A walkthrough of how a non-designer founder built an entire product's design system through Claude connected to Figma's MCP, including where Claude gets you 90% of the way there, why Figma still earns its place for the final 10%, and how the same approach scales into programmatic landing pages
The SaasRise Mastermind meetings on July 15, 2026 featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.
Why high activation and low conversion usually means you're tracking the wrong metric, how to find the action that actually predicts a paying customer, and a real comparison of trial-to-paid rates with and without requiring a credit card up front.
July 15, 2026
The gap between founders using AI as a chatbot and those running an org chart of agents: front-of-house vs back-of-house use, giving everyone a seat plus a shared skill library, and the widening distance between good and great performers.
How your buyer, not your competitor's tactics, decides your channel: mapping each persona by contract value and awareness path, matching platforms to price points, and why persona even dictates whether product-led growth is viable.
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.
The SaasRise Mastermind meetings on April 8, 2026, featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.
A founder’s recap of what 53 tech leaders revealed about AI coding, agentic engineering, shifting development bottlenecks, and how small teams can now build at dramatically greater speed.
A concise look at the 2026 SaaS M&A market, the AI-driven SaaSpocalypse, and the valuation shifts reshaping software deals, private multiples, and exit strategy.
This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind
A founder-focused analysis of what the 2026 SaaS M&A market really means, why the market is splitting between strong and vulnerable companies, and what buyers still value most in an AI-shaped environment.
The top M&A deals, venture deals, news, and blog posts of the week
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