Social•Nov 6, 2025
T3D2 Deals Are Attractive but Could Cost
New!! “The Problem(s) With T3D2 Venture Deals. They’re Still Great. But They Might Get You Fired.” https://t.co/lXKYxMt3Lo
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Embrace Small Errors, Chase a Few Giant Wins
A thing often in common among great startup investors, founders, and researchers: Trading making a lot of small mistakes in exchange for getting a few giant wins. (Surprisingly many people seem to prefer a few big mistakes in exchange for a lot...
By Sam Altman
Social•Nov 5, 2025
AI Agents Thrive on Better Data Retrieval and Compute
Many AI agent problems are really just information retrieval problems. If the agent has a better way to find and comb through data performantly, you will get far better results. Compute is fungible so you can use it during indexing...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Nov 5, 2025
AI Eases Building, but GTM Talent Scarcity Spikes Demand
Noticing a trend: Lots of asks from early-stage founders looking for intros to great B2B GTM people. With AI making it so much easier to build, distribution/GTM is becoming harder to crack.
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Ignoring Data Leaks May Become Acceptable in 2025
If you posted a customer's data online, is it better to apologize or ignore it? @promptwatch did the latter with my data But maybe that's the right approach in 2025 https://t.co/6wZeI3hVNN
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Know Your Daily Processes to Unlock Growth
You may not think about operations, but operations is thinking about you. You're executing processes every day whether you've documented them or not. The question is: are they good processes? And are you aware of them? That awareness is what unlocks growth. https://t.co/MJ6dzxjNQq
By Asia Orangio
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Big Funds Skip Follow‑on when Upside Seems Limited
I remember a few years ago, a SaaStr Fund portfolio company was struggling to get a Series A round done They found a lead to put in $8m, but wanted the insiders to put in the other $2m. I wasn't a very...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Choosing the Right Term for AI-Driven SEO
AEO vs. GEO vs. AI SEO Optimizing content for AI-driven platforms has become incredibly complicated. There is currently no consensus on what to call what used to be "SEO." This article explains three main terms marketers use, all of which are...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Explore SaaStr's New AI Tools in Live Demo
SaaStr AI Live: A Hands-On Guide to SaaStr's New AI Tools https://t.co/ZTGASBhFQa
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Simplify SaaS Pricing: Ditch Per-Seat, Use Flat Rates
I’m working on adding a team plan to @groupthinkAI and I really hate the complexity of per seat +/or usage pricing. I just want to charge some number and then just have it be enough that you don’t think about...
By Danielle Morrill
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Dream Big, Execute Small: Canva’s Blueprint
My biggest takeaways from @MelanieCanva: 1. Build a ladder to the moon with small rungs. You need both a crazy vision that reaches all the way to the moon and tiny, concrete steps to get there. Canva’s mission to “empower the world...
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Automated AI Customer Service Hits Uncanny Valley
When all is said and done, pre-generative AI "automated" customer service will be the ultimate "uncanny valley."
By Nick Mehta
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Early Surge Fades, Leading to Stagnation Plateau
🧵 The growth plateau pattern I see ALL the time: Growth during months 1-6. Slowing during months 7-12. By month 13+ it turns to "Why are we stuck? What are we missing?"
By Asia Orangio
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Simple Solo Stack Drives $10K MRR Micro‑SaaS
Most successful founders keep it dead simple. Building a $10K MRR Micro SaaS while staying solo is possible - but you need to keep it simple too. Here's the solopreneur stack I'd recommend 👇
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Dust Tackles Enterprise AI’s Last‑Mile Knowledge Gap
🎉 Thrilled to welcome @dusthq as a top Super Gold sponsor at SaaStr AI LDN Dec 1-2! Dust is solving one of the hardest problems in enterprise AI—making your company’s scattered knowledge actually useful. Their platform helps teams deploy AI agents...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 5, 2025
Unauthorized Access Shows Need for Data Permission Controls
A small startup @promptwatch logged into my account today without permission and shared a screenshot of it. They were trying to show the app worked properly. But don’t do this yourself. It’s a violation of trust and more. Be...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Beta Invites Rolling Out; Join Waitlist Now
Alright! The first handful of Fizzy beta invites have gone out! Over the next week or two, assuming all goes well, we'll send invites to the thousands who've signed up for the list prior to opening it up to the public. If...
By Jason Fried
Social•Nov 4, 2025
AI Sales Agents Do the Work Humans Won’t
$495 is a tough price point to hire a human sales rep for But an AI agent? 烙They don't mind. They don't mind -- at all. If nothing else, put AI agents + AI SDRs and AEs on the deals ... your...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Get Real Fundability Scores by Uploading Your Deck
How fundable are you -- really? How well are you doing -- really? Just upload your deck here to SaaStr AI VC -> https://t.co/S5UFYzofhC And don't guess anymore https://t.co/80nrRXLnXb
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Fin.ai Powers 50K Monthly Tickets, Exceeding Expectations
ZayZoon handle 50,000 tickets a month with Fin.ai And in their words "it's out-performing our wildest dreams" If you, too, would like to use AI handle an insanely large amount of work, then DM me and we'll get you setup.
By Des Traynor
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Ship Small Wins Daily to Boost Customer Delight
Never spend more time debating the priority of a product improvement than it would take to actually go ahead and do it. Small improvements add-up and they're morale boosters for both customers and the team. In the early times at HubSpot...
By Dharmesh Shah
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Thursday's VC Deep Dive: IPOs, Valuations, Ownership Shifts
Coming Thursday with @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll + me: - The Navan IPO, and What It Really Takes Now - Why You Have to Have Reaccelerated by Thanksgiving - Why Harvey at $8B could be cheap - AgentForce is really good. What That Means. - Single...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Founders Must Master Sales, Branding, Marketing, Distribution
Your job as a startup founder is to learn sales, branding, marketing, and distribution because it isn’t just about the product.
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Launching $20M Rapid Fund for 123g Founders
We've set aside $20m to rapidly deploy into founders working with 123g! They are the best. Top notch operators now supporting founders.
By Nathan Latka
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Join Exclusive AI Panel at Web Summit – Limited Seats
If you're at @WebSummit next week, we're hosting a @Fin_ai x @glean x @heyjasperai where I'll be hosting a discussion with @jainarvind(CEO, Glean) and @timyoung (CEO, Jasper) Places are ~limited, so sign up soon. https://t.co/f241bCjnS2
By Des Traynor
Social•Nov 4, 2025
From Starter to Scaler: Evolving Sales Leadership Stages
In the startup to scaleup journey, I often see 3 phases of sales leaders: Starter - A leader who can hire a few reps and close some deals. High Riz. Closer. Not analytical. Solver - A leader who can figure out the profile of...
By Brian Halligan
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Free Trials Expose Recruitment Pain, Drive Paid Adoption
We thought our freemium model at Wynter would take off. It didn't. At Wynter, you can run message tests or surveys for free if you bring your own audience. The software part of Wynter is completely free. You only pay if...
By Peep Laja
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Batch Anxiety Tasks Each Morning to Reclaim Your Day
Whatever you do for “anxiety work” like dashboard checking, support tickets, systems status checks, etc that you randomly do all day… compile the list into a https://t.co/67LsAuzETB task and just do it in the morning and you’ll save so much...
By Danielle Morrill
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Never Share Customer Data—Vendor Leak Shows Risks
It's never OK to share customers' confidential information Promptwatch. Especially with others. It happened to me today. Don't do this. A vendor shared my account data on X.
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Scale B2B SaaS Faster with On‑Demand Growth Program
SaaS Founders & Growth Leaders Scaling a B2B SaaS company is hard. Teams struggle to execute. Outbound feels hit-or-miss. Paid ads underperform. That's why we built the B2B SaaS Growth Program—a proven system that helps companies scale faster, acquire more customers...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Case Studies: Still Essential or Replaceable with Bite‑sized Proof?
️ are case studies relevant anymore? this is coming from someone that has written dozens of case studies over the years... everyone has case studies. do prospects read case studies anymore? do they trust case studies? do they need them to make a decision? or is...
By Anna Furmanov
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Paul Graham Recommends Bootstrapping Over VC Funding
As the Founder of Y-Combinator, Paul Graham has invested in 4,000 startups (including 85 unicorns) and helped create over $600B in enterprise value. When he was asked how he would fund a startup if he were starting TODAY, I was...
By Adam Robinson
Social•Nov 4, 2025
SaaS Momentum Surges: Big Funding, M&A, AI Security
From billion-dollar M&A moves and blockbuster funding rounds to new public listings, this week showcased the SaaS sector's momentum despite a shifting macro landscape. AI-driven security, identity governance, and compliance startups attracted major capital, while giants like NEC and Thermo...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Nov 4, 2025
AI‑Driven SaaS Funding Surges Amid Major Acquisitions
This Week in SaaS: Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2025 SaaS is moving fast. From billion-dollar acquisitions to AI-powered startups raising major rounds, the market is alive...even with macro shifts. This week, AI security, identity governance and compliance platforms took...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Early Usage Signals Reveal Hidden Churn Before It Happens
"Churn is killing us. Customers disappear after the first month." I've heard this from dozens of B2B SaaS CEOs over the past few years. But here's what we discovered after analyzing hundreds of these "churn problems": your customers aren't disappearing overnight. They...
By Wes Bush
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Launch Niche SaaS in Hours, No Code Needed
A few weeks ago, I created this n8n workflow for generating custom B-roll clips. ⭐ Now I turned it into a SaaS. It took a few hours using Lovable. The opportunity is insane. Listen... build If you're still trying to build the same OpenAI copywriter that...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Avoid Vendor Lock‑in: Choose Flexible Hosting over Cloud Giants
If Hetzner rejects you, you simply find another hosting provider. If your apps can run on Hetzner, they can run anywhere. If AWS or GCP rejects you, and you're deeply locked-in to their services, you're cooked. This is still the better alternative.
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Nov 4, 2025
AI Agents Will Soon Buy Tools From AI Sales Agents
It's crazy that AI agents are soon going to be smart enough that we can delegate high-level tasks, including giving them a budget and go find the tools needed to solve it. That means, those of us who offer tools soon...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Nov 4, 2025
First Founder Milestones: The Moments That Define Success
Founding a company is both amazing, and at times amazingly hard. Every day you wake up to do things you have never done before. Here are a few rare "first founder" moments I'll never forget: - the first time pitching your...
By Jonathan Rintala
Social•Nov 4, 2025
Omarchy Delivers Another Petabyte of Data This Month
Another petabyte worth of Omarchy served in the last month! 🤩 https://t.co/MDvObcsAze
By David Heinemeier Hansson
Social•Nov 4, 2025
AI Accesses Enterprise Docs via Box MCP Server
Here’s a great use case for the Box MCP server. You can now have any documentation, product specs, or any other best practice documents inside Box accessible to coding agents. We used to keep knowledge either in our heads or trapped...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Nov 3, 2025
Scaling to $100M ARR at $2k Pricing Is Tough
bringing this back. very hard to hit $100m ARR with avg price point of $2k/yr
By Nathan Latka
Social•Nov 3, 2025
Modern Tools Eliminate Excuses for Outdated Copy
I just got an Adobe Sign email, deal sign for @saastrfund! Hooray!! But the copy in the email I wrote in 2005. Yes, 2005. Before we launched. We used to tolerate this in SaaS because it was so much...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 3, 2025
AI Shields Logistics Workers During Holiday Rush
How AI Is Protecting Logistics Workers During The Holiday Rush via @forbes @Samsara https://t.co/XZ1A8TBTXx
By Meagen Eisenberg
Social•Nov 3, 2025
AI Agents Replace Human Drama in Modern Work
I wake up, have some coffee, answer a few emails And then ... fire up Replit and other AI Agents. And we just pick up right where we were yesterday. No complaints. No arguments. No forgetting. No sick days. No b.s. No drama. No pretending. No quitting. The reality is, this...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Nov 3, 2025
AI Redefines RevOps: CROs Shift to Predictable Performance
https://t.co/8kfP3o3TrD What happens when one of the most human-centric roles in business—Revenue Operations—meets the most transformative technology of our time? Join me, and Meredith Schmidt, longtime Salesforce executive and trailblazer in modern RevOps, for a provocative conversation on how Agentic AI is...
By Tiffani Bova
Social•Nov 3, 2025
Founders: $78K Audit—Is It Worth It?
year end financial audits founders, what are you paying? is $78k too much?
By Nathan Latka
Social•Nov 3, 2025
AI Cold Email SaaS Generates $495K Revenue, 100% Growth
This founder is basically giving it away to move onto a new startup. Live on @acquiredotcom: VC backed cold email SaaS with AI-powered outreach and smart inbox management. > $495K TTM revenue > $155K TTM profit > 100% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/iY13bIBtfn https://t.co/ID2m72SOGo
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Nov 3, 2025
Lean on Instinctive Team Members When Decisions Matter
You likely have people on your team that have been consistently *right* most of the time. They tend to push for a particular decision/path and turn out to be right over the fullness of time. Let's call them "Ingrid The...
By Dharmesh Shah
Social•Nov 3, 2025
Unpacking Workplace Anxiety with Real Coaching Sessions
Frameworks, metrics, strategy—yes, they matter. But the hardest parts of work are often the soft, messy, human parts we rarely discuss openly. The self-doubt, anxiety, the interpersonal dynamics that get in the way of actually getting things done. I'm excited to...
By Lenny Rachitsky