AI Supercharges Product Prototyping, Boosts Ideation Speed
Seeing more and more product managers use AI for showing functional product prototypes. It’s accelerating the ideation phase of a product by probably 5-10X. Partly this is because you can show off an idea much more quickly, which gets the conversation going more quickly. But also there’s an unexpected benefit where the models will generally solve problems in your prototyping phase that you wouldn’t have come up with yourself, or you’d have to spend a ton of time thinking through that aren’t particularly useful. So not only are you looking at your idea more quickly, which increases the feedback loop, but it’s already been enhanced by the expertise of a model trained on thousands of other examples of similar UX patterns or problems out there. AI is definitely going to change product management forever.
Agentic AI Boosts FP&A Efficiency with Real‑World Use Cases
Agentic AI and FP&A? Let's find out! Join me for an exclusive live demo and conversation with FutureView Systems, showcasing their new Agentic AI Platform B*EZ, built specifically for FP&A and controller teams. We’ll explore real, tactical AI use cases...
Founders Fail When They Chase Trends Over Real Pain
Too many founders fail because they build what’s really trendy rather than what’s really painful to customers.
AI Week Highlights: OpenAI Recap, Microsoft Deal, NVIDIA Surge
Welcome to this week's edition of AI to ROI: Just the News Edition I write the newsletter twice weekly with my friend Peter Buchanan Our Saturday edition is called "AI to ROI: Just the News" Our Tuesday morning edition includes...
Bootstrapped SaaS Sold for $3.5M Proves Modest Success Works
We helped a founder sell their bootstrapped startup for $3,500,000 this week at @acquiredotcom. Another life changing outcome. Proof you don’t need a billion dollar startup to win. A profitable SaaS is enough. Huge congrats to the founder and to the next one...
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
Cloud‑migrated DuckDB Slashes Podcast Processing Costs
I sleep better knowing my agents work through the night. Less work for me in the morning. My podcast processor transcribes & analyzes conversations. I started on my laptop, needed a little database to collect podcast data & metadata, & booted...
Top 10 SaaS Cloud Multiples at Week’s Close
This week in enterprise software: Top 10 #SaaS #Cloud multiples as of today's market close
Weekly Top 10 SaaS Cloud Multiples Revealed
This week in enterprise software: Top 10 #SaaS #Cloud multiples as of today's market close https://t.co/479woZt0Ew
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...
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....
Completed 25 Tasks Using Unstoppable Flow This Week
Slightly lighter this week. Knocked 25 tasks off my hit list this week thanks to Unstoppable Flow. Try it here 👇 https://t.co/2GyyHn36Ab
Segmented Margins Turn P&L Into CFO Superpower
Margins by Revenue Stream Is Your CFO Superpower If you offer 2 or more revenue types, you must construct your P&L in the proper format. I can't tell you how many times I've corrected the gross profit and margins by...
Securely Empower AI Agents to Spend with Controlled Budgets
Locus (@paywithlocus) gives your AI agents the ability to spend without losing control. A secure way to connect your agents to funds, with identities, budgets, and permissions. Make them pay: for anything, anywhere. https://t.co/Sw9dURzTLS Congrats on the launch, @coledermo & @eliotlee33!
New AppSumo Deal Page Boosts Sales 38%
Testing NEW deal pages for AppSumo. One is up 38%... https://t.co/l7ZXNKwXkt
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...
Must‑listen Episode for Aspiring SaaS Founders
This is a great episode. All aspiring SaaS founders should listen 👇
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
Cold Email Drives 32% of $6.5M ARR Revenue
32% of RB2B 's $6.5M ARR comes from one channel. (And no, it's NOT my Linkedin) It's COLD EMAIL. But when I ask most founders about cold email... They say it’s dead. So I just recorded a video breaking down......
Live AI Answers Cut Sales Call Delays to Seconds
Aside (@AsideAI) shows live suggestions during sales calls, helping sales reps answer technical questions. Connect your docs, Slack, and past winning calls — Aside surfaces the right answer in 0.8s. No more “Let me get back to you.” https://t.co/fbWzP2caKy
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
Billion‑Dollar Success Requires SaaS, Not Services
“If you want to be a billion-dollar company, you’ll never get there with services.” 💡 Nathan Gwilliam, CEO of PodUp, joins The SaaS CFO Podcast to talk SaaS vs. services, scaling strategy, and valuation growth. 🎧 Watch: https://t.co/YLrLMsWUCR #SaaS https://t.co/ny8PqM1viO
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
High‑growth Software Commands 26× Valuation Multiples
This week on Clouded Judgement: Cloud Giants Report Q3 - Median software multiple: 5.1x - High Growth software median: 26.3x - Mid Growth software median: 7.5x - Low Growth software median: 4.0x - 10Y: 4.1% https://lnkd.in/gWd7C-Z9
Cloud Giants’ Q3 Software Multiples Surge with Growth
This week on Clouded Judgement: Cloud Giants Report Q3 - Median software multiple: 5.1x - High Growth software median: 26.3x - Mid Growth software median: 7.5x - Low Growth software median: 4.0x - 10Y: 4.1% Article in next post 👇 https://t.co/WbeIhF3sRx
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? 🤔🤔🤔👇
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...
AlertMouse: Better Monitoring, Filtering, and Insights Than Google Alerts
What an absolutely lovely article to read today: https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/alertmouse-is-a-google-alerts-alternative-with-better-monitoring-filtering-and-insights/ Nothing better than finding out your friends appreciate the things you make ❤️❤️❤️
Delta Sharing Simplifies Secure Cross‑organization Data Exchange
If you want to share data between organizations, BUs, then you gotta use Delta Sharing! If that raises questions, they're probably answered by these 10 FAQ: 1. What is Delta Sharing? 2. What makes Delta Sharing different? 3. Does Delta...
AI Boosts Coding, but Design Decisions Become New Bottleneck
Another example of the unexpected changes of work due to AI agents is that we will start to see new bottlenecks emerge that we didn’t predict before. In a world where AI agents make engineers 2-3X more productive, the new...
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...
Azure’s Growth Outpaces AWS and Google Cloud
Cloud Giants Update: AWS (Amazon): $132B run rate growing 20% YoY (last Q grew 17%) Azure (Microsoft): ~$93B run rate (estimate) growing 39% YoY (last Q grew 39%) Google Cloud (includes GSuite): $61B run rate growing 34% YoY (last Q grew 32%, neither...
A Little Memory Delivers Most AI Performance Gains
"Memory" is one of the top topics in AI today. Memory makes almost all our AI apps run better. But how much memory ... do you need? I honestly don't know, but my learnings so far: - "Digital Jason"...
Buy Extra Codex Credits Beyond Subscription Limits
If you want to use more Codex after you hit your subscription limits, you can now buy credits as needed. This is something we expect to do for compute-intensive features; it will let us keep subscription prices low for most users...
Get 20% Off Superhuman or Grammarly with Superpower
Wow — if you're subscribed to @Superhuman or Grammarly, email @superpower and they'll give you 20% off! 💜 Nicely done @maxmarchione and team 😄👏
Unified API Lets You Trade Across Prediction Markets
Dome (@GetDomeAPI) is a unified API for prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. Trade and analyze data across multiple platforms with one simple API. https://t.co/YsZk6Elw2Y Congrats on the launch, @kurushdubash & @princeofbothell! https://t.co/MxUm8aAQEE
Steady SaaS: $1.9M Revenue, 30% Growth, 1% Churn
This one’s as steady as SaaS gets. Live on @acquiredotcom: Salesforce native SaaS powering human services agencies with automated case tracking and compliance infra. > $1.9M TTM revenue > $467K TTM profit > 30% YoY growth > 1% churn Full listing: https://t.co/qcO6uCJvdC https://t.co/PvFgsCdfGH
Upcoming Community Session on Agentic FP&A & SaaS Forecasting
Some great stuff coming up in our community. Agentic FP&A and Forecasting Saas Revenue. Join us here: https://lnkd.in/gD2avXCn
AI Agent Clones Recruiters, Boosts Hiring Speed Tenfold
AI didn’t replace recruiters, it cloned them. Serra is an AI recruiting agent that learns how you hire - your tone, your judgment, your style - and works 24/7 to find and engage the right candidates, both across the web...
Promptable Signals Transform Go‑to‑Market with 6sense
Go-to-market leaders — our Signalverse is about to blow up. 💥 You already know 6sense for intent, predictive, and technographic data… but soon, anything you can prompt will be at your fingertips. ✓ Want to find companies expanding product lines?...
Legora Secures $150M Series C, Hits $1.8B Valuation
Congrats to @MaxJunestrand, @siggelabor, and @WeAreLegora on their $150M Series C at a $1.8B valuation! Legora is the collaborative AI platform helping lawyers review and research faster, draft smarter, and advise with precision. In just six months, they've grown from 250 to...
AI Will Close Major Deals Without Sales Executives by 2026
There is going to be a rude awakening for the sales profession in 2026. Everyone is going to be surprised how many fairly big deals close without a sales exec. This isn’t to say they will close without a human involved. ...
Growth Requires Feedback Loops, Not Just More
More only works if you have feedback loops to get better. More for the sake of more doesn't move the needle.
Enterprise AI Fails because Big Firms Can’t Build It
MIT's new State of AI in Business report went viral for claiming that 95% of enterprise AI projects fail. But the real story isn't that AI doesn't work — it's just big companies can't build it. On the @LightconePod, @garrytan, @harjtaggar,...
Scaling SaaS: $1‑3M Is the Critical Growth
Only 1 in 10 SaaS companies ever make it to $10M ARR. And for the ones that do, it takes an average of 5-7 years from when they first start generating revenue. This comes from Kyle Poyar ’s analysis of...
