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Mike Groeneveld

"6Sense is underrated."

SVP of Global Sales · Everstage
May 2026

TL;DR — KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Most of the org moved from Gong to Fathom for call recording. Faster transcripts, less noise, lower cost. Mike kept Gong on his sales team for one specific reason: 2.5x playback speed versus Fathom's 2x cap.
  • 6Sense stood out in a crowded intent signal market. Mike called it the best value tool in the stack.
  • Granola came in to fill a gap Gong can't touch: in-person events and fireside chats. Gong for online, Granola for the room.

GUEST

Mike Groeneveld
SVP of Global Sales · Everstage
Sales
RevOps

COMPANY

Industry
Sales Compensation SaaS
Stage
Series B
Headcount
201–500
HQ
New York, US

VERDICTS

Added
Fathom, Granola
Dropped
Gong
Best Value
6Sense

TOOLS MENTIONED

Fathom
Granola
6Sense
Gong

TRANSCRIPT

Q: What tool has the best value for money?

From our perspective, probably 6Sense. Our intent signals are so important, and with that market there's such dilution, we've just been really happy with the results.

Q: What have you dropped recently?

Pretty much every team in my organisation besides the sales team has moved from Gong to Fathom. The use case there is just call recording specifically, that's what Fathom does really well. The transcriptions eliminate a lot of the fluff.

Without the revenue intelligence layer, call recording has become a commodity. If you're not really utilising Gong to that extent, this move makes a lot of sense.

Q: What's the last tool you brought in?

Granola. I host fireside chats and in-person events, and it's really tough to capture all the content. Granola essentially helps transcribe all of that.

Erdem: So your tech stack is Gong for online meetings, Granola for in-person meetings.

I guess you can start to say that, yeah.

Q: Any homegrown solutions you're working on?

For sure. I want an automated workflow that can take intent signals from all the different channels, plus publicly accessible information, and cultivate that into not just prospecting outreach, but multi-threading help for existing pipeline.

What's in your stack?

Tell us what you're keeping and what you're cutting loose.