This Week in SaaS: October 6 - 12, 2026

Top exits, deals, news, and blog posts of the week

October 12, 2026

How to Raise Venture Capital Without Getting Burned

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.

October 8, 2026

SaasRise Mastermind Recap - October 13, 2026

The SaasRise Mastermind meeting on October 13, 2026 featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.

October 13, 2026

SaasRise CEO Mastermind Recaps for the Week of October 6 - 8, 2026

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.

October 8, 2026

Do You Need an AI-Native CRM?

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.

October 7, 2026

Three Ways to Keep Your SaaS Relevant in the AI Era

SaaS is not dying, but the way software gets built, sold, and priced is changing fast. Here are the three moves that keep an established software company ahead, and the margin trap that catches AI-only businesses.

October 7, 2026

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How to Price Your New AI Features (Without Guessing)

Most founders bolt AI pricing onto an old SaaS model and hope it holds. Here's a framework, pulled from a live mastermind discussion, for tiering AI usage without guessing your way into a support nightmare.

September 24, 2026

SaasRise CEO Mastermind Recaps for the Week of September 22 - 24, 2026

This week's SaasRise discussions covered how SaaS leaders are rethinking pricing, fixing churn at the value level, and putting AI agents to work across development, operations, and outreach. The conversations focused on testing before guessing, finding distribution beyond a single channel, and getting the metrics and infrastructure right ahead of major milestones like a Series A.

September 24, 2026

SaasRise Mastermind Recap - September 23, 2026

The SaasRise Mastermind meetings on September 23, 2026 featured discussions among SaaS CEOs and founders on these topics.

September 23, 2026

SaasRise Enterprise Mastermind Call Recap - September 22, 2026

This is what we discussed today in the Enterprise SaaS CEO and Founder Mastermind

September 22, 2026

This Week in SaaS: September 15 - 21, 2026

Top exits, deals, news, and blog posts of the week

September 21, 2026

Your Moat When Engineering Gets Cheap

AI coding tools mean a competitor can copy your best feature in a week, and some customers now think they can build your product themselves. Here is what SaaS founders in our mastermind see as the new sources of defensibility.

September 18, 2026
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