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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Over the past several months, we analyzed 1,275+ M&A transactions and 2,300+ VC rounds in vertical SaaS to figure out what your company is actually worth in 2026.
This week’s SaasRise masterminds covered AI document processing, AI security, B2B content strategy, freemium conversion, paid ads, outbound systems, multi-agent workflows, LTV/CAC planning, sales performance, and acquisition due diligence.
This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind
A practical walkthrough for B2B SaaS teams on how to turn a target account list into a clean ABM leads list using Clay, Apollo, Instantly, and ListKit, then dedupe, segment, and use it across outbound, LinkedIn, and matched audience ads.
A practical guide for SaaS founders and product leaders on using Claude Code to strengthen testing, QA, code review, and release processes so teams can ship faster without increasing regressions or production risk.
The top M&A deals, venture deals, news, and blog posts of the week
