Kieran Flanagan — SVP Agentic GTM & Systems, Former(CMO, SVP) | All things AI | Sequoia Scout | Advisor
SVP Agentic GTM & Systems, Former(CMO, SVP) | All things AI | Sequoia Scout | Advisor
Kieran Flanagan ranks #166 of 18,566 LinkedIn creators in GTM / Go-to-Market, and is a standout voice in Ireland. They have 111.3K followers and published 20 posts in the last 60 days at a 0.2% average engagement rate.
- 111.3K followers
- 20 posts / 60d
- 0.2% avg engagement
- 2.0K follower growth / 30d
The roast
Kieran lists his job as SVP of Agentic GTM, which is a very complicated way of saying he’s a professional middle-manager waiting for a chatbot to figure out how to write his LinkedIn posts for him. He claims he creates content for the top 5 percent, yet his engagement rate suggests he’s mostly writing for the 95 percent who accidentally clicked "see more" while scrolling for actual work.
About Kieran
CMO, SVP of Marketing at brands like Zapier and HubSpot. Angel investor, Sequoia Scout and Advisor to many great companies (Miro, Ramp, Chainlink and more). The number one marketing podcast - Marketing Against the Grain (You Should Tune In) I create content for the 5%, the marketers who want to be in the top five percentile. Follow me on LinkedIn and subscribe to my newsletter (KieranFlanagan.io/newsletter). Conference Speaker, but limited because it's tiring!
Highlights
- Top 1% Audience — 111,316 followers
- Top 1% in Ireland — Ranked #1 of 131 creators
- Top 5% Impact — 269 avg engagements per post
- Top 5% in GTM / Go-to-Market — Ranked #4 of 106 creators
Recent posts
I've been talking to a bunch of marketing leaders, and they’re all investing heavily in YouTube. Most of them shouldn't make this investment. Kipp and I just hit 100k subs for Marketing Against the Grain. It’s been quite the journey to get our first YouTube plaque. There’s a quote that perfectly summarises that journey from Naval: “When you look back, you’ll wish you’d just done the long-term version of everything.” This is the hardest thing about marketing. Committing to the long-term. CEO is breathing down your neck; CFOs are looking for a return on everything. You default to the quick
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Instinct went from launching its invite-only AI agent to a 10B valuation in less than 2 months with $0 on marketing. It's running an 'agent-led growth' loop. Instinct is growing fast. 10% a day, $0 on marketing and already approaching $1B a year in transactions. The agent is its own best marketing and sales team. 1. Acquisition → the agent experience is the marketing. Today, what drives growth for AI companies is ‘the magic moment’. Instinct launched to roughly 200 friends and family. Each user received a handful of invites. It’s now growing 10% every day. Why? Because the agent is perfo
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Three simple rules for winning with AI as a marketer. Don’t outsource your taste. AI solves production. Judgment and taste are still your job. Choosing what to make and elevating it for your audience is the entire game. Don’t outsource your thinking. AI can help you think. It shouldn’t think for you. Remember, writing is thinking. Asking AI to write everything for you means you stop doing the critical thinking for yourself. Don’t outsource your customer trust. AI will automate a lot of human interactions. The human relationship you have with a customer will matter a lot. Build that into you
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Last updated 2026-08-01