by Jason Lemkin | Sep 23, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
We’re rolling out a suite of free tools to help founders at SaaStr: the first was our new AI-powered VC Valuation Calculator. to help you know what your start-up is really worth. It’s been used 300,000 times (!) the second is our AI-powered VC Pitch...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog Posts |
Why Getting to Know Your Competitor CEOs Is Your Secret Weapon The counterintuitive relationship strategy that could transform your business 5 Reasons to Meet Your Competitor’s CEO They could buy you someday (or vice versa) – 60% of B2B exits involve...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog Posts, Marketing, Scale
How to scale from startup to $300,000,000+ ARR by mastering the fundamentals of go-to-market strategy Building a billion-dollar B2B business isn’t about finding secret hacks or silver bullets. They don’t last or scale. It’s about mastering...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog Posts, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Focus On The Right Things as a Solo Founder This is a classic founder trap—getting pulled into tasks that feel productive but don’t actually move the needle. It’s especially tough as a solo founder because there’s no one else to hold you...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog Posts |
So I’ve got a new rule in hiring and I know it sounds extreme but I think it’s a good one: 🤝 In Or Out By Thursday The first Thursday of their first week. You >know< the first week. You don’t know if they will truly be great yet. That often takes time, sometimes...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 22, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blog Posts, SaaStr.Ai
The technical and product insights from Dara Ladjevardian’s AI cloning experiment at SaaStr Annual + AI Summit. The Clone Performance Reality Check When Dara Ladjevardian, CEO of Delphi.ai, ran 1 million simulated conversations with digital versions of Brian...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog Posts, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: When negotiating an acquisition, should you factor in the latest month of new revenue to increase the valuation, even if it hasn’t closed yet? Yes, you absolutely should factor in the latest month of new revenue when negotiating an...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog Posts
After analyzing 750+ B2B VC pitch decks through our new AI analyzer, the patterns are clear: 95% of decks are unfundable not because the businesses are bad, but because founders make the same preventable mistakes. Here’s what the data shows and what actually...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog Posts |
In the never-ending pursuit of growth, B2B companies often fall into a dangerous pattern when the growth curve begins to flatten. It’s a pattern I’ve witnessed repeatedly across dozens of SaaS companies from $1M to $500M+ ARR, and it’s time we had an...
by Jason Lemkin | Sep 21, 2025 | Blog Posts, Q&A |
Dear SaaStr: How Do You Manage a Board That Doesn’t Want to Agree to An Acquisition? This is one of those situations where managing your board becomes as much about alignment as it is about persuasion. If the offer aligns with the values of the founders and...
