IT is engaged.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • HiringThree account executive tracks: Enterprise AEs to "land and grow our earliest enterprise customers" at "large enterprises (10,000+ employees)" and "Build pipeline from scratch"; Mid-Market AEs for "roughly 2,000-10,000 employees" generating "much of your own pipeline through proactive outbound"; Commercial AEs for organizations "under ~2,000 employees". All must "Sell the AI-native difference credibly".Source
  • 15

    Employees use STLabs in Slack and Teams, and it integrates with Okta, Entra ID and Jamf. App directories are where IT admins look for tools that fit their stack.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Check each directory's listing requirements.

    How to measure it

    Demos from directories

    Now
    –
    Target
    10 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Check requirements

      Each directory.

      Front-End Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Prepare listings

      Copy and video.

      Growth Marketing Associate 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Submit

      Three directories.

      Front-End Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Link

      Alongside pages.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 day

    5. 5

      Track

      Installs and demos.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Growth Marketing Associate quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Submit the Slack listing.

    Why it works

    Publish listings in the Slack and Microsoft Teams app directories and the Okta Integration Network, each with a short video and a link to the "alongside" page. Track installs and demo requests from each.

    Directory listings are low-cost, high-intent discovery, and they signal maturity to enterprise buyers.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Review delays

      Submit early.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • Your websiteWorkflow example on the homepage: a Sales Cloud license request in #help-it is checked against policy, approved by the manager, assigned, and "The fix becomes a workflow", "Run 312 this month"; requests by channel, Slack 56%, Teams 27%, Email 17% (sample data).Source
    • Your websiteServiceNow integration page: "Deep bi-directional sync with ServiceNow" for incidents, changes, CMDB items and knowledge; similar pages for Jira Service Management and Freshservice. No page explains running STLabs alongside ServiceNow as a first step or replacing it later.Source
  • 16

    Real visitors pass Core Web Vitals (LCP 1.1 s), but the mobile lab test puts Largest Contentful Paint at 11.2 s on the animated H1, and the page is 3.1 MB. Visitors from LinkedIn ads on phones may see an empty hero.

    Low impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Front End Engineer

    First action

    Make the first H1 state static.

    How to measure it

    Mobile Lighthouse score

    Now
    –
    Target
    85+
    By
    30 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Static first state

      Headline renders in HTML.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    2. 2

      Defer animation

      After load.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    3. 3

      Compress images

      Hero and sections.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    4. 4

      Retest

      Lab and field.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    5. 5

      Check ads pages

      Same fix.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Monthly.

      Front-End Engineer monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    Developer time
    Owner
    Front End Engineer

    Smallest test

    Ship the static first state.

    Why it works

    Render the first headline as plain text and start the animation after load, compress hero images, and recheck the lab test.

    A small fix keeps paid mobile visitors from bouncing, and the score matters to buyers who run their own audits.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Losing the animation effect

      Keep it, start it later.

    Evidence

    • Google PageSpeedMobile lab test of the homepage: performance 60 (desktop 95), Largest Contentful Paint 11.2 s on the animated H1 headline, 3.1 MB with 753 KB of images. Real Chrome visitors pass Core Web Vitals comfortably: LCP 1.1 s, INP 76 ms, CLS 0.09 at the 75th percentile.Source
  • 17

    The Growth Marketing Associate will write "a high volume of original copy across LinkedIn, Instagram, email" in a voice that feels "less like enterprise software marketing". Every IT team has a funny, painful ticket.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Collect ten candidate tickets.

    How to measure it

    LinkedIn followers

    Now
    –
    Target
    +3,000
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Collect tickets

      Anonymized.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    2. 2

      Set the format

      Copy and animation.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    3. 3

      Post weekly

      LinkedIn and Instagram.

      Growth Marketing Associate weekly

    4. 4

      Animate

      Short clip.

      Senior Motion Designer weekly

    5. 5

      Invite submissions

      From followers.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Engagement.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time only
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Post the first one this week.

    Why it works

    Each week, post one anonymized real request (or a sample one), how long it used to take and how it is resolved now, in a light voice with a short animation.

    A recurring format builds an audience among IT people and gives the brand a voice rivals don't have.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Customer data exposure

      Strip every identifier.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
    • HiringSenior Motion Designer (New York, posted October 16, 2026): "our first full-time motion designer"; "a mixture of product walkthroughs, voiceover pieces, and customer and team interviews"; "feature explainers, UI animations, launch videos and tutorials"; formats for "the website, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram and X".Source
    • Your websiteWorkflow example on the homepage: a Sales Cloud license request in #help-it is checked against policy, approved by the manager, assigned, and "The fix becomes a workflow", "Run 312 this month"; requests by channel, Slack 56%, Teams 27%, Email 17% (sample data).Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 18

    Forward deployed engineers turn customers' historical ticket data into a graph. Across deployments, STLabs will see what employees ask for, how long it takes and what gets automated.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Founder & CEO

    First action

    Ask customers for consent to aggregate.

    How to measure it

    Downloads

    Now
    –
    Target
    2,000
    By
    1 year

    Steps

    1. 1

      Consent

      Customer agreements.

      Founder & CEO 1 quarter

    2. 2

      Define metrics

      Ten.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 month

    3. 3

      Aggregate

      Anonymized.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 month

    4. 4

      Write

      Report.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    5. 5

      Design

      Charts and video.

      Senior Motion Designer 1 month

    6. 6

      Launch

      Dinners and press.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time
    Owner
    Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart from the first deployments.

    Why it works

    With customer consent, publish yearly aggregates: top request types, median time to resolve by type, share automated, license waste found. Present it at dinners and in press.

    Original data earns attention from CIOs and analysts and makes STLabs the reference on the service desk in the AI era.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too few customers

      Combine with a survey of IT leaders.

    Evidence

    • HiringForward Deployed Engineer (posted September 9, 2026): "Our platform turns an enterprise's historical ticket data, knowledge bases, and integrations into instant resolutions, automated workflows, and a living graph of their organization"; FDEs "Deploy STLabs inside enterprise environments" and "Own a piece of a live deployment from your first month".Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Service management that knows your people"; "50%+ of requests resolved by agents before they become tickets"; median time to resolve "Before 9.2h" and "With STLabs 1.8h"; a license example reclaiming "$1,656,000" a year; the analytics panel is labelled "Sample data, last 12 weeks". No customer is named and there are no logos, quotes or case studies on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages.Source
    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
  • 19

    Axiom's pitch is a live map of people, devices, apps and access, and the Growth tier sells cleanup of orphaned accounts and stale access. A self-serve check would let an IT lead see the problem before talking to sales.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Product Designer

    First action

    Prototype the report from one customer's data.

    How to measure it

    Checks booking a demo

    Now
    –
    Target
    30%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Scope

      Read-only, two sources.

      Product Designer, Service Management 1 month

    2. 2

      Prototype

      Test on customers.

      Product Designer, Service Management 1 month

    3. 3

      Build

      Self-serve flow.

      Front-End Engineer 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Security review

      Data handling.

      Security lead 1 month

    5. 5

      Launch

      Site and outbound.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    6. 6

      Measure

      Checks to demos.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Product Designer, Service Management

    Smallest test

    Run the check by hand for three prospects.

    Why it works

    Let an admin connect Okta or Entra ID plus Jamf or Intune read-only and get a report: accounts of leavers still active, devices without owners, apps with no logins. Offer the fix in a demo.

    A free finding from their own systems is the strongest product-led entry for a security-minded buyer.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Buyers won't connect systems

      Offer an export upload option.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteFAQ: STLabs "connects to more than 140 tools across 12 categories, including ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, Freshservice, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Workday"; "There's no months-long implementation"; "the agent is resolving requests within the first week"; "STLabs can run alongside your current platform, then take on more automation and replace the old tool completely when your team is ready"; teams "can extend to HR, Facilities, Finance and Legal".Source
    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • HiringProduct Designer, Service Management (posted September 24, 2026): "define how our self-service AI agent interacts with customers" and "Build prototypes that you can test directly on customers".Source
    • Your websiteDemo page: "Bring your own stack. Watch it resolve."; "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call"; "Your hardest workflow, resolved live. Offboarding, access requests, a recurring incident"; "Forty-five minutes, hands on."Source
  • 20

    STLabs launched mcp.stlabs.com in July so employees can "explore in the assistant you already use, then act in STLabs". Assistants are becoming where work starts.

    Medium impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Founder & CEO

    First action

    Write a setup guide.

    How to measure it

    Accounts via the connector

    Now
    –
    Target
    10
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Write guides

      Setup and use cases.

      Front-End Engineer 1 month

    2. 2

      List

      Directories.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    3. 3

      Security notes

      Permissions and audit.

      Security lead 1 month

    4. 4

      Promote

      Blog and LinkedIn.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 month

    5. 5

      Track

      Sources.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    6. 6

      Review

      Quarterly.

      Founder & CEO quarterly

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Staff time
    Owner
    Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Publish one guide.

    Why it works

    Publish setup guides and use cases for the main assistants, list the connector in their directories, and show IT teams how it keeps permissions and audit trails. Track accounts that discover STLabs through it.

    Being the safe way to act from an assistant is a fresh angle against incumbents.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Small channel

      Keep effort light.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteBlog (checked October 22, 2026): two posts in total, "Bring Your Own Agent: Introducing mcp.stlabs.com" (July 22, 2026) and "Graph Over Tables: Why We Built a Context Graph Instead of a CMDB" (March 12, 2026). The sitemap has 64 URLs: 9 product pages, about 20 integration pages, 18 career pages and legal pages; no workflow, use-case, comparison or customer pages.Source
    • Your websiteTrust Center: one link, to Subprocessors. The security page lists "SOC 2 Pursuing Type II certification", AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+, "Your data is never used to train shared models", and per-tenant isolation; there is no downloadable security pack, penetration test summary or questionnaire.Source

Wildcards 2

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 21

    STLabs works on-site five days a week from an office by Penn Station, where "nearly every subway line, plus LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak, arrive at the door". Commuting IT leaders pass it every morning.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Marketing Associate

    First action

    Set the first date and invite target accounts.

    How to measure it

    Meetings per breakfast

    Now
    –
    Target
    3
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set dates

      Monthly.

      Growth Marketing Associate 1 week

    2. 2

      Invite

      Target accounts.

      Mid-Market Account Executive 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Prepare demo

      One workflow.

      Forward Deployed Engineer 1 week

    4. 4

      Host

      Breakfast.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Same day.

      Mid-Market Account Executive per event

    6. 6

      Measure

      Meetings.

      Growth Marketing Associate monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Catering
    Owner
    Growth Marketing Associate

    Smallest test

    Host one breakfast.

    Why it works

    Host a monthly 8 a.m. breakfast for 15 IT leaders with a 20-minute live demo on a real workflow and a chance to meet the engineers.

    It is cheaper than a dinner, shows the team and the product together, and is easy for commuters.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • No-shows

      Overinvite.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Marketing Associate (New York, posted September 21, 2026): "the execution engine behind our go-to-market"; "you'll write the LinkedIn post, work the room at the field event you planned, build the landing page, and pull the numbers afterward"; buyers are "senior IT and service leaders (Heads of IT, Service Ops, CIOs) at large enterprises"; "Own field marketing end to end: plan and run dinners, conferences and customer events"; "Partner with sales on outbound and ABM campaigns"; "We'd rather run ten experiments than perfect one."Source
    • Your websiteDemo page: "Bring your own stack. Watch it resolve."; "Axiom maps your tools into a Digital Twin before the call"; "Your hardest workflow, resolved live. Offboarding, access requests, a recurring incident"; "Forty-five minutes, hands on."Source
  • 22

    Scale costs $200 per employee per year and includes license reclamation, and the pricing page claims 20 to 30% of SaaS spend goes to unused seats. A confident guarantee turns that claim into a decision.

    High impactLow effort First result in 2 quarters Founder & CEO

    First action

    Model the guarantee against current customers.

    How to measure it

    Scale share of new deals

    Now
    –
    Target
    40%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Model

      Savings vs price.

      Founder & CEO 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Write terms

      Clear method.

      Legal 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Publish

      Pricing page.

      Front-End Engineer 1 day

    4. 4

      Train AEs

      How to use it.

      Enterprise Account Executive 1 week

    5. 5

      Track

      Savings per account.

      Forward Deployed Engineer ongoing

    6. 6

      Review

      Credits paid.

      Founder & CEO quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Possible credits
    Owner
    Founder & CEO

    Smallest test

    Offer it in three deals.

    Why it works

    Offer: if Scale's license reclamation finds less in yearly savings than the upgrade from Core costs, credit the difference. Publish the terms and the method.

    Risk reversal speeds enterprise decisions and shows confidence in the product.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Credits erode margin

      Cap at the upgrade cost.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing page: Core "$100 per employee / year", Growth $150 (joiner-mover-leaver automation, just-in-time access, access reviews), Scale $200 (license reclamation, renewal calendar, shadow-app detection), Enterprise custom "for organizations of 5,000+"; "AI resolution, uncapped", "No agent seats No session limits No add-on tax"; "Most organizations find 20 to 30% of SaaS spend going to seats nobody uses."Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "Service management that knows your people"; "50%+ of requests resolved by agents before they become tickets"; median time to resolve "Before 9.2h" and "With STLabs 1.8h"; a license example reclaiming "$1,656,000" a year; the analytics panel is labelled "Sample data, last 12 weeks". No customer is named and there are no logos, quotes or case studies on the homepage, pricing, about, FAQ or demo pages.Source

03

How Programmable can help

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Turn the research into a list you can act on

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Fill the events in this plan

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Show it, don't just describe it

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 306 ideas

    First customer proof, the license estimator, the alongside-ServiceNow page, Trust Center, pricing totals and demo routing.

    Programmable can ship 1 of these in days.

  2. Days 31 to 6013 ideas

    Pre-call mapping offer, advisor dinners, request videos, article cadence, workflow pages, deployment timeline, segment pages, HR extension, directories, speed and the weekly post; Penn Station breakfasts and the Scale promise.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the service desk report, the drift check and the connector channel.

The research behind the plan

3 research areas, each summarised in a few lines. Open any of them for the full detail.

Customers

What customers say

Customers value requests answered in Slack and Teams. The most cited problem: tickets bouncing between teams.

  • Routing with context instead of a shared queue
  • CMDBs that drift from reality
  • In their words: “shared queue”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: ServiceNow, Atomicwork, Jira Service Management and Freshservice.

  • Gap to exploit: A path to add AI alongside an incumbent
  • ServiceNow: Heavy implementation and CMDB upkeep
  • Atomicwork: Similar AI pitch

Hiring signals

STLabs is building its go-to-market from the ground up.

  • Growth Marketing Associate: Content, field events, landing pages and ABM. Ideas 1-3, 8, 10, 11.
  • Senior Motion Designer: Walkthroughs and customer interviews. Ideas 1, 9.
  • Enterprise Account Executive: Earliest enterprise customers, pipeline from scratch. Ideas 3, 4, 7.

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