Are You Underfunding Your Future?
Rethinking Grow-to-Market™ Budgets for Growth, Visibility & Competitive Advantage

Are You Underfunding Your Future?
Rethinking Grow-to-Market™ Budgets for Growth, Visibility & Competitive Advantage

Mid-market leaders face rising costs, shifting buyer behavior, and growing pressure to do more with less, yet most still budget by tweaking last year’s numbers. That outdated approach no longer matches what it takes to drive demand, win attention, and stay competitive.

Panel discussion on compensation strategy and culture

What to Expect:

In this Business as “Un”usual livestream, CEO Kathy Steele and Founder and CEO Chris Arndt break down how to fund growth today and why most companies are under-investing without realizing it. You’ll learn how top performers allocate Grow-to-Market™ spend, what budgeting decisions impact competitiveness, and how to shift toward a more agile, outcome-driven investment model.

Livestream Highlights:

  • Benchmark your GTM budget to uncover hidden spend gaps and missed growth opportunities
  • Ditch last year’s numbers and build a budget that funds your actual growth goals
  • Invest smarter across people, programs, and platforms to drive visibility and revenue
  • Design a flexible GTM system that adapts fast and scales 
what works


Ready to rethink your GTM budget? Watch this livestream today.

“The challenge is really understanding what you're facing and how to fund that strategy intentionally without guessing.”
— Chris Arndt

Guest

Chris Arndt
Founder and CEO
expandCFO

Chris Arndt is a battle-tested finance exec, tech-forward CPA, and self-proclaimed spreadsheet whisperer. With over 20 years of experience guiding companies from scrappy startups to…

Chris Arndt is a battle-tested finance exec, tech-forward CPA, and self-proclaimed spreadsheet whisperer. With over 20 years of experience guiding companies from scrappy startups to polished exits—including a successful one of his own—he knows what it takes to scale sustainably and smartly. Now at the helm of expandCFO, Chris leads a team that helps small to mid-market businesses turn financial disarray into clarity. Whether it’s outsourced CFO services or NetSuite implementations that actually work, his mission is simple: give founders the financial confidence to move faster and smarter. Before founding expandCFO, Chris built and exited a CFO services firm, proving that great finance leadership isn’t just about balance sheets, it’s about building scalable systems and advising with empathy. He’s fluent in financial strategy, operational efficiency, and convincing entrepreneurs that cash flow forecasts can be fun (no, really).
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Host

Kathy Steele
Chief Executive Officer
Red Caffeine

Kathy Steele is a visionary leader and entrepreneur with over thirty years of corporate strategy, branding, marketing, and technology expertise. As an operating executive, consultant,…

Kathy Steele is a visionary leader and entrepreneur with over thirty years of corporate strategy, branding, marketing, and technology expertise. As an operating executive, consultant, founder, and board member, she advises executives on innovative growth, brand, and talent management strategies that drive shareholder value while protecting reputational risk and improving customer and employee engagement. Currently, Kathy is the CEO of Red Caffeine, a growth consultancy that builds Grow-to-Market™ strategies for mid-market companies in the manufacturing, technology, professional services, and education sectors with combined revenues exceeding 4 billion. She has advised executives on developing and promoting first-mover technologies, positioning and launching new products and services, changing brand perception to aid business turnaround, and helping organizations with their human capital strategies. Kathy has successfully guided management of a crafting product from idea to acquisition by the largest strategic player in the space, a technology product launch campaign that led to 80% revenue growth, more than doubling their business, and an award-winning repositioning strategy that reached a global audience, changed negative market perception and drove new customer acquisition.
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