Michael Zimmerman

I build go-to-market where there’s no playbook yet.

I sell, and I build the systems that sell. Before Remote I worked in go-to-market at three Y Combinator companies. I bought my first stock at 7 and started my first company at 18.

  • 208%of quota in Q3 2026, my latest full quarter
  • 3promotions in about 16 months at Remote
  • 150+partners in the Eight Sleep affiliate program I ran solo
  • 50K+orders shipped by my first company, started at 18

Selected work

Remote 2024 to now Sales / AI systems Global HR platform

Carrying a quota and building the AI behind it

I sell as an Account Executive and I am one of the AI Leads for Remote’s go-to-market org, building prospecting and outreach workflows the teams run on. Three promotions in about 16 months, and AE Quota Champion for April 2026.

Quota attainment 208% Of quota in Q3 2026, my latest full quarter. Q1 2026 was against ramp quota
SafetyWing 2024 Partnerships YC W18

The top partner portfolio in a channel worth a third of ARR

As Affiliate Manager I owned SafetyWing’s top partner portfolio. The affiliate channel it sat in drove about 35% of total ARR.

Share of ARR ~35% Of total ARR came through the affiliate channel.
Bloom Growth Studio 2023 Sales Agency

Outbound for three SaaS clients at once

SDR Team Lead at an outbound agency, prospecting for three SaaS clients in parallel. I generated $620K in pipeline and was the only SDR of six to be promoted.

Quota attainment 123% Of quota, with $620K in pipeline generated.
Eight Sleep 2021 to 2022 Partnerships YC S15

A creator affiliate program, run solo, grown 10x

I ran Eight Sleep’s affiliate and influencer program on my own and grew it more than 10x year over year, across 150+ partners.

Affiliate revenue 10x+ Year over year, across 150+ partners.
BloomTech 2019 to 2020 Sales YC S17

First sales hire. Outbound from zero.

Founding SDR, then Account Executive. I built outbound from nothing into partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and Northwestern Mutual, and beat quota ten months out of ten.

Months above quota 10/10 Every month on the board. 1 square = 1 month
Swagger 2013 to 2014 Founder First company

An apparel company, co-founded at 18

My first company. We shipped more than 50,000 orders and did about $1.5M in revenue.

Revenue $1.5M Roughly, across 50,000+ orders. 1 square = 1,000 orders

Resume

2013 to now

2024 to now Remote Account Executive and GTM AI Lead
2024 SafetyWingYC W18 Affiliate Manager
2023 Bloom Growth Studio SDR Team Lead
2021 to 2022 Eight SleepYC S15 Influencer Marketing
2019 to 2020 BloomTechYC S17 SDR, then Account Executive
2013 to 2014 Swagger Co-founder

The company I keep

Investors behind the companies I have worked for.

  • Y Combinator
  • Sequoia
  • Accel
  • SoftBank Vision Fund
  • Index Ventures
  • General Catalyst
  • Founders Fund
  • Khosla Ventures
  • GV
  • Stripe
  • Creandum
  • Kinnevik

How I work

Selling and building are converging.

I carry a quota as an Account Executive, and I am an AI Lead for Remote’s GTM team.

Experiments beat strategy decks.

As BloomTech’s first sales hire I had no playbook to inherit. I built outbound from zero, and it led to partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and Northwestern Mutual.

Relationships are the long game.

Eight Sleep’s affiliate program grew more than 10x across 150+ partners I managed myself. At SafetyWing I owned the top portfolio in a channel worth about 35% of ARR.

About

Portrait of Michael Zimmerman

I bought my first stock at 7 and co-founded an apparel company at 18. It shipped more than 50,000 orders.

I spent the next decade building go-to-market at three Y Combinator companies, often as the first or only person doing the job. Today I sell at Remote, where I am also an AI Lead for the go-to-market org.

Contact

Building the first version of a revenue channel? I’d like to hear about it.

  • Early-stage GTM
  • Partnerships and affiliate programs
  • AI-powered sales
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