Social•Oct 16, 2025
AI-Powered SaaStr Instantly Confirms Fund Fit
With the next version of SaaStr AI VC, you won't wonder if you are a fit for any given fund anymore We'll just tell you. Right there, right now. https://t.co/ONomUsL4kw
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Google and Salesforce Unite for Agentic Enterprise
Live now at #Dreamforce! ☁️ Google CEO Sundar Pichai joins Marc Benioff on the main stage — exploring how Google & Salesforce are partnering to build the Agentic Enterprise powered by trusted data, open AI, and human collaboration. 📍 Blue Shield...
By Marc Benioff
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Automate, Track Saved Hours, Scale Freedom Over Busyness
Small SaaS teams burn hours chasing the wrong numbers. Here's the new baseline I use: 1. Ship automation that buys you time back. 2. Track saved hours like real ARR. 3. Only scale what can be automated. Founders: optimize for freedom, not busyness.
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Omarchy 3.1 Unifies Copy/Paste with Super Keys
Omarchy 3.1 is also shipping with unified copy/paste hotkeys. Super + C / V. No more remembering that it's Ctrl + C / V in a browser and Ctrl + Shift + C / V in a Terminal. Oh, and...
By David Heinemeier Hansson
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Target Buyer Moments, Not Just Demographics, via Real‑time Reviews
Smart marketers don't just target specific buyers. They target specific *moments*. I'm talking about the real-life trigger events that flip a buyer from "not interested" to "I need this NOW!!" Not long ago, uncovering those triggers was a major lift. You'd launch expensive surveys,...
By Katelyn Bourgoin
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Usage-Based Pricing Challenges Traditional ARR Metrics
What can happen when you unleash an agentic(ish) workflow… and this isn't even full agent mode. Feels a bit like we're in the Wild West period of figuring out the move from seat-based to outcome-based pricing. For software/AI startups with usage-based...
By Christoph Janz
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Early-Stage Agencies Cost More than They Deliver
The harsh truth about agencies at early-stage: You're paying them to learn. Just like any new hire, they won't hit their stride until month 3-4. If you're pre-PMF, that's a very expensive education for everyone involved. Consider contractors and freelancers first to de-risk.
By Asia Orangio
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Outrageous Optimism Is Essential for Founders' Success
Huge honor being featured by @bigthink this week. We talked about why “outrageous optimism” is a required skillset for founders. Startups are built by people who believe just enough to keep going when everything says stop. When the odds are 1000...
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 16, 2025
2 Million Niche AI Models Await Your Business Ops
Most people still think GPT, Claude, Gemini (and maybe a few others) are the only AI models that exist. The real number? It's closer to 2 million! - Most of them are very niche. - They solve very specific issues. You only pay for the...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Creative Gifts and AI Tools Drive SaaS Q4 Success
This week's Enterprise SaaS CEO/Founder Mastermind We covered five topics that every SaaS founder needs to think about, here's what happened. Creative Marketing Ideas for Year-End We talked Q4 campaigns with $20-25K budgets. Members shared: sending bulky FedEx packages to CMOs, cupcakes...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Vertical Focus Drives SaaS Success in Niche Markets
New SaaS CFO Podcast 🎙️ with Ari Bleemer, CEO of One Crew! ✅ Deep vertical focus wins ✅ Fundraising in “unsexy” markets ✅ Simple software contractors love Watch 👉 https://t.co/P4Zs83vpnP| #SaaS #AI #OneCrew https://t.co/7kZzckdZIX
By Ben Murray
Social•Oct 16, 2025
No‑code SaaS Creates Custom AI B‑roll in Hours
I turned this into a new SaaS 👀 Took 2 hours using @lovable_dev and @supabase (their new cloud integration is literally insane). Now it's much easier: - Upload your images. - Create a character. - Create AI B-roll clips. I didn't write (or read) a single...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Your Quick Guide to Understanding Salesforce
If you ever wanted to know what Salesforce is! 🤘 https://t.co/k8UNyYc8HD
By Marc Benioff
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Prioritize Delighted Customers over Hype Growth Curves
Dear Hyper-growth founders, Legendary companies are built on the backs of their delighted customers, not on the backs of their buzz/curves/demos. Don't fall in love with your hockey stick curves...fall in love with your customers. Love, Brian.
By Brian Halligan
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Transparent Prep and Dialogue: CEO Board Meeting Essentials
Board meeting tips for CEO's of private companies: 1. Be transparent -- it builds trust. Board members can tell if you are spinning them. Save the sales pitch for the sales prospect. 2. Prep time -- Either send...
By Brian Halligan
Social•Oct 16, 2025
AI Agents Compress Software Development Cycles to Hours
So many of our traditional workflows and processes for building software will be rebuilt because of AI agents. For instance, when building new features using an AI agent, it’s a wild because you basically will evolve the product’s requirements and spec...
By Aaron Levie
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Every Startup Launch Instantly Meets a Twin Competitor
Every new startup launch seems to have a twin. Either a competitor already exists or one gets announced within days. Add every incumbent quietly building the same thing, and it’s no wonder products feel like déjà vu. Been on all...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Oct 16, 2025
Free Access for 20: New AppSumo Launch Tomorrow
Launching on AppSumo tomorrow. Guess what it is - I'll give it FREE to 20 people.
By Noah Kagan
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Acquired.com Launches New Seller Insights and Analytics
New seller insights and analytics coming soon to @acquiredotcom! https://t.co/V2mQKaoOFj
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 15, 2025
One-Day Prototype Loop Redefines Product Development
I just recorded a pod with @thisisgrantlee (CEO of @MeetGamma), and he described a way his product team operates that I think is a glimpse into the future of how product teams will operate: 1. Team member has an idea in...
By Lenny Rachitsky
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Let Vendors Handle AI Agent Deployment, Not You
You probably need a team of Forward Deployed Engineers. Even if you don't think you do. We've deployed 11 AI Agents so far at SaaStr, and we're adding our 12th, Agentforce. More on that soon! One common thread: the vendor helped us deploy. Look, we're smart. We...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Join Fizzy Private Beta: Early Access Before Public Launch
Aiming to begin sending out a handful of Fizzy private beta invites as soon as tomorrow. If you want to get on the list, quickly sign up here: https://t.co/6eFNse2WPf Also... Promise that if you sign up on the list you *will* get an...
By Jason Fried
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Watch Dreamforce 2025 Keynote Now Online
The Dreamforce 2025 keynote is now online! https://t.co/q9FDsk9mBP.
By Marc Benioff
Social•Oct 15, 2025
AI Will Boost Selling Time to 80% by 2026
Most GTM teams haven't even entered Phase 1. That's the punchline of this new piece I wrote regarding my hypothesis on how AI will reshape field of go-to-market over the next decade. In the work, I propose four sequential phases where humans...
By Mark Roberge
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Underfund Sales & Marketing Limits SaaS Growth Past $5M
The biggest mistake SaaS founders make is spending too little on sales & marketing. This works until around $3M–$5M ARR, not more. Here’s why👇
By Ryan Allis
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Invest 10‑40% Revenue in Sales to Scale SaaS
The biggest mistake SaaS founders make is spending too little on sales & marketing. This works until around $3M–$5M ARR, not more....Here's why Most SaaS founders obsess over product but underinvest in growth. Then the company stalls. The reason is simple: you cannot...
By Ryan Allis
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Nail Your ICP, Then Growth Compounds Through Service
Once you nail the ICP. Then the growth flows. Once the growth flows, the next question becomes simple... "What else can we do for our customer?" Then you get even more compounding growth. Saleem from Lavu explains how 👇 https://t.co/ngKhNZ044m
By TK Kader
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Stop Forcing Customers to Master What You Should Do
We've all optimized for the craziest thing. 臘♂️ Trying to get customers to execute perfectly when they don't have experience, expertise, or even the desire to do so. Yet, we've designed our entire operation and organization to try to make this work....
By Lincoln Murphy
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Invest in People, Experience, and Trust to Drive Growth
When I was asked to spend National CX Day with two outstanding leaders, Van Wolfe from REPAY and Ines van Daalen Thornburg from @splunk, that was an easy yes! After (re)listening to the conversation, I had a few powerful takeaways...
By Tiffani Bova
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Minority Funding Still Means Investor Decision Power
Founders are often interested in minority transactions for one reason: Control. In a founder's mind, if they retain majority ownership in the company, then they'll fully control the strategic direction of the company, even if they give up a seat on the...
By Michael Lyon
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Stop Guessing: Use Metrics to Scale Beyond $5M ARR
If you're over $5M ARR and still leading by gut, you're flying blind. I've helped 100+ SaaS companies in the last four years and see the same pattern. - You know the product. - You know the market. - But you don't know the...
By Ben Murray
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Gen AI, Challenger Sale Insights for Revenue Leaders
CMOs, CROs, CXOs — this one's for you. We've been working hard on the Breakthrough Executive Experience agenda, and I couldn't be more excited about what's in store: A powerhouse panel of PE operating partners sharing what's actually working...
By Latane Conant
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Excellence Grows From Adversity, Discipline, and Collaboration
At GITEX, I had the chance to speak with David Popovici, Olympic champion, Global Ambassador for UiPath, and someone I'm lucky to call a friend. We talked about how excellence can emerge even when the conditions aren't perfect. David became...
By Daniel Dines
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Balance Core Operations with Innovation for True Value
Mission-critical work keeps your business running but rarely wins customers. Too often it absorbs the resources that should fuel innovation. Volkswagen's decision to partner with Rivian on software shows how to control essential work without diluting focus on what creates true value. Every...
By Geoffrey Moore
Social•Oct 15, 2025
AI Hype on LinkedIn vs Marketers' Reality
LinkedIn vs Reality - when it comes to how we are using AI….. I think on LinkedIn you open up the feed and every day you see new use cases and examples of how people are supposedly using AI. But I spend...
By Dave Gerhardt
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Growth Requires Integrated Systems, Not Single Silver Bullets
Founders often ask me: "What's the ONE thing that will 10x growth?" But breakthrough happens when multiple parts work together: messaging, activation, pricing, retention. Stop chasing silver bullets. Start optimizing systems. Ready to build yours? https://t.co/ZKzoSwMLP6
By Asia Orangio
Social•Oct 15, 2025
AI Works When Humans Orchestrate With Right Tools
AI is still being oversold. And it's such a shame. They tell you it will: - Think for you - Run everything for you - Make money for you It's obviously not true. And people had it enough of this... And as a result, you might go 180...
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Free Trials Fail when They Solve Advanced, Not Basic Problems
Your free product is probably solving the wrong problem. I've seen this kill conversion at hundreds of product-led companies. You build something technically impressive with unique features and powerful capabilities. But free-to-paid conversion stays under 3%. The problem is you're solving advanced problems...
By Wes Bush
Social•Oct 15, 2025
AI Auto-Editing Empowers Authentic Human Video Messaging
Congrats on the launch of Supercut, David Okuniev and Neil Kinnish! I've known David since we invested in Typeform back in 2013, and it's been a great pleasure to work together again! It's super impressive what Supercut has achieved in...
By Christoph Janz
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Ship Fast, Test Minimal, Cut Dead Weight
Not shipping because you're still "polishing"? The market doesn't care. Test the smallest version. Measure. Cut what stalls you. Build lean. Automate only what saves time. Scale the wins - kill the rest.
By Simon Høiberg
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Essential SaaS Insights: Magic Number, NRR, Valuation, and More
Want to join 95K of your SaaS colleagues? My next newsletter is about to drop. Today, I'm covering: - The SaaS Magic Number - NRR's impact on your valuation - The latest founder story - New revenue automation players - Today's modern ERP - Agentic FP&A? Sign up...
By Ben Murray
Social•Oct 15, 2025
500K AI Startup Valuations Hit on SaaStr AI
Holy Cow!! We crossed 500,000 AI Startup Valuations on new SaaStr Ai!! (Thx @Replit!) https://t.co/i1bef0zpBU
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 15, 2025
Sidekick Turns Any Business Question Into ShopifyQL Report
Shopify's analytics are amazing. You can do queries across your entire org by just asking Sidekick and it will get you the unique report and teach you ShopifyQL along the way
By Tobi Lutke
Social•Oct 14, 2025
From SaaS to AI: Keynote Tour & Meetups
Just finished keynoting at Canvas by Miro. My talk was all about transforming your company from SaaS to AI, and what a great crowd both IRL and online. Thanks to Andrey for the invite My next few events (if you want...
By Des Traynor
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Production Apps Demand Ongoing Maintenance, Not Just Launch
Now that I have 8+ apps in production from vibe coding, it's great. But every day I have some maintenance to do now. It might be 10 minutes, it might be much more. Like today. Now it's my "during coffee"...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Delayed Vendor Response Cost Me a Deployment Window
I had a window to deploy a new app a few weeks ago. A few days of time to dedicate to it. I reached out to the vendor and I even told them I'd be a halo customer for...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Validate Fit First, Then Hire Agencies
I've seen too many founders spend $100K with an agency only to learn they didn't have product-market fit. There are cheaper ways to learn this. Before you hire the big agency, make sure you have: 80%+ NRR at 12 months Clear channel hypotheses >6 months...
By Asia Orangio
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Dreamforce Live: Three Days to Transform Your Business
Dreamforce is live. Stream three days that will change everything for your business. Watch the keynote now: https://t.co/vWKJ84fiFM https://t.co/o6WUHPkAjH
By Marc Benioff