StrategyFor founders and marketers planning a launch motion

Go-To-Market Plan Template

A go-to-market plan template that lays out a full launch motion on a handful of slides: the value proposition, the sized market, the acquisition funnel, the channel budget, the quarter's OKRs, and a phased plan. It reads as a decision to fund, not a wish list.

Use case
GTM plan
Slides
8
Format
Web link, PDF, PPTX
Cost
Free to start
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Click through all 8 slides. Every one is editable after you fork it.

Most launch plans drown in tactics before anyone has agreed on the motion. This template forces the order that gets a plan funded: who the product is for, how big the prize is, how customers actually move from a click to a contract, and where every dollar of budget goes. By the time the goals slide arrives, the numbers feel earned rather than asserted.

The funnel and channel-mix slides do the heavy lifting. The funnel shows the conversion math stage by stage, so a reviewer can see where the plan is fragile. The channel mix puts spend next to return for each channel, which turns a budget argument into a return-on-spend argument. The plan closes on three phases, each with a single signal that it worked, so the launch stays honest week to week.

What is inside

  1. 01Title

    Names the motion and the target in one line, not a tagline.

  2. 02Value proposition

    The gains, pains, and jobs the launch is built around.

  3. 03Market sizing

    TAM, SAM, and SOM with a source, so the prize reads as real.

  4. 04Acquisition funnel

    Stage-by-stage conversion math a reviewer can stress-test.

  5. 05Channel mix

    Spend next to return per channel. The budget argument, settled.

  6. 06OKRs

    One objective and three measurable key results for the quarter.

  7. 07Phased roadmap

    Soft launch to scale, each phase with one job and one signal.

  8. 08Call to action

    A specific, reversible ask: greenlight the budget and the pilot.

Who it is for

  • Founders shaping the launch motion for a new product
  • Marketers presenting a launch plan to leadership for sign-off
  • Operators who need the funnel, budget, and goals on one canvas

How to make one

  1. 1

    Start from the template

    Open this template in heydecks. It forks into your workspace as an editable deck with its own theme.

  2. 2

    Drop in your motion

    Replace the funnel, channel mix, and OKRs with your real numbers. Each slide is typed, so the formatting stays clean.

  3. 3

    Apply your brand

    Point heydecks at your site once and the Brand Kernel locks your colors, type, and logo onto every slide.

  4. 4

    Share and export

    Publish a live link for the team, then export the same deck to pixel-perfect PDF and native PPTX for the record.

Common questions

The motion, not just the tactics: who you are for, the size of the market, how customers move through the funnel, where the budget goes by channel, the goals for the quarter, and a phased plan. This template ships exactly that in eight slides.

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