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.
A deep dive into building a customer success organization that drives retention and expansion, including ARR-per-CSM benchmarks, NRR-focused compensation, and how to turn customer success into a compounding growth lever.
A clear framework for structuring a high-performing SaaS marketing team, defining ownership across content, paid media, and growth operations, and building a full-funnel system that drives predictable pipeline.
A founder-level guide to building a scalable SaaS sales organization—covering SDR, AE, and CSM roles, quota design, compensation models, funnel math, and how to align sales performance with ARR growth.
This week’s SaasRise masterminds covered building repeatable GTM for high-ticket B2B SaaS, tightening operational foundations, and making product and org bets that support scale. The discussions focused on creating predictability—better targeting, clearer proof (screenshots/case studies), and systems that compound over months instead of chasing only immediate demos.
The SaasRise Mastermind meetings on February 11, 2026, featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.
An inside look at why the Done-With-You B2B SaaS Growth Program exists, who it’s designed for, and how it helps SaaS teams install a predictable, profitable growth system they can own in-house.
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