Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Daniel West, CEO of Prospection, a patient-centric intelligence platform that's raised over $36 Million in funding.

Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:

• Category Creation Insights: Daniel emphasized that category design goes beyond marketing; it involves reshaping the entire business strategy, including messaging, sales enablement, and customer targeting.
• Addressing Care and Share Leak: Prospection tackles significant issues in pharma by addressing care and share leaks, where patients do not receive optimal treatment, leading to poor outcomes and financial losses for pharma companies.
• Market Positioning: Transitioning from selling to business intelligence teams to engaging with commercial leaders in pharma has been crucial for Prospection’s GTM strategy, focusing on delivering meaningful insights to drive better patient outcomes and market performance.
• Challenges and Decisions: Daniel shared the tough decisions involved in turning away revenue that didn’t align with their category creation strategy, highlighting the importance of focus and alignment with long-term goals.
• Role of the CEO in Category Design: Effective category design must be led by the CEO or be a core pillar of the CEO’s strategy, ensuring alignment across the organization and commitment to the long-term vision.
• Learning from Experience: Daniel discussed the importance of adapting previous SaaS and tech industry experiences to fit the specific needs of Prospection, especially in terms of sales roles and understanding the unique combination of skills required in their niche market.