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The SaaSpocalypse is over. Data on why investors are back to paying for 80% gross margins — recovery, multiples, AI margins, and retention through July 2026.
This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind
August 4, 2026
A vertical SaaS founder facing a seven-figure gap between two pricing paths walks through the break-even churn math, and what founders across a range of SaaS companies actually do to raise prices without losing customers.
A founder closing six-figure deals learns that being the reason customers buy is a real advantage early on and an unscalable trap later. Here's how founders in our group are rationing their own time without losing the close-rate lift.
Most founders sell professional services the wrong way and end up fearing scope creep and cannibalization. Here's a playbook for selling SaaS services as outcomes, with fixed pricing, self-selecting tiers, and the right moment to give them away.
Services revenue makes enterprise SaaS founders nervous, but done right it's one of your best retention tools. Here's how to use forward deployed engineers and implementation services to lock customers in without sinking your software multiple.
What to do when a high-intent search channel taps out: the omnipresence effect that lifts branded search, the shift from organic to AI-driven research, and getting comfortable with worse payback numbers as you add awareness channels.
The case for Meta over LinkedIn in B2B (roughly $30 vs $250 CPM), the three-campaign playbook of always-on retargeting, enriched matched audiences, and Advantage+, plus the expansion mistake that quietly drains budget.
Why cold email only works above a certain contract value, the bot-inflated open and click rates that wreck the math, and how to build lists and offer AI assets so you only pay for prospects who raise their hand.
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