How Our Co-Founder Helped Build Outer's Sales Foundation

How Our Co-Founder Helped Build Outer's Sales Foundation

Client:

E-Commerce/DtC

As Featured on Shark Tank

Outdoor Lifestyle Company

Duration:

3 years

"Ali was essential to Outer’s early growth. He worked closely with us to build the systems, strategies, and processes that laid a strong foundation for our sales team to grow. His insights and support have had a lasting impact, helping us significantly grow our sales operations and overall revenue. I truly appreciate both him and Jocelyn’s commitment and the way they contributed to our growth journey"

Jiake Liu

CEO & Co-founder, Outer

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Outer needed to turn its Shark Tank success into a scalable sales engine. Despite strong demand, the company had no formal structure, tools, or processes to manage growth.

  • No Scalable Infrastructure: There was no CRM or repeatable system for tracking or converting leads.

  • Disorganized Data: Customer inquiries lived across Slack, spreadsheets, and inboxes, with no single source of truth.

  • Manual Sales Processes: Every follow-up and deal update was done by hand, slowing the team down.

  • Limited Growth Path: No foundation existed for B2B or international expansion.

  • Inconsistent Onboarding: New hires lacked structure, leading to uneven performance and lost time.

  • Underused High-Potential Channels: Design consultations showed promise but lacked strategy or SOPs to grow.

Outer had momentum but no system to sustain it — and that’s where we came in.

THE SOLUTION

THE SOLUTION

THE SOLUTION

Building the Foundation for Scalable Growth

Following Outer's Shark Tank launch, Ali built the company’s first structured sales foundation to turn high demand into real, repeatable revenue.


CRM Implementation & Process Optimization

We implemented a dedicated CRM to organize leads, streamline customer interactions, and track performance. Within months, Outer hit its first $2M sales month and secured a Series A led by Sequoia Capital.


Sales Enablement & Tech Stack Integration

From live chat and phone systems to custom workflows and tracking dashboards, we introduced tools that created visibility, automation, and efficiency across the team.


B2B and International Expansion

We developed the systems and partnerships to expand beyond DTC, establishing 22 strategic B2B relationships and creating the infrastructure for international growth.


Playbooks, Onboarding, and Team Training

As the company scaled, we built onboarding materials, sales playbooks, and performance frameworks to train new hires effectively and create team-wide consistency.

The Results

The Results

The Results

13x YoY Growth

13x YoY Growth

Outer's revenue surged from 7 figures lifetime in 2019 to breaking 8 figures ARR in 2020, led by our co-founder, Ali, who led the sales department and growth initiatives at the time.

Outer's revenue surged from 7 figures lifetime in 2019 to breaking 8 figures ARR in 2020, led by our co-founder, Ali, who led the sales department and growth initiatives at the time.

9 Figures in Lifetime Sales

9 Figures in Lifetime Sales

We helped build the sales operations, laying the foundation to scale nationally and generate over 9 figures in lifetime revenue.

We helped build the sales operations, laying the foundation to scale nationally and generate over 9 figures in lifetime revenue.

20+ B2B

20+ B2B

Created the infrastructure for their B2B expansion, including the initial 20+ partnerships formed and SOPs around the program buildout.

Created the infrastructure for their B2B expansion, including the initial 20+ partnerships formed and SOPs around the program buildout.

30x Surge

30x Surge

Sales surged from a couple thousand to $2M monthly sales the following year, helping our team complete our series A raise with world class investors.

Sales surged from a couple thousand to $2M monthly sales the following year, helping our team complete our series A raise with world class investors.

35% AOV Gain

With intentional efforts to build relationships with customers, we were able to increase the AOV for the company by implementing upsell strategies & techniques

8 Figure Sales Pipeline

After implementing our CRM tool, we were able to create a well oiled machine with a future pipeline of active deals worth over 8 figures for the entire company

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