by Nathan Thompson | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog
Many companies with a strong horizontal product eventually face a critical question: When is the right time to specialize and launch a vertical market strategy? The risk of diluting focus is high, but the potential rewards include deeper market penetration and...We are excited to announce that Fullcast has acquired Commissionly!
Bala Balabaskaran didnโt set out to become a founder; he built Fullcast because the tools he needed didnโt exist.
As VP of Go-to-Market Technology and Operations at Salesforce, Bala was charged with aligning sales, support, and service across a massive global organization. But even with world-class systems and teams, the process was fractured: plans made in spreadsheets didnโt translate to execution. Territory changes took weeks. GTM strategies were outdated the moment they were finalized.
So Bala built something better.
With decades of experience at Microsoft, HP, and Salesforce, and multiple patents in enterprise software, Bala knew how to create systems that scale. In 2016, he co-founded Fullcast, a platform that unites planning and execution so RevOps teams can move at the speed of change.