Brody Dorland

Brody Dorland is a marketing leader, 4x founder, and growth advisor with 25+ years in the trenches building, scaling, and fixing B2B growth engines. He’s worked across corporate, agency, startup, and PE-backed environments, most notably as co-founder of DivvyHQ, later acquired by Lytho, where he served as VP of Marketing.
Today, Brody co-leads Forge & Fathom, helping B2B companies (and their investors) replace GTM guesswork with clarity, focus, and execution-ready strategy. He's also a husband, father of two, bleeds K-State purple, and a big fan of everything Kansas City.

vertical expansion strategy

Your GTM Works. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Ready For a New Vertical.

Vertical expansion is one of the highest-stakes GTM bets a B2B company can make. The risks don’t show up in revenue data, pipeline metrics, or board decks. They live in the assumptions that the ICP will transfer, the GTM motion will translate, and the credibility you’ve built will mean something to buyers who’ve never heard of you. Most find out which assumptions were wrong about twelve months in.

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