PRM vs CRM: what's the difference?
A CRM is a glorified database your company owns. A PRM keeps track of the people behind your book. Here's the difference.
Daniel Alter
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Plain-English guides from Mash on personal CRM, what a PRM is, how it differs from a CRM, meeting prep and why professional relationships quietly go cold.
The Mash blog
Practical writing on relationship selling, staying close to the people who matter, and what an AI coworker can take off your plate.
What is a PRM? A plain-English guide to Personal Relationship Managers
A PRM keeps your relationships warm the way a CRM keeps a pipeline moving. Here is what one does, who needs it, and how it differs from the tools you already use.
Daniel Alter
Five minutes before the meeting: a prep ritual that actually sticks
Most meeting prep fails because it asks for thirty minutes you do not have. Here is a five-minute version built around three questions, and how to make it automatic.
Daniel Alter
Why most professional relationships quietly go cold, and the simple arithmetic behind it
Nobody decides to let a relationship fade. It happens because attention is finite and networks are not. A back-of-the-envelope look at why, and what changes it.
Daniel Alter
From Mash’s knowledge-systems era, 2025 to early 2026.
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You Don’t Have a Data Problem. You Have an AI Problem.
The Mash team
8 min read
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Why Representation Matters More Than Retrieval in GTM AI
Jared Nusinoff
9 min read
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Why MCPs Alone Can’t Power Truly Intelligent GTM Systems
Jared Nusinoff
14 min read
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You’ve Been Sold a Lie About AI
Jared Nusinoff
10 min read
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Why “Chunking” Your GTM Data Isn’t Enough: The Shift from Retrieval to Representation in AI Knowledge Systems
Jake Stolee
7 min read
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The Internal Knowledge Problem Slowing Down GTM Teams (and How to Fix It)
Daniel Alter
5 min read
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2025–2026
Case studies: custom knowledge systems, 2025–2026
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