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11 - Marketing Co-Pilots and Smaller Ponds: How Startups Can Win Big by Focusing Small with Lora Kratchounova
1st June 2026 • The Category Leaders Podcast • Eli Igra Serfaty
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In this episode of Category Leaders, your host Eli Igra Sefarty interviews Lora Kratchounova, founder and CEO of Scratch Marketing, a B2B tech marketing agency. Lora shares her journey from corporate marketing to founding her agency in 2009, driven by frustration with single-service agencies. She discusses integrated marketing strategies for startups, emphasizing proper diagnosis, positioning, and segmentation. Key topics include LinkedIn's critical role in B2B go-to-market strategies, building trust with buyers, and the importance of targeting smaller, specific market segments before scaling. Lora also highlights emerging trends, particularly physical AI, and shares mentoring insights from her work with Techstars and other innovation hubs.

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