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.
Why Claude Design produces inconsistent pages without a real style guide behind it, and how founders are getting consistency by reverse-engineering a guide from their existing product and wiring it into CLAUDE.md, with automated checks that block off-brand code before it ships.
This week's SaasRise discussions covered how SaaS leaders are sharpening product strategy, scaling outbound and paid acquisition, and preparing their businesses for investor scrutiny. The conversations focused on building embedded, hard-to-replace products, using AI to speed up design and development, and getting the financial and legal fundamentals right before a sale or exit.
July 16, 2026
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.
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.
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.
This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind
A practical, founder-level walkthrough of how to build, scale, and sell a SaaS company to a $100M+ exit—covering leverage, unit economics, outbound, predictable growth systems, and how to build a business that runs without the founder.
Top exits, deals, news, and blog posts of the week
I sold my SaaS company for $169M. In this guide, I break down exactly how to sell a SaaS business—from timing and preparation to bankers, deal structure, and the mistakes that quietly cost founders tens of millions.
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