The SaasRise Mastermind meeting on October 13, 2026 featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.
Top exits, deals, news, and blog posts of the week
AI Founders shared how they are using AI to launch communities, serve agencies, and automate campaigns.
October 14, 2026
I break down when to raise venture capital, how much to take, from whom, and on what terms, plus how to protect your control and spend the money wisely once it lands.
This week's SaasRise discussions covered how SaaS leaders are adopting AI without sacrificing security, predictability, or customer trust. The conversations focused on agents and automation, enterprise data governance, new acquisition channels, and whether to build or buy the tools that run the business.
A new generation of CRMs reads your email, listens to your calls, and updates itself. Here is what one founder learned after switching, what it costs, and why another founder barely opens his CRM anymore.
Over the past several months, we analyzed 1,275+ M&A transactions and 2,300+ VC rounds in vertical SaaS to figure out what your company is actually worth in 2026.
This week’s SaasRise masterminds covered AI document processing, AI security, B2B content strategy, freemium conversion, paid ads, outbound systems, multi-agent workflows, LTV/CAC planning, sales performance, and acquisition due diligence.
This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind
A practical walkthrough for B2B SaaS teams on how to turn a target account list into a clean ABM leads list using Clay, Apollo, Instantly, and ListKit, then dedupe, segment, and use it across outbound, LinkedIn, and matched audience ads.
A practical guide for SaaS founders and product leaders on using Claude Code to strengthen testing, QA, code review, and release processes so teams can ship faster without increasing regressions or production risk.
The top M&A deals, venture deals, news, and blog posts of the week
