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.
This week we covered founder-led content, landing page conversion, AI-assisted development, outbound and ABM workflows, AI cost control, and pricing strategy. The discussions focused on how SaaS teams can use AI in practical ways across marketing, product, onboarding, and operations while keeping messaging human and execution disciplined.
April 9, 2026
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 recording and slides from today's webinar on revenue-based financing, hosted by SaasRise CEO Ryan Allis, who previously exited iContact for $169M. With panelists Nathan Latka from FounderPath and Keith Harrington from Novel Capital.
This guide by Ryan Allis details the modern approach to B2B content marketing that has allowed SaasRise to grow from $0 to $4M ARR in 18 months. It explains how traditional SEO-driven inbound marketing is dying due to the rise of AI-generated answers and shifts in search behavior. Instead of relying on old passive inbound tactics, SaasRise uses a proactive multi-channel content distribution strategy that combines ABM list building + outbound + newsletters + ads.
Our 2nd Annual SaaS M&A Report showing revenue multiples, EBITDA multiples, public vs. private multiples, multiples by geography and sector, the impact of The Rule of 40 and NRR on multiples, the top deals of 2024, and the top investment banks in SaaS.
A recap of what we talked about at this week's five SaaS CEO & founder growth mastermind calls from SaasRise (themes like AI, GTM, outbound, finance, pricing, exit prep, ABM, SDRs, recruiting, and much more)...
The recording and slides from our M&A webinar explaining How to Sell Your SaaS Firm ($10M to $100M ARR), hosted by SaasRise CEO Ryan Allis, who previously exited iContact for $169M. With panelists from Vista Point Advisors, Alantra, Nfluence Partners, and Comcap.
The recording and slides from today's webinar explaining How to Sell a SaaS Firm, with four M&A advisors as panelists, hosted by Ryan Allis, who previously exited iContact for $169M.
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