Why Fewer Emails Win at Outbound

After years of scaling cold email volume, we cut from around 200,000 messages a month to about 2,000 and started getting better results. Here is what changed in outbound, what is still working on LinkedIn, and how to rebuild your outbound engine for the AI era.

September 18, 2026

Handing Your Codebase to AI

SaaS founders with years of legacy code are now giving AI coding tools full access to their repos. Here is how members of our mastermind prepared their code, trained Claude like a junior engineer, and compressed quarter-long projects into a week.

September 18, 2026

Your Moat When Engineering Gets Cheap

AI coding tools mean a competitor can copy your best feature in a week, and some customers now think they can build your product themselves. Here is what SaaS founders in our mastermind see as the new sources of defensibility.

September 18, 2026

The Hidden Risks of Earn-Outs

Earn-outs are showing up in more SaaS deals, especially for companies that aren't growing fast. Here is what founders in our mastermind have learned about how earn-outs fail, how buyers use them, and how to structure one you can actually collect.

September 18, 2026

Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale: The QSBS Risk

An asset purchase offer can look similar to a stock purchase on paper and leave you with far less after taxes, especially if you qualify for QSBS. Here is how to spot the gap, why buyers ask for it, and how to push back.

September 18, 2026

Strategic vs. Financial Buyers

Private equity buyers and strategic acquirers value a SaaS company in very different ways. Here is how to figure out which one is your best buyer, and why the answer should shape your exit prep long before you run a process.

September 18, 2026

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SaasRise Mastermind Recap - July 8, 2026

The SaasRise Mastermind meetings on July 8, 2026 featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.

July 8, 2026

Should You Token Max? What to Spend Per Software Engineer on AI Coding Tools

A practical look at what SaaS founders are actually spending on AI coding tools per engineer — from $200–800/month on core subscriptions up to $1–2K for power users — and how to think about it. The takeaway: AI spend isn't a cost to minimize but leverage to allocate. Max out your best engineers, give everyone a solid baseline, and control waste through visibility rather than caps.

July 7, 2026

How To Get B2B Outbound Emails to the Priority Inbox

Why cold email keeps getting harder and what still works in 2026. Engagement is the currency that earns inbox placement — so tight lists, copy variation, and spreading volume across domains matter more than blasting scale. It also breaks down why your open and click rates are largely fake (bots and security gateways), and how to filter your own data so you steer by replies and meetings, not vanity metrics.

July 7, 2026

SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap July 7, 2026

This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind

July 7, 2026

This Week in SaaS June 30 - July 6, 2026

The top M&A deals, venture deals, news, and blog posts of the week

July 6, 2026

SaasRise CEO Mastermind Recaps for the Week of June 30 - July 2, 2026

This week's SaasRise discussions covered how SaaS leaders are managing AI adoption and cost, sharpening demand generation, and tightening the financial fundamentals of their businesses. The conversations focused on AI-driven content and workflows, marketing attribution across long buying cycles, revenue retention, and getting operationally ready to sell.

July 2, 2026
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