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10 SaaS Pricing Mistakes That Quietly Kill Growth
Editorialge iconEditorialgeOct 5, 2026

10 SaaS Pricing Mistakes That Quietly Kill Growth

A buyer may like your software and still leave the pricing page unsure which plan fits—or what the bill will be next month. SaaS pricing mistakes often start with that uncertainty. Over time, it can show up as stalled signups, customers who avoid using a feature, or renewals that become harder to justify. Price is […]

The 10 Most Important Learnings From a16z’s Latest State of Markets: Horizontal B2B Trades at 2.7x Revenue, New Startups Are Growing 500%+, and 55% of Unicorns Have Under 2 Years o...
Saastr iconSaastrOct 1, 2026

The 10 Most Important Learnings From a16z’s Latest State of Markets: Horizontal B2B Trades at 2.7x Revenue, New Startups Are Growing 500%+, and 55% of Unicorns Have Under 2 Years o...

a16z Growth just published its September State of Markets deck. It runs 90 slides, and most of it covers macro: chips, memory, power, defense, robotaxis, and what they call the rotation “from bits to atoms.” All of that matters, but it isn’t where most of us work. The B2B, venture, and startup sections are where... Con

Why Okta Tripled on … 11% Growth. 5 Interesting Learnings From One of the Biggest Re-Ratings in B2B This Year: 14% cRPO Growth, 30% of Bookings From New Products, and ~50x Forward...
Saastr iconSaastrOct 3, 2026

Why Okta Tripled on … 11% Growth. 5 Interesting Learnings From One of the Biggest Re-Ratings in B2B This Year: 14% cRPO Growth, 30% of Bookings From New Products, and ~50x Forward...

Evidence the SaaSpocolypse is over? Okta is a good place to start. In April, Okta was one of the most hated names in B2B. On April 10, traders were rotating out of weaker software names, and Okta was setting a new 52-week low below all of its major moving averages. Last Friday it closed at... Continue Reading

5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $1.13 Billion in Revenue: 24% Billings Growth, $20M of Flex in Six Weeks, and 400 Basis Points of AI Margin Cost
Saastr iconSaastrSep 25, 2026

5 Interesting Learnings from GitLab at $1.13 Billion in Revenue: 24% Billings Growth, $20M of Flex in Six Weeks, and 400 Basis Points of AI Margin Cost

Four months ago GitLab looked like the clearest AI casualty in public B2B: The stock was in the high teens. In May the company announced it would cut roughly 14% of its workforce, about 350 people, exit 22 countries, shrink its geographic footprint about 37%, and strip out up to three layers of management. AI... Contin

The SaaS Reckoning: Lessons from Guru
Ombulabs iconOmbulabsOct 9, 2026

The SaaS Reckoning: Lessons from Guru

Originally appeared on OmbuLabs.ai . On October 7, I attended 1682 , O3 World’s business of innovation conference at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. This year’s theme was “AI for All of Us” and one of the sessions I enjoyed the most was “The SaaS reckoning: knowledge, agents, and the future of work” by Rick Nucc

What 17,000 Subscription Apps Tell Us About Free Trial Length: Annual Plans Convert 86% Better With 30-Day Trials, Monthly Tops Out at Two Weeks, and AI Apps Hit a Wall at 16 Days
Saastr iconSaastrSep 29, 2026

What 17,000 Subscription Apps Tell Us About Free Trial Length: Annual Plans Convert 86% Better With 30-Day Trials, Monthly Tops Out at Two Weeks, and AI Apps Hit a Wall at 16 Days

RevenueCat just published one of the richest datasets on free trials out there. They have the data, at least for mobile subscriptions apps, where they power 60%+ of the subscription management. SaaStr Fund made the very first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, so I’ve watched this dataset grow from a few hundred ap

Time to Value: How SaaS Teams Can Reach Results Faster
Editorialge iconEditorialgeSep 21, 2026

Time to Value: How SaaS Teams Can Reach Results Faster

A SaaS customer can sign a contract, attend kickoff, import data, and still have nothing useful to show a manager. That gap is what Time to Value reveals: the period between a clear starting event and the first meaningful outcome the customer receives. Self-service products may start the clock at signup; sales-led plat

What Your Software Company Is Worth Now
Natlawreview iconNatlawreviewOct 8, 2026

What Your Software Company Is Worth Now

Takeaways from the Jefferies monthly software valuation update Rob Bartlett of Jefferies joined the panel I moderated last month on whether companies should buy, sell, or wait. This week I read his team’s monthly software valuation update, with data through September 30. I read a lot of bank decks. This one I read twic

Cloudflare Cut 20%. Atlassian Cut 10%, Mostly Engineers. Bending Spoons Cuts Up to 75%. All Three Are Growing Faster or Earning More. So How Lean Can B2B Teams Really Get?
Saastr iconSaastrOct 17, 2026

Cloudflare Cut 20%. Atlassian Cut 10%, Mostly Engineers. Bending Spoons Cuts Up to 75%. All Three Are Growing Faster or Earning More. So How Lean Can B2B Teams Really Get?

Bending Spoons just announced most of the Airtable team will be laid off, explaining that small teams ship more and better. He pointed to a new Core team that has shipped 30+ top customer requests in 3 weeks, plus new Performance and Infra teams. Today we’re laying off a large part of the Airtable team.... Continue Rea

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