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
Coding Agents Can Now Control Chrome via DevTools
Forget static prompts. `chrome-devtools-mcp` lets your coding agent (Gemini, Claude etc.) control and inspect your Chrome browser! 🤯 ↳ Network & console debugging ↳ Automated navigation ↳ Deep perf insights ↳ CPU/network emulation 100% free and open-source. Repo in 🧵↓ https://t.co/4oxzczuh1w
Disable ChatGPT’s Em‑dashes with a Custom Instruction
If, like me, you’ve been annoyed AF by em dashes in ChatGPT, here’s how to finally get rid of them for good: 1. Go to 'personalization' 2. Find 'custom instructions'. 3. Select 'enable customization'. 4. Copy-paste this prompt ↓ 'Systematically replace em-dashes (“—”) with a...
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
People Reject Autonomous Cars—Adoption Inevitable Within Three Years
I did a lot of consumer research more than a decade ago for the auto industry. It drew the most heavy rejection of my career. “If a car drove up without a steering wheel would you take a ride with me?” One guy...
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
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...
Jeremiah's Keynote Sets Stage for My AI Talk
Jeremiah @jowyang just gave a great keynote at @siliconvalleyAI that led into mine. Which is in audio below. https://t.co/H3q42wYKGm
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....
Use JAX + Keras 3 for Scalable Deep Learning
For anyone getting started with deep learning in 2025 and looking to do large scale training: use JAX + Keras 3. Unless you like suffering.
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
Google Rolls Out AI Tools, Upgrades, and Free Credits
No tricks here, only treats 🍭. Here’s this week’s roundup: — Our latest experiment from @GoogleLabs, Pomelli, is an AI marketing tool designed to help SMBs connect with their audiences faster — You can now generate a full set of exportable slides...
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...
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
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...
AI Multitasking Madness: Six Claude Terminals Running Simultaneously
Have you witnessed the level of AI multitasking insanity happening right now? This is 6 Claude Code terminals running in parallel on my laptop. Multi-agent chaos is my new normal 😍
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......
AI Could Eradicate Disease Within a Decade
Fascinating. @GoogleDeepMind's CEO @demishassabis predicts a world free of disease within 10 years! "AI could make drug development much faster, going from years to just months/weeks ...this might change healthcare completely and help end all diseases in the next 10 years" https://t.co/kDflHKJVfd
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...
ChatGPT Handles File Unzipping, Claude Does Not
ChatGPT can unzip files, Claude cannot.
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
Join My Biggest Live Talk for AI‑Curious Entrepreneurs
Next week, I’ll be giving my largest talk ever - speaking in front of 100s of thousands of AI-curious entrepreneurs live. Thank you to @deangraziosi and @TonyRobbins for knowing the info your audience needs and bringing in AI folks to help...
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
Fp16 Viable with Proper Normalization; Bf16 Still Safer
I ran lots of experiments on fp16 vs bf16 years ago on ViTs and LLMs. fp16 can work well but depends on normalization (so you don’t run over the supported range with your activations). I can see why with QKNorm...
1000 Hours Reveal Six Crucial Prompt Engineering Patterns
this guy literally put in 1000 hours of prompt engineering to nail down the 6 patterns that actually matter. https://t.co/O0wvVndcpA
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
Top 10 Generative AI Trends Shaping 2026
10 Generative AI Trends in 2026 That Will Transform Work and Life Generative AI is continuing its evolution. This article outlines how GAI will impact science, employment, data ethics and societal norms in 2026. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/esgd2aVF #GenerativeAI #AI2026...
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
Apple’s AI Comeback Will Reshape Computing by 2027
I'm getting bullish on Apple again. It will take three years to see that. But I've been seeing patents come out of Apple that are next level and I've been talking with insiders again and they are working on fixing...
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
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
Saudi Launches Nation‑Wide AI Coding Initiative with HUMAIN
The world’s first country-wide vibe coding deal! Thrilled to show the world what’s possible when an enlightened government takes the AI/agentic coding revolution seriously. HUMAIN is Saudi Arabia’s national AI company, and together we will accelerate AI transformation in government and...
Google AI Studio Adds Free Prompt Logs and Datasets
Google's absolutely killing it lately! 🔥🔥🔥 @GoogleAIStudio just rolled out logs and datasets. You can now inspect every prompt, debug with ease, and export data for evals. All free. No setup needed. 👏 https://t.co/cSBNn0pX4R