The Commercial Health Brief

Research

Data-driven insights on the commercial strategies that winners use to win. Based on 800+ companies scored across 28 sub-dimensions.

Issue #4 · May 2026

The Dark Funnel: Why Tech Marketing Attribution Fails and What to Do About It

Standard marketing attribution captures only 30% of what drives a B2B purchase. The other 70% — Gartner's “Dark Funnel” — sits in pricing, positioning, trust, and the rest of commercial strategy. Remidi data shows top-quartile companies are 11x more likely to be Winners.

6 min read Dark Funnel, Marketing Attribution, Pricing & Packaging
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Issue #3 · April 2026

How to Get the Biggest Return from Commercial Strategy Improvements

Your weakest commercial dimension sets your ceiling. Data from 800+ companies shows that improving all four dimensions in parallel produces compounding returns — companies above median on all four win at 48% vs. 5.6% for those clearing none.

7 min read Multiplier Effect, Balanced Scoring, Value Creation
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Issue #1 · March 2026

We Scored 800+ B2B SaaS Companies. Here's Why Some Do 11X Better.

Companies with high Commercial Health scores are 11x more likely to be market leaders. PE-backed companies are the worst-performing funding group despite having the most resources. The data behind both findings.

5 min read Commercial Health, PE Performance, Scoring Model
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