Quiet Persistence Turns Into 8‑Figure Success
Everything is easy when the crowd's cheering. But the real work? That happens in silence. I remember the looks. Friends asking "are you okay?" Family mentioning job openings. Posts with 3 likes. Those moments? That's where growth happens. I wrote for 10 months to crickets. A few likes. No comments. Just me wondering if anyone would ever care. That's where most people quit. But after a year of showing up anyway, something clicked. The compound effect kicked in. That silence turned into an 8-figure business. The best decision I made? Not stopping when it made no sense to continue. If you're in that quiet phase right now, feeling invisible...keep going. If you don't know how to start on LinkedIn, I put together incredibly comprehensive research. It's called the LinkedIn OS and 45,000+ people have watched it. 90-minute video. Everything you need. ↓ https://buff.ly/soidgrf Watch it. Apply it. Your breakthrough is waiting on the other side. The world needs what you're building. They just don't know it yet.
Free AI Analyzer Grades Your VC Pitch Deck Instantly
Wondering if your VC pitch is good enough? SaaStr AI will tell you. Try the FREE SaaStr AI VC Pitch Deck Analyzer here -> https://t.co/S5UFYzoN7a Try it now. We'll grade it, tell you the exact odds you'll get funded, and...
Customers Prefer Better AI Sales Reps—Deploy Yours Directly
- Do customers even care if your sales reps is AI or human? Not if the AI is better than a human - #1 top advice to get going on AI + GTM: deploy an AI agent -- yourself. ...
Diversify Beyond AI SEO or Face Obsolescence
AI SEO Bubble Alert?... Amplitude pivots to 'AIO', Profound snags $58M from Sequoia, Ramp spams to 120K visitors/month. But it's recycled 2000s SEO stuff - it works til Google/OpenAI nukes it. If businesses want to survive, they must play the 'search everywhere...
Turn Every Sales Call Into Valuable Content
How to make every sales call productive—even if you don’t close What if every call added value to your sales and marketing? Imagine telling an executive: “Whether or not you make a sale, every sales call will move your business...
Target High‑Net‑Worth Listeners: Business Podcasts Outperform Mass Hits
BTS: I was hanging out with a few creators and operators last week... We discussed a few creators: MrBeast, Hormozi, Steven Bartlett (Diary of a CEO), Acquired podcast, Founders podcast, etc. When it came down to the 'audience value', the group leaned...
VCs Must Choose Between Steady Growth and AI Frenzy
Is Triple Triple Double Double good enough anymore? $1m ARR -> $3m ARR -> $9m ARR -> $18M ARR -> $36m ARR -> rocketship Here's the thing. On the one hand, of course it is. That compounds to 50%+ growth...
Build Trust, Not Shortcuts: Earn Authority Through Relationships
Don’t chase shortcuts. Take “black hat” tactics and flip them white, build real relationships with quality sites for links. Brands win by playing the long game with trust and authority. That’s how you rise above the noise. https://t.co/t7IwE1BzZ4
Articulate Your Ideas to Achieve True Clarity
The best thinkers, communicators, and indeed experts understand that you can't find clarity on an idea in your head. You have to articulate it. Often. One of the foremost experts on the business of expertise in the world is David...
Customers Want Done‑For‑You, Not Just Better Claims
There are so many products I would buy if the vendor just said "I'll do all the work for you" Instead, they all want to tell me why they are 10x better
Excluding the Wrong Audience Boosts Product Appeal
What’s more important? Who a product is for? Or who it is not for? According to recent research, saying who you are NOT for may be stronger. “When a product advertises who it’s not suitable for (e.g. an adventure holiday...
Remember: We're Tiny, Not Worth Attribution Stress
Perspective check for your Saturday morning (post 30 KitKat bars). We’re a speck in a spiral galaxy, and we are stressing about inbound and outbound attribution modeling. 🙏
Tech Unicorns Often Founded by 45‑year‑olds
A study of 2.7 million startups: The average age of people who started the fastest-growing tech companies is 45. Everyone's in a rush, but shouldn't be. https://t.co/vofCBMRyQN
Three Words Drive Email Open Rates to 78%
3 Words That Boost Email Open Rates to 78%! 🚀 The average email open rate is 18%. My client is getting 78% consistently with this three word formula. Three words that outperform every other subject line-tested on over 1,500 campaigns!...
AI Slows SaaS, but Adds Massive Functionality
SaaS apps are much, much slower since AI It's OK because they do much, much more But not something I would have expected 24+ months ago
Video Clips Turn Podcasts From Invisible to Discoverable
How are people supposed to find your podcast? If you’re only using audio, you’re relying entirely on your own distribution. - Do you have an email list? - Do you have a strong social media following? - Are you consistently...
Tech's Marketing Gap: Trust, Not Tactics, Is Missing
I’ve been working on an article about why tech still misunderstands marketing. The deeper I go, the less it feels like a problem of tactics. It feels like a problem of trust between what teams build and what customers believe. Marketers who’ve worked...
AI Agents Will Shrink Software Seat Counts
AI is coming for your seats. And it doesn't even mean to. What do I mean? We've gone from 0 to 12 AI Agents at little team SaaStr this year, and as part of that ... we don't need as...
Empathy-Driven Leadership Proves Layoffs Unnecessary and Profitable
Layoffs aren’t strategy. They’re a symptom of a system that’s lost its heart. Next week, A Bit of Optimism returns on Tuesday with a brand new episode featuring Bob Chapman , who has been the CEO of Barry-Wehmiller for more...
Live ChatGPT Generates Real Leads on Stage
We designed a campaign on stage, live, with only ChatGPT and a microphone... here's how... First off, thank you to Guillaume Jacquet for having Doug Bell and I at RevStar Summit in Montreal... I have never seen an audience SO...
Founders Quickly Become the Bottleneck, Not the Visionary
I have a long-running list of these surprises for first-time Founders and CEOs. Here are a few that weren’t on Brian’s list. 1. Your calendar becomes everyone else’s calendar. Every gap gets filled. 2. The hardest conversations are never on the calendar....
ChatGPT's Rapid Rise Could Rival Google by 2030
ChatGPT hit 1B+ daily searches 9 years faster than Google. At this pace, it could match Google by 2030. Here’s how the future of search is changing👇 Google still dominates with about 14 billion daily searches. ChatGPT handles around 2.5...
Demystify VC Funding with SaaStr AI VC
🤷♀️Getting funded shouldn't be a mystery 🔮Knowing the odds VCs will say Yes shouldn't be opaque 🤝 Meeting investors shouldn't require connections We're here to help. SaaStr AI VC -> https://t.co/XzJ5d0OYvZ https://t.co/XbFWOuetFF
Never Lower Your Talent Bar: Hire Only the Best
never, ever, EVER compromise on talent. As much as your team wants to throw people at the problem. Do not let them. If there is one thing to micromanage, it's your talent bar. The moment you let that drop is when the bozo...
Earn Scalable Trust to Become Your Audience’s Go‑to Brand
Trust isn’t given—it’s earned. And in today’s chaotic media landscape, credibility is everything. This week on On Brand, I talk with ✨Danielle Sabrina✨ , founder of Society22 PR —one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing firms—about how brands and leaders can build...
A Dedicated Business‑Only Social Platform Is Missing
I think at least twice a week, "Someone needs to make a Twitter/Threads/Bluesky purely about work and business." LinkedIn won't. Their product team is 12 overworked people surrounded by execs screaming "MORE AI!" at them. Threads won't. Meta doesn't know how to...
Your Network Is Your Most Valuable Asset
Why Building The Right Network Will Always Be Your Greatest Asset - https://t.co/WfXJ9ZudfC - https://t.co/Vucmh7iPcq
IPO Valuations Dwarf Typical ARR Multiples
Times are good But Navan IPO’ing at ~$5B at ~$800M ARR run rate And JAMF selling for ~$2B at 3x ARR Well, they do make me wonder about some VC rounds these days
Event Design Turns Brand Story Into Immersive Experience
Brief to Buzz: How Event Design Translates Brand Story into Immersive Experience - B2B Marketing Blog | Webbiquity - https://t.co/eKUvfXD8qA https://t.co/eB3eyK2VQr
Marketers Must Adapt as Browsers Gain AI Capabilities
As browsers learn to think and act, marketers must learn to adapt. https://t.co/F7m7xPvMWv via @DuaneForrester, @sejournal
Avoid Hiring “Strategists”—They Won’t Execute the Work
So some folks are going to disagree with me on this post, but I'm close to 100% right on it, and it will save you a ton of pain and time and money. 👉 Never hire someone who describes themselves as...
Ask if Users Will Abandon ChatGPT Before Building AI Product
Before you build your AI product, ask one question: would anyone switch from ChatGPT for this? https://t.co/5q8pqdKadg
Solve Real Problems, Not Your Ideas, for Bigger Profits
It’s Halloween, which means it’s time to share the scariest stat of all-time for entrepreneurs: Studies find entrepreneurs earn 4% to 5% LESS per year than employees doing a similar role—yes “less” 😱 They also work longer hours and experience more income...
Platforms Dominate, yet Your Website Still Matters
We've entered a world in which platforms dominate influence... not websites. But does that mean your website is irrelevant? Or less important than they once were? 🤔🤔🤔👇
5 Talk Types to Diversify Webinars and Boost Impact
Big news! I've partnered with my friends at Wistia to bring you a very special 4-part series on how to host better webinars + give better talks. The first is about the 5 types of talks you should consider developing...
Timeless Companies Share Core Principles Across Centuries
Advice from businesses that have been successful for generations https://t.co/75FFeSTshM "Companies that last not one generation, not two, but for a hundred years and beyond share certain things in common."
Hire Smarter, Leverage AI, Protect SaaS Margins
This week’s masterminds zeroed in on what it really takes to run a lean, profitable SaaS...from hiring smarter to mastering outbound, refining pricing and dodging legal curveballs. We covered the messy middle of scaling: when to bring in a product...
Attention Compounds First; Revenue Follows Later
Attention is the only metric that compounds before revenue.
Chat‑based AI Prototyping Finally Matches Your Product’s Look
Huge congrats to @alloy_app for growing 10x in less than 30 days!! -> https://t.co/MGKugp77a2 Alloy is AI prototyping for PMs that actually looks like your product. 1⃣Capture your app in one click 2⃣Chat to build features in minutes 3⃣Share with team/customers. Already in...
Chat‑Feed Sponsored Snaps Drive 2× Conversions
If there’s 1 thing I’ll always open, it’s a DM. When I see that message notification, I tap it immediately. Every time. For Snapchat for Business , that goes double. Lately, those messages have included the new Sponsored Snaps. And...
Informational Quality Beats Production Value Every Time
Stop debating Quality vs Quantity. That's the wrong question. This is why your content isn't working; you're chasing the wrong kind of quality. Many brands still think high production value equals high impact. But that’s not what your customers care...
MarTech and ProductTech Aren't
MarTech and ProductTech are not the same thing, not even close. Had to explain this to a founder today who was insisting that event driven analytics is all you need. Guess what? They have never tried to do any marketing.
Gen Z Drives AI Adoption; B2B Buying Goes Generative
Gen Z leads surge in daily AI use, as #B2B buying enters the generative era https://t.co/Wg9NREcc3z
Patience and Consistency Outperform Instant-Result Myths
Most Businesses take years to get off the ground. Don’t buy the myth of instant wins. Patience and consistency are the real growth hacks. https://t.co/VJWBSGZIzg
Authentic Expert Content Beats AI Visibility Hacks
Agreed. You don't need a "hack" for AI visibility. You need authentic, expert, branded content.
Founders Must Navigate AI IPO, $10B A16z, Series B Risks
We're back!! @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll + me! 1/ Three seismic shifts hit venture this week that every founder needs to understand: 1⃣OpenAI's $500B restructuring clears path to $2T IPO 2⃣A16z raises $10B (but it's more matchable than you think) 3⃣66% of Series B investments...
AI Features Boost Searches, Not Replace Them
Google reports that AI features are adding searches rather than replacing them, pointing to more AI-led sessions and steady traffic flowing to sites. https://t.co/dZrj6V51Ez via @MattGSouthern, @sejournal
