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Chapter One: Marcus Hale’s Return – A New Frontier

Summary: Marcus Hale returns to FinPulse, a fintech firm grappling with a $50 million pipeline at risk due to...

POV: Absolute Chaos of Teams Selling in Silos 

Let’s talk about the absolute trainwreck that happens when sales teams operate in silos. If you’ve ever been in a sales org where everyone’s running the...

Point of View: The CX Conundrum – Is Technology Enhancing or Eroding Customer Experience?
By Matt Slonaker, Executive Leader

As an executive, I’ve spent years championing customer experience (CX...

Matt’s upcoming third book. 

Interviewee: Matt Slonaker, Author of The AI Ledger: Unleashing Revenue Mastery with Agentic Intelligence, Founder & CEO of M. Allen LLC, Global Client Strategy Leader at...

Unleashing the Future: POV & Vision for Predictive Power in Banking and Financial Services

Hey there, I’m Matt Slonaker, and as someone deeply immersed in the banking and financial services world, I ...

“Unleashing the Top 1% Sales Edge: 10 Proven Traits to Dominate Your Game – Backed by Data!”

As Matt Slonaker, a seasoned leader with decades of experience steering teams at Morgan Stanley, JP ...

Breaking the Silos: Unifying Marketing and Sales for Revenue Growth and Customer Trust

As Matt Slonaker, I’ve spent years dissecting the inner workings of business growth, and one persistent pain ...

Point of View: The Modern GTM Executive as a Catalyst for Revenue Mastery

In the dynamic landscape of 2025, the modern Go-to-Market (GTM) executive is no longer just a strategist but a transformative...

The Top Eight Mistakes Holding Back Digital and AI Progress in Mortgage and Consumer Lending
By Matt Slonaker

As the mortgage and consumer lending industries race to embrace digital transformation an...

It was a crisp morning on June 2025, and I found myself diving deep into a stack of documents that had landed on my desk late last week. The email chain and attached analysis from a colleague—let’s ca...

These narratives highlight key moments in Marcus Hale’s journey with FinPulse, a fictional B2B fintech company, and distill the critical lessons I’ve embedded in the published 2nd book and upcoming...