by Jason Lemkin | Oct 20, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
After 100+ days and with 9 apps vibe coded into production with Replit used over 500,000 times we’re just getting going. And … I think key to that is that I’m now “Replit Fluent”. What does that mean? It’s a state where I know how to vibe...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog Posts, Growth, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: How Long Does It Take the Average SaaS Startup to “Exit”? I took a look a little while back at how long it took the average SaaS company that was sold for $1B+ to get that acquisition. The answer? 11.7 years on average, with a median of 10.0...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 19, 2025 | Blog Posts, Fundraising |
Dear SaaStr: What should a founder know about raising VC capital for the first time? Fundraising is one of the most critical—and often misunderstood—parts of building a startup. It’s essentially a specialized form of sales, where instead of selling a product, you’re...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 19, 2025 | Blog Posts, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top 10 Metrics Series A Investors Look At? Here’s the prioritized list of metrics a seed-stage SaaS startup should focus on to position itself for a successful Series A: 1. ARR Growth Rate. Of Course 🙂 Growth is the #1 metric for Series A....
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 18, 2025 | AI App of Week, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
The Bottom Line: Alloy is “vibing” for product development. You can prototyping new features for existing products in plain english in a prompt or two. It’s the first AI prototyping tool that captures your actual product from your browser — and generates...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog Posts |
Dear SaaStr: Competition is Really Heating Up in Our Market. What Should We Do? When competition heats up, the first thing to remember is that most SaaS markets aren’t natural monopolies—they’re oligopolies. That means you’re not going to kill your competitors, and...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 18, 2025 | Blog Posts, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: What Steps Does It Take To Scale From $1m to $10m ARR? The best way to get from $1M ARR to $10M ARR is to double down on what’s already working. At $1M ARR, you’ve proven there’s demand for your product, and you’ve likely identified your core customer...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 17, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
I was on a great panel at Dreamforce this year, and right after a mob of founders rushed the stage. The #1 question I got? It’s the #1 question we get all the time these days: “What AI Agents Does SaaStr Use?” So I came home and vibe coded a very...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 17, 2025 | Blog Posts, Early, Growth, Leadership |
Best things to do when .. you don't know what to do: 1/ More time w/existing customers. Zoom w/5 week, meet 5/mo IRL 2/ Hire 1 great VP 3/ Drive down churn. You grow faster even w/o more leads 4/ Join more sales calls. Everyone loves talk to CEO 5/ Focus leads on...
by Jason Lemkin | Oct 17, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
A Deep Dive with Denise Persson (CMO) and Chris Degnan (Founding CRO): How AI Transformed Marketing and Sales at Scale at Snowflake When Chris Degnan joined Snowflake as employee #13 and the company’s first sales hire, no one could have predicted the company...
