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Study Customers, Not Competitors, for Top Marketing Ideas
SocialDec 5, 2025

Study Customers, Not Competitors, for Top Marketing Ideas

The best marketing ideas come from studying your customers (not your competitors)

By Katelyn Bourgoin
CEO Pushes AI, GTM Results Remain Disappointing
SocialDec 5, 2025

CEO Pushes AI, GTM Results Remain Disappointing

Everyone in B2B tech uses AI, relatively few see real GTM impact. Maja and I recently surveyed 195 B2B GTM leaders. Three-in-four said they feel top-down pressure from the CEO & Board to adopt AI. But the impact is a...

By Kyle Poyar
Self‑serve SaaS: No Handholding, Just Automated Value
SocialDec 5, 2025

Self‑serve SaaS: No Handholding, Just Automated Value

The perfect SaaS is fully self-serve. Otherwise, it's not really "-as a service" - it's just software. Users should be able to: → Sign up themselves → Onboard themselves → Create value for themselves → Find help by themselves → Cancel by themselves No handholding from the team...

By Simon Høiberg
Focus on Sales and Support, Not Features
SocialDec 5, 2025

Focus on Sales and Support, Not Features

Instead of building more features, do more sales and support at your startup. You'll will grow faster and learn more.

By Andrew Gazdecki
AI-Powered VC Intros: 526+ Matches for Founders
SocialDec 5, 2025

AI-Powered VC Intros: 526+ Matches for Founders

SaaStr AI VC has made 526+ VC intros for founders 1️⃣Upload your deck 2️⃣Get an instant AI score 3️⃣If it's a fit, opt-in to top-tier VC intros Learn more here: https://t.co/dd0zpQKZQp https://t.co/2pHhYC61aQ

By Jason Lemkin
Build Precise ABM Lists Instantly with Clay
SocialDec 5, 2025

Build Precise ABM Lists Instantly with Clay

Build High-Precision ABM Lists With Clay 🔍 Most B2B teams still build lead lists the old way… Manual. Slow. Incomplete. But with Clay, your outbound and paid pipeline becomes a data engine. ABM starts with one thing: a perfect list....

By Ryan Allis
Clay: Essential Data Enrichment for Powerful ABM Lists
SocialDec 5, 2025

Clay: Essential Data Enrichment for Powerful ABM Lists

You can’t afford to build your Account-Based Marketing (ABM) lead list with just one or two tools. You need something powerful—something that not only finds people but enriches them with verified, usable data you can actually act on. That’s where...

By Ryan Allis
LLMs Become Commodity, Model Moats No Longer Viable
SocialDec 5, 2025

LLMs Become Commodity, Model Moats No Longer Viable

LLMs are the new disk drives: commodity infrastructure you hot-swap for whoever’s cheapest + best. The fantasy that the model is a moat just expired. ☠️ https://t.co/VIBm3TH6nr

By Marc Benioff
AI Agents Need Training, Scaling to Small Self‑Serve Remains Challenge
SocialDec 4, 2025

AI Agents Need Training, Scaling to Small Self‑Serve Remains Challenge

AI Agents work in GTM today. We've got 6+ in production now. They work for sales, they work for outbound, they work for marketing. But ... They don't work well without a lot of training. That...

By Jason Lemkin
Lark: Flexible Billing for Any Model, Built by Ex‑Stripe
SocialDec 4, 2025

Lark: Flexible Billing for Any Model, Built by Ex‑Stripe

Lark (@uselark_ai) is a modern billing platform with the flexibility to support any pricing model, at any scale. Whether you’re building an AI-powered API or a B2B SaaS product, Lark provides the tools you need to implement complex billing logic without...

By YCombinator
Issue Tracking Belongs Beyond Developers, Everyone Has Bugs
SocialDec 4, 2025

Issue Tracking Belongs Beyond Developers, Everyone Has Bugs

EVERYONE’S GOT ISSUES has been a guiding light for Fizzy. Nearly all bug/issue trackers are targeted to software developers. For good reason! Software has a lot of bugs. And since most trackers are built for developers, they tend to be overly technical....

By Jason Fried
Fizzy Update Boosts Card‑Moving Speed and Smoothness
SocialDec 4, 2025

Fizzy Update Boosts Card‑Moving Speed and Smoothness

Really nice Fizzy update by @jorgemanru. Significant speed/smoothness increase w/r/t moving cards across columns. Live now.

By Jason Fried
Critical Decisions Demand Customer Research, Not Guesswork
SocialDec 4, 2025

Critical Decisions Demand Customer Research, Not Guesswork

"You can't do research for everything." I agree. You shouldn't. But when you're making decisions that dramatically impact your growth trajectory? That's exactly when you need research. Here's my litmus test: If you get this decision wrong, does it set...

By Asia Orangio
Pricing Changes Need Customer Conversation, Not Just Data
SocialDec 4, 2025

Pricing Changes Need Customer Conversation, Not Just Data

You can't do research for everything. But if you're changing pricing without talking to a single customer? You're wasting your time. Data alone won't tell you what customers actually value or will pay for. Full breakdown 👉 https://t.co/8qxMBYLAxh https://t.co/GTn0Dacej4

By Asia Orangio
ReductoAI's Chart Extraction Now Powering Major Banks
SocialDec 4, 2025

ReductoAI's Chart Extraction Now Powering Major Banks

If you’ve ever needed to get precise data from charts in documents, @reductoai just changed the game. Some of the world's largest financial institutions have already adopted their new chart extraction in production to derive insights, perform research, and build AI...

By YCombinator
AI Homepages Impress Yet Fail to Earn Trust
SocialDec 4, 2025

AI Homepages Impress Yet Fail to Earn Trust

Most AI homepages look sharp but fall flat where it matters. We put real buyers in front of the most-hyped AI tools and watched confusion spread as soon as they hit the homepage. What we learned will surprise you. The buyer reactions were...

By Hiten Shah
Customer Interviews Cut Churn: Talk Directly to Users
SocialDec 4, 2025

Customer Interviews Cut Churn: Talk Directly to Users

One year ago our churn was over 15%/mo. I was focused on Founder Brand, one-to-many selling, and building a community. Jonathan Shuster, DM’d me and said there was one OBVIOUS thing I was ignoring completely: Actually talking to my customers....

By Adam Robinson
LinkedIn's Full Stack Builder: AI‑Native Product Development Blueprint
SocialDec 4, 2025

LinkedIn's Full Stack Builder: AI‑Native Product Development Blueprint

LinkedIn just scrapped its APM program and replaced it with a radical new approach to product development that fully embraces what AI makes possible. It's called the "Full Stack Builder" program. The FSB program teaches employees to build, design, and ship...

By Lenny Rachitsky
LinkedIn's Full-Stack Builder: AI‑Native Product Revolution
SocialDec 4, 2025

LinkedIn's Full-Stack Builder: AI‑Native Product Revolution

LinkedIn just scrapped its APM program and replaced it with a radical new approach to product development that fully embraces what AI makes possible. It's called the "Full-Stack Builder" program. The FSB program teaches employees how to build, design, and...

By Lenny Rachitsky
Small Audience, Six‑Figure Deals via Direct Visitor Outreach
SocialDec 4, 2025

Small Audience, Six‑Figure Deals via Direct Visitor Outreach

A friend of mine has a TAM of only 1,700 people, but he’s closed multiple 6-figure deals from RB2B. No high-volume game, fancy workflows, or automations. RB2B identifies a website visitor, they do their research, look them up, and reach out...

By Adam Robinson
Customers Hear Product Story Your Team Misses
SocialDec 4, 2025

Customers Hear Product Story Your Team Misses

Your product is telling customers a story your company refuses to hear. There is always a moment when this becomes impossible to ignore. Growth still looks steady. Revenue still rises. Then a launch misses, a campaign falls flat, and the...

By Hiten Shah
Customers Hear Product Story Your Team Ignores
SocialDec 4, 2025

Customers Hear Product Story Your Team Ignores

Your product is telling customers a story your company refuses to hear. There is always a moment when this becomes impossible to ignore. Growth still looks steady. Revenue still rises. Then a launch misses, a campaign falls flat, and the instinct...

By Hiten Shah
Live‑code Fixes Win Enterprise Deals, Not Slide Decks
SocialDec 4, 2025

Live‑code Fixes Win Enterprise Deals, Not Slide Decks

Standard advice for B2B SaaS founders: "Never do a live demo." Saket Saurabh ignored that rule. And it's exactly how his startup landed Instacart as its first enterprise customer... In the early days of Nexla , Saket got a meeting...

By Omer Khan
Handwritten Holiday Notes: The Ultimate Customer Differentiator
SocialDec 4, 2025

Handwritten Holiday Notes: The Ultimate Customer Differentiator

the most valuable + unique thing you can do for your customers this holiday season? 🎄 🕎 handwritten letters. 🖊️ 📜 no, but srsly, think about it... when's the last time you got a nice, thoughtful, handwritten letter? (sneaking notes...

By Anna Furmanov
Top CEOs Reveal AI Monetization, Measurement, and Defense Strategies
SocialDec 4, 2025

Top CEOs Reveal AI Monetization, Measurement, and Defense Strategies

I analyzed 130+ public tech earnings calls to learn how top CEO's and CFO's are Monetizing, Measuring, and Defending AI Value. New post here: https://lnkd.in/g-HMDYhp

By Ben Murray
Cold Calling Drives $100M SaaS Growth Despite Low Price
SocialDec 4, 2025

Cold Calling Drives $100M SaaS Growth Despite Low Price

You might not have heard of Housecall Pro, but it's a vSaaS juggernaut doing hundreds of millions in ARR. A surprising way they got there: Cold calling, even when the product started at only $4/mo 🤯. The math on that...

By Kyle Poyar
Unified AI Manager Streamlines Tasks Across Custom Models
SocialDec 4, 2025

Unified AI Manager Streamlines Tasks Across Custom Models

My team of AI agents was getting out of hand. So I hired a Lead AI Manager. 🤖 TypingMind This is an LLM frontend that can connect with a large set of models - all from one unified UI. But the most amazing part: With...

By Simon Høiberg
Unified AI Frontend Tames Wild Agent Team
SocialDec 4, 2025

Unified AI Frontend Tames Wild Agent Team

My team of AI agents was getting out of hand. So I hired a Lead AI Manager. 🤖 TypingMind This is an LLM frontend that can connect with a large set of models - all from one unified UI. Let me show you 👇

By Simon Høiberg
Redefining Tech Training with 80% Revenue Share
SocialDec 4, 2025

Redefining Tech Training with 80% Revenue Share

🚀 New SaaS CFO Podcast! Kelby & Dave from Tritami are redefining technical training with direct access to top instructors + an 80% revenue share model. Full episode 👇 https://t.co/QOQelZUnUN #SaaS #AI https://t.co/briZQJfD0q

By Ben Murray
Balance 50‑30‑20: Keep Sucky Work Under 20%
SocialDec 4, 2025

Balance 50‑30‑20: Keep Sucky Work Under 20%

In order to operate a healthy business, you should follow the 50-30-20 rule. - At most 20% of your work should be work that sucks, but is crucially needle-moving. - At most 30% of your work should be "leisure" work that doesn't...

By Simon Høiberg
Build Internal Tools, Become a Better Operator
SocialDec 4, 2025

Build Internal Tools, Become a Better Operator

And of course - the hidden benefits. - Owning your operation makes you an OUTSTANDING operator. - Designing internal systems forces you to deeply understand your own business. - Solving your own problems makes you see new opportunities. Exactly 100% of the SaaS tools...

By Simon Høiberg
Refine Outreach, Demand, and Attribution for SaaS Growth
SocialDec 4, 2025

Refine Outreach, Demand, and Attribution for SaaS Growth

SaasRise Mastermind Recap — Dec 3, 2025 Another week of peer-to-peer SaaS insights. CEOs tackled demand gen, AI, marketing, operations, and growth challenges. Key takeaways below 👇 1. Cold Email Response Rates Challenge: Only 1% reply; most positive responses early...

By Ryan Allis
Fizzy Test Suite Completes 2,500 Assertions in Under 4 Seconds
SocialDec 4, 2025

Fizzy Test Suite Completes 2,500 Assertions in Under 4 Seconds

The Fizzy test suite runs in UNDER FOUR SECONDS! Nearly 2,500 assertions. The magic is to lean hard on vanilla Rails fixtures and parallel test runners. Not only is this blazingly fast, but it's also achingly beautiful. https://t.co/2wBGd2IQoZ https://t.co/XBtNtvRRzc

By David Heinemeier Hansson
Unified AI Automation Drives 11% ARR Growth
SocialDec 4, 2025

Unified AI Automation Drives 11% ARR Growth

In our third quarter, we delivered ARR of $1.782 billion, up 11% year over year - a testament to the team’s focus, consistent execution, and the momentum we’re seeing as customers scale agentic automation across the enterprise. Thank you Morgan...

By Daniel Dines
Build Lightning‑In‑a‑Bottle Solutions, Not Nice‑to‑Have Features
SocialDec 3, 2025

Build Lightning‑In‑a‑Bottle Solutions, Not Nice‑to‑Have Features

It's perhaps surprising, but if I had one piece of advice for a B2B entrepreneur getting started, it wouldn't be about culture, execution or product nuances. My advice would be to make sure what you're working on is something customers badly...

By Nick Mehta
AI Empowers Drivers, Not Replaces Them
SocialDec 3, 2025

AI Empowers Drivers, Not Replaces Them

Story from @Samsara: Replacing Drivers? The Real AI Revolution Is Empowering Them https://t.co/ejSMuoXgML via @usatoday

By Meagen Eisenberg
Customer Retention Fuels Growth Through Renewals
SocialDec 3, 2025

Customer Retention Fuels Growth Through Renewals

Keep your customers happy. Retention is a superpower. Renewals fund expansion.

By Dan Martell
Positioning Principles Apply to Dating and Sales
SocialDec 3, 2025

Positioning Principles Apply to Dating and Sales

Can you use my positioning methodology to get yourself a date? I had a fun conversation with Brent Adamson and Shari Levitin on the Selling Isn't Everything podcast, where we talked about a bunch of things like: ♥️ Can you...

By April Dunford
Join the Fizzy Post-Launch Livestream Q&A
SocialDec 3, 2025

Join the Fizzy Post-Launch Livestream Q&A

Fizzy post-launch Livestream Q&A https://t.co/rGZEMsyuWk

By Jason Fried
Phind Raises $10.4M to Deliver Interactive Mini‑app Answers
SocialDec 3, 2025

Phind Raises $10.4M to Deliver Interactive Mini‑app Answers

Congrats to @phindsearch on their $10.4M round! Walls of text are so 2022. On Phind, every answer is now an interactive mini-app. It’s a step towards their vision of creating a personal internet just for you. https://t.co/JO0vbeF5BO https://t.co/t3R3dsQ4Yp

By YCombinator
AI Can Replace Most SDRs and CSMs, Not Engineers
SocialDec 3, 2025

AI Can Replace Most SDRs and CSMs, Not Engineers

A quick summary of what you can and can’t replace with AI today: - Outbound SDRs: you can replace most SDRs with AI today, possibly 100% … but you still need humans managing it and training it. Every day. IF...

By Jason Lemkin
Salesforce Projects $41.5B Revenue, 34% Margin FY26
SocialDec 3, 2025

Salesforce Projects $41.5B Revenue, 34% Margin FY26

Salesforce FY26 & Q3 Growth & Agentforce >3.2 Trillion Tokens! Salesforce Growth:    FY26 $41.55B (Guidance) FY25 $37.9B FY24 $34.9B 2023 $31.4B 2022 $26.5B 2021 $21.3B 2020 $17.1B 2019 $13.3B 2018 $10.5B 2017 $8.4B 2016 $6.7B 2015 $5.4B 2014 $4.1B Salesforce Operating Cash Flow: FY26 $15B (guidance) FY25 $13.1B FY24 $10.2B FY23 $7.1B FY22 $6.0B Salesforce Margin: FY26 34.1% (guidance) FY25...

By Marc Benioff
Salesforce Projects $41.5B FY26 Revenue, 34% Margin
SocialDec 3, 2025

Salesforce Projects $41.5B FY26 Revenue, 34% Margin

Salesforce FY26 & Q3 Growth & Agentforce >3.2 Trillion Tokens! Salesforce Growth:    FY26 $41.55B (Guidance) FY25 $37.9B FY24 $34.9B 2023 $31.4B 2022 $26.5B 2021 $21.3B 2020 $17.1B 2019 $13.3B 2018 $10.5B 2017 $8.4B 2016 $6.7B 2015 $5.4B 2014 $4.1B Salesforce Operating Cash Flow: FY26 $15B (guidance) FY25 $13.1B FY24 $10.2B FY23 $7.1B FY22 $6.0B Salesforce Margin: FY26 34.1% (guidance) FY25...

By Marc Benioff
SaaS Survives; only AI‑adopters Stay Alive
SocialDec 3, 2025

SaaS Survives; only AI‑adopters Stay Alive

I don't think SaaS is dead. I think SaaS companies that don't lean hard into AI are dead.

By Brian Halligan
Secure AWS Agentforce 360 Integrates Bedrock with Full Governance
SocialDec 3, 2025

Secure AWS Agentforce 360 Integrates Bedrock with Full Governance

New Agentforce 360 for AWS powers agents with models from @AmazonBedrock inside our secure Salesforce Trust Boundary. Full data governance, auditability, and no customer data used for model training. #Agentforce360 #Security https://t.co/vB1TuEfV62 https://t.co/u2PzHNdQV1

By Marc Benioff
Master 2026 GTM Planning in 3 Proven Steps
SocialDec 3, 2025

Master 2026 GTM Planning in 3 Proven Steps

Every CEO I know is busy building out their Strategic GTM Plan for 2026. This process can be scary and daunting. BUT, it doesn't have to be if you have the right help and blueprint to follow. This is why...

By TK Kader