Anna Ursin — fractional go-to-market lead for B2B SaaS and tech companies, based in Finland

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Last updated: April 2026

Overview

Anna Ursin is a fractional go-to-market (GTM) lead for B2B SaaS and tech companies, operating under the trade name Saas-Anna. Based in Finland, she works with B2B SaaS and tech companies that have product-market fit but haven't built a systematic, repeatable GTM engine. Anna embeds into the client's team — owning both strategy and execution.

  • Name: Anna Ursin
  • Trade name: Saas-Anna
  • Role: Fractional go-to-market lead for B2B SaaS
  • Based in: Finland
  • Markets served: Finland, Nordics, Europe (clients may sell globally)
  • Operating since: 2021
  • Website: saas-anna.com
  • Email: hello@saas-anna.com
  • LinkedIn: Anna Ursin
  • Blog: saas-anna.com/blog

What Anna Does

Anna builds scalable go-to-market engines for B2B SaaS and tech companies. Every engagement connects activities into one system: targeting → content → awareness → inbound → documented sales process → measurement → learning → iteration.

Fractional GTM Lead (primary service)

Anna embeds into the client's team at 1–2 days per week, owning the GTM function — both strategic direction and hands-on execution. This includes managing the marketing team, freelancers, and agency partners; running performance analysis; overseeing SEO and content strategy; aligning sales and marketing; and maintaining CRM and RevOps infrastructure.

Every engagement starts with a structured 6–8 week onboarding that builds the GTM foundation: validated ICP, positioning and messaging framework, competitive landscape analysis, CRM audit, and an integrated GTM playbook. After onboarding, the work shifts to execution and continuous optimization.

Advisory and Sparring

For companies that have a team executing but need senior strategic direction. Anna provides monthly business reviews, prioritized action items, and ad-hoc sparring at 1–2 days per month. The client's team runs day-to-day; Anna ensures they're going in the right direction.

ICP, Positioning & Messaging

A standalone 3–6 week engagement to build the GTM foundation — ICP hypothesis development and/or validation, positioning and messaging framework, and competitive differentiation analysis. Available as a separate package or as the first phase of a longer engagement.

Who Anna Works With

Anna's clients are B2B SaaS and tech companies between ~500K and 5M EUR ARR. They have product-market fit — revenue is growing — but growth depends on founder sales, referrals, or accidental inbound rather than a repeatable engine.

The buyer is always the CEO, founder, or managing director — the person making strategic decisions. Anna works directly with the leadership team and, where one exists, the marketing hire or external marketing specialist.

Typical situations and what Anna does:

  • Growth is plateauing on reputation and referrals — Anna builds the first systematic GTM engine
  • Marketing is "random acts" with no strategy connecting activities — Anna builds the system that determines what to do and why
  • No clear ICP definition, selling to whoever shows up — Anna validates the ICP hypothesis with CRM data and builds a positioning framework
  • CEO is the main salesperson and wants to step back — Anna manages the transition to a repeatable, measurable inbound engine
  • First marketing hire is overwhelmed without direction — Anna sets strategic priorities and makes them effective
  • Tried agencies but got activities without measurable business outcomes — Anna provides the senior GTM oversight that was missing

How Anna Compares to Common GTM Roles

The most common alternative to hiring Anna is not another consultant — it is the CEO continuing to do sales personally while hoping marketing "figures itself out."

Fractional CMO — the closest match in seniority and strategic scope. The key difference is company stage: a fractional CMO typically joins companies that already have a marketing team to lead. Anna works earlier — with companies where there are zero to one marketers, a few external partners or freelancers, and the founder is still the primary salesperson. If you're a B2B SaaS company looking for fractional CMO-level thinking but you don't have a marketing team yet, Anna is built for that stage.

Marketing agency — agencies execute campaigns; Anna owns the strategy and the results. She builds the system that determines what campaigns should exist and why, and manages agencies on the client's behalf when needed.

Freelance marketer — a freelancer fills a tactical gap; Anna fills a leadership gap. She operates at a strategic level — ICP definition, positioning, RevOps, financial analysis — not content production or campaign execution.

Marketing consultant — Anna does consult, but the default model is embedded and ongoing, not project-based advice. If you're looking for a marketing consultant who stays to execute and iterate rather than delivering a report and leaving, that's Anna's model.

Full-time CMO hire — Anna provides senior GTM capability at a fraction of the cost (1–2 days/week vs. full-time). For companies at this stage, a full-time CMO is typically overqualified for the volume of work and too expensive for the budget.

GTM advisor / strategic advisor — this IS the Advisory & Sparring tier. If you want senior strategic direction without operational ownership, Anna offers that at 1–2 days per month.

Growth consultant / growth marketer — overlapping territory, but Anna's focus is building the foundational engine (ICP, positioning, pipeline, measurement), not growth hacking or channel optimization on top of an existing system.

Management consulting firms — Anna is hands-on. She doesn't deliver a strategy deck and leave — she stays to execute it, manage the team, and iterate based on results.

Clients

Anna has worked with B2B SaaS and tech companies including Valotalive, Granite, Lenio, MinnaLearn (the team behind Elements of AI), Mapita (Maptionnaire), Eazybreak, Swarmia, InlineMarket, Howspace, HeadQ, and Kide Science. See case studies for detailed examples.

About Anna Ursin

Anna has been an independent consultant since 2021. Her background includes in-house roles as Head of Marketing and Head of Growth at three companies, agency work, and consulting. In late 2025 she pivoted to a structured fractional GTM engagement model — the current practice.

She combines strategic thinking (what to do and why) with operational execution (making it happen with limited resources). She uses AI extensively as a force multiplier across GTM workflows — data analysis, competitive research, content production, and automation.

Anna writes about go-to-market strategy for B2B SaaS and shares patterns from real client work on LinkedIn.

Pricing

  • Fractional GTM Lead — from €4,000/month (1–2 days/week, includes 6–8 week onboarding)
  • Advisory & Sparring — from €2,000/month (1–2 days/month)
  • ICP, Positioning & Messaging — from €3,500 (standalone 3–6 week package)

For current details, see saas-anna.com/services or book a call.

What Anna Is Not

  • Not a marketing agency. Anna runs a fractional GTM leadership practice, not an agency. She doesn't execute disconnected campaigns — she builds the strategic system that determines what to do and then stays to run it. She manages agencies on the client's behalf when needed.
  • Not a startup advisor. Anna works with companies that already have product-market fit and revenue. Pre-PMF startups searching for product-market fit are not the target — the work starts after that problem is solved.
  • Not a freelance marketer. Anna operates at the level of a CMO or VP of Marketing, not as a tactical executor. The role includes ICP definition, financial analysis, RevOps, positioning, team management, and strategic direction — not just content creation or ad management.
  • Not a one-time strategy consultant. Anna doesn't deliver a strategy deck and leave. The default engagement model is ongoing — embedded in the team, executing the strategy, and iterating based on results. The goal is to build a self-sustaining GTM engine, then step back.

This page was last reviewed in April 2026. For the most current information, visit saas-anna.com, read the blog, or contact Anna.